Sydney Care have generously donated to the TUFF TUMAS Vanuatu fundraiser, supplying 30 x 4kg boxes of chicken, pallets of soft drink, snacks and rice – Tanku Tumas Pastor Lorna.
more acts for Tuff Tumas Vanuatu Fundraiser
more acts for Tuff Tumas Vanuatu Fundraiser…
Errol Renaud is an internationally acclaimed reggae extraordinaire who has established a reggae institution here in Australia for the pst 30+ years. He has performed across the nation and abroad and is to be admired for his originality and sustainability. Fans flock from venue to venue and he is a permanent fixture for the past 7 years at the Civic Hotel on Monday nights from 10.00pm – 3.00am. This gig is not to be missed on a school night.
Radio Skid Row with Sista Agz – world renowned jazz artist Johnny Nicol and Shireen Malamoo performing at Tuff Tumas for Vanuatu 2015
Radio Skid Row program Koori Connection with Sista Agz – world renowned jazz artist Johnny Nicol and Shireen Malamoo performing at Tuff Tumas for Vanuatu 2015 – 26th April – Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road Marrickville.
5000 Blankets bound for Vanuatu
5000 Blankets bound for Vanuatu compliments of Qantas & Wrapped With Love Australia (hand knitted). Your donation will go toward land cartage of 6 containers of much needed resources going to Vanuatu to aid the victims of the cyclone Pam disaster.
Click the link to donate via Ozcrowd.com
Resources from across Australia bound for Vanuatu
NSW State Emergency Service (SES) support in bringing specific resources from across Australia bound for Vanuatu. The first 6 containers will be packed next week with tarps, blankets, insulation, rope and much more.
We need your donations for ground cartage.
You can donate via Ozcrowd.com
Images from SBS News.
TUFF TUMAS Vanuatu Fundraiser
Australian South Sea Islanders – Port Jackson are holding a charity concert in collaboration with Addison Road Community centre to raise funds for those affected by Cyclone Pam. We invite you to join us in support and solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Vanuatu at the TUFF TUMAS Vanuatu Fundraiser.
When: Sunday 26th April 2015
Where: Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville
Time: Starts 4.00pm
Internationally acclaimed artists and DJs appearing include:
1. Sista Agz
Radio Skid Rows very own Sista Agz born on the Torres Strait Islands brings a saltwater fusion of roots rock reggae. One of Australia’s original Indigenous DJs who is also proud of her Women Tanna Island/Vanuatu heritage.
2. Kamauri
Sydney based Jamaican Dancehall artist, song writer and producer performs ‘Wife Material’ and others.
3. JC FunkdafiedJC grew up in London exposed to the sound of mainstream popular music. It wasn’t until 1982 when a friend introduced JC to ‘Planet Rock’ by Afrika Bambaataa that his love affair with Electro Funk, Hip Hop and vinyl began.
4. Shireen Malamoo
A proud Birra Gubba women of Vanuatu descent one of our first Aboriginal / Kanak Jazz – Soul artists will be performing her favourites with the backing of Johnny Nicol band.
5. Johnny Nicol
World renowned Indigenous Australian Jazzer and accomplished musician Johnny Nicol performs his greatest hits off his recent album. Nicol has featured as a permanent band member for the infamous Maori Troubadours and The Col Nolan Soul Syndicate.
6. Ras Roni
Reggae Master Ras Roni from Barbados via London is one of Australia’s reggae pioneers formerly lead vocalist with Bdos Internationals, The Undivided, Untabu, Mataqali Music, Reggae Movement & Kalabash. He now spearheads for Sydney band The Strides. Ras Roni is renowned for his commitment to First Nations Peoples depicted in his song ‘Corner Stone’.
7.Mataqali
These Sydney based wantoks perform a catchy blend of roots reggae, pacific reggae, funk and acoustic music. Band leader JJ Knight has worked with many including Untabu and as a founding member for award winning band Mataqali. He is backed by internationally acclaimed musicians.
