Somali Day Australia Festival 2019
It’s an honour to have held Somali Day Australia Festival (Somali Independence Day) on 6th of July 2019. Thousands of people mostly mothers and children came out to celebrate this valuable occasion. The rides, food, face-painting, sport, giveaways and entertainment for the children and other activities were a hit.
Thank you to our main sponsor City of Melbourne who have made this event possible, thank you to also Victorian Multicultural Commission, without your support these children and families would not come out and have fun.
Thank you also to other supporters including The Huddle, Youth Activating Youth, Master Remit and some of the community members for their generous support.
Many thanks to guests of honour including Jason Wood MP Federal Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs. Richard Wynne MP-State Minister for Multicultural Affairs. Sally Capp – Lord Mayor for Melbourne. Peter Khalil MP – Federal Member for Wills. Bernie Finn MP – State Member Western Metropolitan Region. Anthony Carbines MP- State Member for Ivanhoe. Robert Clark- VIC State President Australian Liberal Party, Andrew Crisp APM- Emergency Management Commissioner, Sissay Dinku – VMC Commissioner, VP Inspectors Andrew Gardner, Scott Johnson, Justine Ryan, Philip Nash and Mark Ryder from AFP, Dr. Karina Okotel, Dr. Irene Bouzo, Neil Miller and all other African-Australian Leaders who were present on the day.
Also I would like to thank wider community for coming out and enjoying festivities. many thanks to hardworking and dedicated volunteers boys & girls including our wonderful young MC’s Najmo and Mohamed, our DJ Zuhen, Entertainers Oomaar & Ahmed, Melbourne Entertainment Team, Madaale Za Man for making this event come to life. I hope you all enjoyed your day, and we look forward to bringing and even better SDA Festival next year.
Finally we would like to say special thank you and give our deepest gratitude to the hardworking members of Victoria Police, Australia Federal police and Metropolitan Fire Brigade. We’re forever indebted to you for your work and for keeping Australia and Victoria State a safe place to be.
Thank you..You all make us proud…
