The Association is involved in a range of social services, including migrant and refugee settlement assistance, refugee employment, English classes, Burmese language radio, welfare, Seniors, cooking classes, youth assistance and charitable activities.

Our social and cultural activities include monthly food fetes (the second Saturday of each month), Thingyan Water Festival (April) and cultural fetes. We also hold dances regularly throughout the year and a Christmas Tree party is held in December for all members, particularly the children of members.

Our Seniors Group meet on the first Saturday of the month for a get-together and a light lunch, a formal luncheon is held in October for the Seniors during the "Seniors Stay On Your Feet Week." Outings and excursions are also organised two to three times a year and an annual luncheon is also held for the members and non-members in May.

We invite you to visit our head office, which is located at 275 Stirling Street, Perth and meet our volunteers, who attend the office for 2-3 hours, around noon, Monday to Friday. Call us on +61 8 9328 8988, or E-mail us at admin@bawa.org.au

Please consider supporting our Mission and Objectives by becoming a financial member of the Association. By becoming a member you will also contribute to a larger and united community voice that will be more able to liaise with Government and other agencies in submissions, and negotiate on behalf of the Burmese community. Our membership fees are very reasonable and you will receive many benefits by joining the Association. Further details about joining are in the Membership section of this Website.

Denzil D'Vauz
President
9th July 2009

Accommodation Feasibility Study

We have received the Executive Summary Report to the Burmese Association of WA (Inc) AGM on the Accommodation Feasibility study that was undertaken by Jill Cameron & Associates and Peter Alexander.

A copy of this Executive Summary can be downloaded in PDF format from this link: Executive Summary Report