The Mexican Australian Welfare Association Inc. is a completely volunteer based charity organization that raises funds in Australia to send to charities here and in Mexico. MAWAI has been in operation since 1988.
// May 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
MAWAI Celebrated Mothers and Kids day on 8 May 2010 at Bicentenial Park. We all enjoyed a fantastic day at the park and beautiful food that was prepared and shared by all. The kids had a ball a cracking the piñata packed full of lollies.
Thanks to everyone who participated and we hope to see you around soon.
The MAWAI Committee
// March 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
Check out the photos of the opening night of the film Somewhere Near Tapachula in Sydney. Just click on the photo to go to our Flickr gallery.
// December 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
We wish you a very merry Christmas and all the best for the year ahead!
Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo! Pamela y Alan y los niños at Misión México.
// October 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
The Mexican Community in Sydney celebrated the traditional Mexican Independence Day on Saturday the 19th of September 2009. The Mexican Australian Welfare Association (MAWAI) organised the event and chose the Randwick Town Hall for this occasion and catered a large party with a sligthly different celebration format compared to previous years. This time it was completely family orientated. The event was designed in a way that families had the opportunity to experience a little bit of that Mexican “Kermesse Folklore” which is traditional in Mexico every September.
Among the activities that the children enjoyed were the bingo, darts with balloons and a very picturesque pinata decorated with the colours green, white and red.
Once the kids had fun with their games organised by members of MAWAI, it was the time to start the proper Independence Day Celebration activities so a 9-member Mariachi Band opened officially the “Grito” celebration with an hour of traditional Mariachi songs. The Mexican Dance Group delighted all present with a selection of Mexican Folklore dances too.
This paved the way for everybody joining the dance floor so by 10:00pm everybody started to dance to the rythm of Latin Company.
Every Independence Day Celebration needs a “Grito” ceremony and this year Hugo Pacheco had the honour. Thanks Hugo for one of the best “Gritos” ever made in Sydney!
MAWAI would like to extend its thanks to all sponsors and volunteers who contributed to make this party a huge success and particularly to Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc for their very kind donation of Sol beers which were made available for this very special occasion.
// September 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
MEXICAN SOCIAL EVENT
Join us this Thursday 3 September from 6.00pm at La Campana for an informal get together.
La Campana
53-55 Liverpool St, City
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