The Somali Australian Community Association of NSW (SACA) recently conducted a very successful 2021 Seniors Week Event. Activities during this project involved workshops around Mental health education and self-care, personal hygiene education, cooking activity which helped engage the Somali elders and seniors to have conversations while reminiscing and forming long-lasting friendships. These activities were in a culturally appropriate setting which made the Somali Seniors comfortable. Other activities during this project involved story telling of migrant and refugee seniors experiences in Australia to young people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. It involved the seniors taking part in gardening, health and fitness activities as well as cultural singing, painting and dancing by the Seniors as a form of social therapy and connecting to their cultural roots. We would like to thank NSW Seniors Festival and the Family and Community Services (FACs) through the NSW Government for giving us the opportunity to run this project. We hope to make this part of our annual programs.
Somali Australian Community Association of NSW (SACA) waxay dhowaan qabatay barnaamij aad uwanaagsan oo barnaamijka dadka waayeelka ah. Hawlaha intii lagu jiray mashruucan waxaa ka mid ahaa aqoon-isweydaarsiyo ku saabsan waxbarashada caafimaadka maskaxda iyo is-daryeelid, waxbarashada nadaafadda shaqsiyeed, waxqabad ku saabsan cunto karinta oo gacan ka gaysatay ka-qaybgalka odayaasha iyo waayeelka Soomaaliyeed si ay u yeeshaan wada-hadal iyada oo dib loo xusuusanayo lana samaynayo saaxiibtinnimo waarta. Hawlahani waxay ahaayeen kuwo ku habboon qaab dhaqan taas oo ka farxisay Waayeelka Soomaaliyeed. Hawlaha kale intii lagu jiray mashruucan waxay ku lug lahaayeen sheeko sheeko ku saabsan waayaha soogalootiga iyo waayeelka qaxootiga ee Australiya iyo dhalinyarada ka soo jeeda asal ahaan dhaqan ahaan iyo luqad ahaan kala duwan (CALD). Waxay ku lug laheyd waayeelka kaqeyb qaadashada jardiinada, caafimaadka iyo howlaha jimicsiga iyo sidoo kale heesaha dhaqanka, rinjiyeynta iyo qoob ka ciyaarka waayeelka oo ah qaab daaweyn bulsheed iyo isku xirka xididada dhaqankooda Waxaan jeclaan lahayn inaan u mahad celino NSW waayeelka Festival iyo Adeegyada Qoyska iyo Bulshada (FACs) iyada oo loo marayo Dowladda NSW oo na siisay fursad aan ku socodsiino mashruucan. Waxaan rajeyneynaa inaan ka dhigno qeybtaan barnaamijyadeena sanadlaha ah