Thursday, April 22, 2010
Essex STAR come to London for a day out!
On Monday 29th March Essex STAR volunteers came to London on a day trip with women from Mosaada, a charity based in London.
Essex STAR has strong ties with Mosaada and have organised events with them on many occasions. The Chief Executive of the charity Huda and Essex STAR’s President Joan are colleagues and friends who met on their MA Refugee Studies at Essex University.
Mosaada is a grass roots self-help organisation that strives for the ‘advancement of health, education, employment and training for single women particularly those who are refugees…’. The charity was set up to provide information, advice and services to single women particularly refugees and asylum seekers who are facing domestic and personal crises. The charity runs a number of workshops providing practical that help with all aspects of daily life, including the Women Leading Change Programme which aims to build women’s self esteem and confidence.
The day started with all of us meeting at Café Naz in Brick Lane at noon for lunch. We enjoyed great food and socialised for a few hours before heading off for the second part of the day trip.
After lunch we went to the British Museum in central London. It was the first visit for many of the volunteers and women from Mosaada so everyone was quite excited. We all had a lot of fun walking around the museum and looking at all the exhibitions and even got lost on a few occasions!
From the great food at Brick Lane, to the wonderful exhibitions at the British Museum, it was a great day out for all!
Well done Essex STAR!
Posted by Communications on 22/04/2010 at 08:00 AM
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