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Second National Settlement Conference "Creating our Future"

Settlement Council of Australia hosted by the Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia invite you to register for the Second National Settlement Co..

Free Media Training Workshop for Community Workers

The Holroyd Parramatta Multicultural Network kindly invites you to Speak Up! A Media Training Workshop ( with SBS / ABC / Print / PCC ) For..

NSW Launch of Training Materials for the Community Services Training Package

Navitas invite you to the NSW Launch of Training Materials for the Community Services Training Package on Thursday 24th May at our Bankstown Coll..

Sydney Multicultural Community Services Employment Expo

Sydney Multicultural Community Services is organising an Employment Expo on 22nd May in Randwick TAFE from 10 AM – 2PM. The expo will ha..

Leadership Training Seminars at Cabra-Vale RSL May 2012

This is a special invitation to the leaders of African Communities organizations to the Leadership Training Seminars at Cabra-Vale RSL on Saturday..

Refugee Week Postcard Project - Hills Holroyd Parramatta

Early Bird Call Out to people who came to Australia as refugees - We need your Positive Stories! The HPMN’s Media Project for Refugee W..

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Western Australia Members Consultation

As part of SCOA's ongoing strategy to ensure effective consultation and engagement with settlement service providers across the country, we invite..

March Events Listing

See whats going on around the country for Harmony Day and much more! (/_literature_112539/March_Event_Listing) National Settlement ..

ABC Open Summer School - Launceston

Are you finding it hard to keep up with all the new technology that's out there? This summer ABC Open is holding free workshops to take the myster..

Access and Equity Consultation

SCOA Access and Equity Consultation SCOA has been invited to participate in consultations on the Access and Equity Inquiry. We are holding a ..

Humanitarian Intake Submission Consultation

SCOA Humanitarian Program Consultation – National Teleconference: Wednesday 8th February 2012 2.30-4pm – Eastern day light sav..

Dewani Bakkum

Executive Member, Australian Capital Territory
Manager, Migrant & Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT Inc

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Email:manager@marss.org.au
Phone: 02 6248 8577

Declaration of Interests

About Dewani Bakkum

Dewani migrated to Sydney, Australia from Fiji in 1982, and moved to Canberra in 1995.  Dewani joined the Fiji Australia Association (FAA) in 1998,  where she served as Secretary, Vice-President, and President.

Dewani has been a member of the ACT Chief Minister’s Advisory Committee to the office of fair Trading for five years. She is also a past board member of the Migrant Resource Centre of Canberra and Queanbeyan, where she served in the roles of Secretary, Deputy Chair, and Chair of the board.

Dewani was awarded the FECCA Multicultural Award and the ACT International Women’s Award for Multiculturalism in 2008.

Currently, Dewani is employed as the Manager for the Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT (formerly the Migrant Resource Centre), and serves on the board of the Settlement Council of Australia.