About usWelcome to Ariana Cultural &
Welcome to Ariana Cultural &
Social Association
Ariana Cultural and Social Association (ACSA) was founded by a team of visionary senior elders and younger professionally trained Afghan-Australians to empower and mobilize the community towards proactive local and national engagement.
The founders recognised a community association’s modus operandi should be far more encompassing than merely holding cultural or political events, taking pictures of those events and self-designating themselves as “community leaders.” Consequently, ACSA is the formalisation and convergence of almost 5 years of work towards a single association and a single vision; a vision centred around long-term collective delivery of opportunities for the Afghan-Australian community to elevate itself socially, politically and economically. ACSA seeks to empower the youth and harness the experience of senior members to ensure future generations are engaged locally and internationally, culturally proud and professionally empowered.
ACSA was founded in 2018 and presently has over 200 active members, 7 executive advisors and a 6 member committee lead by the President.
Our Purpose
Facilitate the below events with the core focus towards our vision of long-term collective delivery of opportunities for the Afghan-Australian community to elevate itself socially, politically and economically:
- Cultural & Social Events
- Eid & Ramadhan
- Nowruz
- Poetry Nights
- Sporting Events
- Education
- Financial literacy for youth and senior
- Advice on career training and upskilling for mature members
- Mental health
- Mentoring
- Careers in Law, STEM, Finance, Medicine and healthcare
- Networking opportunities
- Troubled youth intervention
- Philanthropic
- Support of registered charities and funding campaigns
- Advocacy
- Local and national engagement with the wider Australian community on areas of mutual interest;
- Women’s empowerment
- At-risk youth intervention
- Prevention of radicalism and fundamentalism within our communities through proactive engagement
- Local and national engagement with the wider Australian community on areas of mutual interest;
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20% of our total operating expenses funded programs for children in the events we serve. So when you make a monthly gift or donation to our organization, the majority of your dollars go toward exactly what you intended.
