AADO held its AGM on Wednesday 13 November at the Afghan Gallery, 327 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy at which members approved AADO’s Annual Report for 2023/24 and Financial Report for the year. Reports covered activities with continued funding of literacy courses for Afghan village women and Year 12 studies in Science, Mathematics and English for secondary schoolgirls in Kabul.  AADO’s financial accounts had been audited and certified by PMK Partners as in compliance with Accounting Standards, the Associations Incorporations Act, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Act and ACFID Code of Conduct.

We were pleased to welcome new Committee of Management  members, Cena Farahmand and Nilofar Zabih, following elections for the 2024-2025 committee.

Longstanding Executive Director of Refugee Legal, David Manne, spoke after the AGM on the vital work of his organisation assisting refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan in their applications to settle in Australia. Members and guests also had the pleasure of an appetising Afghan dinner at the Afghan Gallery Restaurant.

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