African Youth and CALD Soccer Tournament and Community Festival

July 5, 2017 hardaadmin Local Projects

HARDA (Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency of Australia) successfully conducted an African Youth and CALD Soccer Tournament and Community Festival in 2016. The purpose of this event was to celebrate our cultural diversity and bring our diverse African and CALD communities together in order to showcase the benefits of cultural diversity, promoting social…

2016 African and CALD Youth Mentoring Project (Multicultural NSW Unity Grant)

July 5, 2017 hardaadmin Local Projects

The Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency of Australia (HARDA) in-conjunction with Auburn Sports Club is successfully implemented its 2016 Multicultural NSW Unity Grant African and CALD Youth Mentoring Program in the Western and South-Western Sydney region. A major barrier for newly arrived refugees, migrant and CALD youth prior to the successful implementation of…

Swim Survive and Socialise 2017

March 1, 2017 hardaadmin Local Projects, News

HARDA has just completed another successful year of the Swim, Survive and Socialise Program. This project has been going for the past 5 years and this year we had approximately 70 African-Australian children participate in the two week intensive swimming and safety program. HARDA would like to thank everyone who helped in teaching these children…

Annual General Meeting 2016

November 22, 2016 hardaadmin Events, News

Notice of the Annual General Meeting for the year 2016 Notice is given to the members of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the Edmund Rice Centre,15 Henley Rd, Homebush West on Saturday ,December 10, 2016 from 11am. By order of…

Maternity Clinic Construction Compeleted

November 5, 2016 hardaadmin News, Overseas Projects

HARDA has recently built a maternity clinic in North Eastern Kenya in partnership with the Waso Resource Development Agency (WARDA). The maternity clinic will enable mothers in the rural villages to have access to a maternity health service and it will also provide primary health care in the isolated regions of Kenya. It serves the population…

New Land, New Life – Educational Resource

June 17, 2016 hardaadmin Local Projects, Projects

The Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency (HARDA) has released an Education Resource to supplement its short 25-minute film, New Land, New Life. This documentary is a valuable resource for Australian students. It tells the inspiring stories of five refugees from the Horn of Africa, all who have undergone great hardship yet made successful new…

Children’s lives at stake as El Niño strengthens

November 12, 2015 hardaadmin News

Three countries of the HOA will be badly affected by El Nino. An estimated 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and lack of water in eastern and southern Africa as a result of a strengthening El Niño, which is also causing droughts and floods in parts of Asia, the Pacific and Latin…

Grant Success for Swim, Survive and Socialise

August 30, 2015 hardaadmin Local Projects, News, Projects

We are thrilled to announce that HARDA was once again the successful recipient of a ClubGRANT for our FIFTH annual Swim, Survive and Socialise Program. Here’s a photo of HARDA volunteer, Cindy Larson, receiving the grant documentation from Dooleys Chairman John Munce during the recent grant ceremony at Dooleys. Another HUGE thank you to Dooleys…

The Executive Meeting Was Held Successfully

August 22, 2015 hardaadmin News

HARDA Executive Meeting chaired by President – Dr Mohamud Sheikh, was successfully held at 10:30am Saturday, 22nd August 2015 at Edmund Rice Centre. The meeting also announced the launching of HARDA’s new website – v2.harda.org.au.

Construction of Maternity Clinic in Kenya

August 18, 2015 hardaadmin Overseas Projects, Projects

We are pleased to announce that we have recently received funding for the building of a Maternity Clinic in North Eastern Kenya. Construction will soon begin on a 2-room birthing and maternity unit in the isolated Diif Division of Wajir County, Kenya. Once built, the aim is for the maternity clinic to provide primary health…