Central Asian Association Incorporated - Australia

🌏 Close by when you are in a new world!

ROOTED IN TRADITIONS - UNITED IN A NEW LAND

Acknowledgment of Country

We acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, study, and gather here in Perth.

We pay our deepest respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging, and extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

🔹 About us

🎯Mission and Goals:

  • Supporting the adaptation of Central Asians in Australia

  • Preserving and promoting culture, language and identity

  • To unite, educate and support each other's community members

  • Organize cultural, educational, mentoring and entrepreneurial activities

  • Facilitating integration into Australian society without loss of national identity

🎉 Cultural and educational events

Traditional and cultural events

Holiday / Event

Period

🌷 Nauryz

22 March

Dignity  Day 

August 29

Culinary master classes

Each community organizes once a year

🎀Regular activities

 

Initiative

Note

Responsible

OQYRMANAU Book Club

Monthly

Kuralay Baigabulova(Instagram)

Walk Run Play&Enjoy

Monthly, by arrangement

Gulmira(Instagram)

Dance group BAHOR

Uzbek direction

Diloram

Dance group LAULA

Kazakh direction

Ainura(Instagram)

Dance group IDEL

Tatar direction

Laisan

🧑🏻‍🏫Educational initiative

Weekend school "TURAN"

Languages of instruction: Kazakh and Uzbek

  • 📅 Pilot launch: from August 3, 2025

  • 🕚 Format: every Sunday, 14:00-16:00 pm at Rod Evans Community Center

    • 90 minute lesson with a focus on cultural and language awareness

🤝 Contributing to the community

💬 Living between two worlds? Your community is closer than you think.

🌏 You can feel at home in Australia - if you're around a community that speaks your language and understands your values.

We are culture, family and support for each other.

Together we adapt faster, maintain identity and make children feel proud of their roots.

🎯 How you can participate

📌  Join

  • Purchase membership📎(Description)

  • Receive news, participate in meetings, initiatives

  • Be added to work chats/groups on WhatsApp

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who can join

Our Association is open to anyone who:

  • Originally from Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tatarstan, Azerbaijan)

  • Shares the values of mutual assistance, cultural exchange and support for each other.

  • Would like to contribute to the community - through experience, time or knowledge.

💼 Become a volunteer

  • Join a project team or club (book, dance, educational, choir, etc.).

  • Help with translations, design, AI projects, organizing events

  • Do a little bit more - and change an entire community

💰 Support with donations

Your financial support makes it possible to:

  • Organizing free cultural and language events

  • Creating training materials and an adaptation guide

  • Developing a chatbot and AI-assistant for newcomers

💳 Support: 

Account Name: Central Asian Association Incorporated
BSB - 066000
Account number - 17683054

🌱 Why it matters

"If we don't create this for ourselves - no one else will."

Community support is more than help. It's strength, resilience and an opportunity for every child to proudly say:

"I am from Central Asia. And we have our own cultural heart here."

📞 Communication and Action

📝 CAA - Rules & Procedures

Rules for Members

All CAA members are committed to:

  • 🤝 Respect the cultural diversity, traditions and values of other members.

  • 🗣 Communicate courteously and avoid discriminatory or offensive language.

  • 🕊 Support the goals and mission of the Association.

  • 🙌 Actively participate in activities and contribute whenever possible.

  • 📜 Comply with the Constitution and internal procedures.

  • 🚫 Not use Association resources for personal gain, political or religious propaganda.

Dispute Resolution Procedure.

  1. Negotiation - members try to resolve a disagreement directly.

  2. Mediation - appeal to the Association Board, appoint a mediator from among the Board Members.

  3. BoardConsideration - Board Members make a decision by majority vote.

  4. Appeal -Appealed to the general membership meeting; the decision of the meeting is final.

Exclusion Procedure

Grounds for exclusion:

  • 🟥 Systematic (more than twice in 6 months) violation of rules and values.

  • 🟥 Aggression, discrimination or threats to other members.

  • 🟥 Abuse of resources or damage to CAA's reputation.

  • 🟥 Refusal to meet financial/organizational obligations.

Procedure:

  1. Fixing a violation - Board Members receive a complaint or fix a violation.

  2. Warning - member receives written notice:

    • 📧 to the email provided at registration,

    • 📱 in the official CAA WhatsApp group or Facebook group,

    • 📬 by mail, to the address provided upon joining.

  3. Board Consideration - Board Members vote (by majority vote).

  4. Right to Explanation - The member has the right to submit an explanation before the final decision.

  5. Appeal - Board decision can be appealed at a general meeting where a vote of all members is taken.

  6. Exception - the decision of the meeting is final.

Гайд по адаптации, миссия, правила к ознакомлению и полезные советы от САА на русском языке:
https://www.notion.so/Australian-Central-Asia-Community-21460c47714a80ca8ca6f12b3486c09c?source=copy_link 

CAA Newsletter: Issue 2:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11uZEyBAY-rO-wQbzF0hy2h0gUXuyQKyY/view?usp=drive_link 

CAA Newsletter: Issue 1:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAG8x3SSRAA/5MU0GPhfn1kUEtTpDvjUYA/edit

CAA presentation by link:

 https://www.canva.com/design/DAGtGEqZYkk/pJlWsW4W7BFN65vOx1WO6g/edit