BAYANIHAN – Australia Community Network Inc
Bayanihan Australia Community Network Incorporated is a non-profit community organisation formed by a group of Filipinos and Australians who committed to work together as community partners to benefit local Filipino communities in Australia.
This group of independent individuals and organisations first came together in 2005 to discuss ways of meeting the changing needs of Filipino Australian families in suburban Melbourne and rural Victoria. It soon became apparent that for growth to start, each must take on the responsibility to be an agent of change- by preserving positive Filipino values, embracing our present home with other citizens of this country and by shaping together a shared future in the heart of Australia. The group formed informal partnerships to support one another’s associations; the young from Sunshine worked with older ones in Geelong; skills were shared; we learned to fundraise for projects to help Filipino, Maltese, Vietnamese and Sudanese youth alike. We found ourselves showing potential young leaders a different way of thinking, working with other groups, working with government and relating to the bigger world.
In 2007, the group formalised existing community connections by registering as an Incorporated Association with Consumer Affairs Victoria.
Bayanihan Australia Community Network Inc.
Level 7 City Village
225 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
http://www.bayanihanaustralia.org/