8. Errol Renaud
Errol is from Trinidad & Tobago and is an institution of Caribbean music in the Australian, Asian and Pacific regions. He has toured Oz with Amral’s Trinidad Cavaliers during their world tour with a vast history of international music platforms.
9. Ras Daniel Ray & Roots Odyssey (UK Sound System)
Roots Reggae direct from Jamaica, “Ras Daniel Ray”, Producer, Arranger, Singer, Song Writer, Sound System specialist, and lead man for the legendary Vin Gordon of Studio One fame, and The Real Rock Band, is a power house performer, and is in Australia…
A man of humble beginnings, Ras Daniel Ray is a strong advocate of human rights with an ancestral message through his music of peace and unity, and his Rastafarian roots and culture. Arriving from Paris just yesterday his heart goes out to the people of Vanuatu as the world have been watching the devastation and he was moved to support the call.
more acts to be announced…
Early bird tickets $18 call or text 0416 300 946
Artworks by Foundation Board Member, Shireen Malamoo, donated to Vanuatu appeal.
Shireen Malamoo “Plantation Creek series”
As a descendant of Tongoa Vanuatu Shireen is reminiscent of the stoic people she met on her homelands in the 1970’s who have lost virtually everything. Shireen now 79 years was compelled to donate a series precious works that depict her memoirs of growing up in Ayr North Queensland which was home for many who were blackbirded from Vanuatu in the 1800’s to work relentlessly on the sugar cane fields.
“My painting is melting pot for my spiritual estate… the Aboriginal, the Kanak and the European. At the same time it sings up the women of my tribal ancestry. Their belief in culture and their ingenuity gave us the solid groundwork that allowed us to adapt to the European world without losing our self respect … my paintings are a homage to them and to the men who supported them.
My art depicts the political and spiritual experiences of my life… the figures are the spirit people of those who came before us… they’re invisible presences all around us but larger than life… some from the past are of people in trauma; some like those in the community around here… others are heroic, symbolic of courage and vision for Aboriginal and Vanuatu empowerment”.
Malamoo was the fifth child in a family of 11 children. She was born in 1936 and lived in the town camp in the Birrigubba Lands of Plantation Creek in Ayr in Queensland.
All money from sales of donated artworks goes to the Vanuatu appeal. Three paintings are available. Pricing from $3,000. One is framed with glass. postage and handling are an addition to the donation.
Cyclone Pam Fundraising Appeal
Vanuatu disaster – cyclone Pam March 2015
Dear Community
Please consider supporting the shipment of specific needs for Vanuatu Aid.
Many people and organisations across the nation have done monumental work in ensuring goods get to Vanuatu for the Cyclone Pam Fundraising Appeal safely.
Attached are two documents detailing how you can support Vanuatu even more as we have raised INKIND a further $648,000.00 of content and shipping for 6 shipping containers filled with specific resources (listed).
Overseas Disaster Resources, Neptune Shipping, Sydney Care have been working in collaboration with the Australian South Sea Islander community and ASSI NSW State Alliance to ensure these filled containers meet their departure dates of 30/3/2015 and 15/4/15 and 24/4/15 but we need your help in raising the cashflow of $18,000. If we don’t meet any of these dates we loose the opportunity of these significant resources.
No amount is too great or too small.
Regards
Emelda Davis
Information about Cyclone Pam fundraiser (430kb pdf file)
Letter from Overseas Disaster Resources (180kb pdf file)
Preparing for cyclones Reuben, Solo, Tuni, Ula… and beyond.
Nic Maclellan is a correspondent for Islands Business magazine (Fiji). He travelled to Vanuatu last year with support from the Yumi stap redi long klimaet jenis program.
His most recent article, written for the Inside Story website, Preparing for cyclones Reuben, Solo, Tuni, Ula… and beyond. is in response to the devastation in Vanuatu, and underlines the importance of building community resilience before natural disasters.
You can read the Inside Story article HERE