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Filipino Australian Health Workers Association (FAHWA)
ABN: 50500364843
WA Charity Licence Number: CC22597
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FAHWA is a licensed charitable organisation and is registered with the Australian Charities and not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).
FAHWA volunteers support homeless shelters and conduct street outreach by distributing food, hygiene packs, blankets, and offering basic health checks or referrals. They assist food banks by collecting, sorting, and delivering essential items to families who are struggling. Internationally, our volunteer health teams participate in humanitarian medical and dental missions, offering free care and health education to remote and underserved communities.
The organisation also runs a children’s literacy initiative, where FAHWA has built and local volunteers operate a small community library, read with children, and provide access to books and learning materials to promote early education.
Overall, our volunteering program aims to build healthier, safer, and more resilient communities by connecting skilled volunteers directly with people most in need. Through compassion, cultural respect, and practical support, our volunteers create meaningful, lasting change both locally and globally.
FAHWA is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and
Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).
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Due to the increasing numbers of homeless people we have decided to help as much as we can by contributing to their immediate welfare when they are sleeping on the streets. We have given hygiene and food packs, sleeping bags and blankets.
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Our health promotion is mobile assessment, screening for diseases and symptoms by taking blood pressure and blood sugar levels. These services will give early identification of conditions of lifestyle diseases such as hypertensions and diabetes.
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We aim to have the knowledge and skills of basic life support in order to administer CPR, to buy time, preserve life and prevent the situation worsening, while waiting for the emergency services to arrive.
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FAHWA Dental Mission. Grateful for our volunteer dentist who fly in every year, our local volunteers, my family, and local host kojc for making this possible. Because everyone deserves access to dental care. Because service matters. Sponsored by Hope Services Australia #FAHWA #DavaoMission #DentistryWithHeart #Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who made today’s 15th Aug 2026 Mental Health session so special. With the Department of Communities Multicultural Grassroots Initiative. To Sheryl Kho, Psychologist — thank you for the powerful talk on mental health and how to cope with stress. Your examples were so real and helpful. To our Zumba Queen Lynger Fashion Shopee II , with Jacqui Astley Kat Macayan Kath Macayan— thank you for getting us moving! Dancing is medicine for stress and you led with so much joy. To the FAME dancers, headed by Edmondo and Shellane Toto Shellane Encabo— thank you for teaching us on the ground today. We loved learning the Tinikling! It’s a beautiful national dance of the Philippines and such a fun way to connect, laugh, and de-stress together. Whether you can dance or not, everyone had a go 💃 Special thanks to Jonathan — our go-to. Thank you for coming early to set up the hall, running the system, and being the last one to make sure everything was tidy. We appreciate you so much. And to all the officers and members — thank you for showing up and supporting each other. Mental health, movement, music and culture. This is community care in action. #MentalHealth #stressmanagement #DepartmentOfCommunities #Zumba #FAME #fahwa #Tinikling #FilipinoCulture #ThankYou #HopeServices #FAHWA #Community #MGI #multiculturalgrassrootsInitiative
Homelessness Week. This is what outreach outside the box looks like. With Hope Services Australia and FAHWA, we go to where people are. On the streets, in the spots people gather when they have nowhere else to go. It was raining. Our jackets were soaked but the conversations were warm. We can’t solve everything in one day. But we can show up. We can listen. We can care. Thank you to our team for doing this work, every time it’s needed. #HopeServicesAustralia #Outreach #CommunityCare
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OUR RECENT CAUSES
COVID-19 Relief Outreach
FAHWA has teamed up with Canning Vale and Melissa’s Groceries in Western Australia to distribute COVID-19 Relief packs to international students and 457 visa holders that were left vulnerable in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ‘COVID-19 Relief Care Pack’ is a gender-neutral pack which contains essential hygiene items (e.g hand sanitiser and wipes ), a few kilos of rice, canned goods, pasta, noodles, instant coffee, tea bags and long life milk as immediate aid while they are waiting for monetary relief from their respective employers and universities.
OUR RECENT CAUSES
Domestic Violence Outreach
One of the most pressing social problems of our time is the scourge of domestic and family violence. It is an issue that cuts across a range of social demographics and different age groups. It is an issue that does not discriminate in that it affects women of all cultural backgrounds. The prevalence of this issue has disproportionately impacted on the Filipina population in Australia, many of whom have migrated to Australia to join or marry their Australian partner.
Unfortunately, the significant rise of reported domestic incidents in Australia over the past decade has placed many Filipinas in Australia at risk of family violence or worse. Consider the case of Filipina Charma Annear who was murdered by her Australian husband (Mervyn Annear) in 2016. Ms Annear’s death came after a sustained period of domestic abuse inflicted upon her by her Australian husband. At the time of her death Ms Annear was in a new relationship and 5 months pregnant.
In the interest of protecting all women in Western Australia, the Filipino Health Workers Association (FAHWA INC) in conjunction with the Peel Multicultural Centre recently hosted a domestic violence presentation given by a local Perth lawyer (Alan Gomes).
The presentation focused on the issue of domestic violence, what constitutes domestic violence, how to apply for a Restraining Order, immigration concerns, accommodation services in addition to holistic and counselling services that are available to victims of domestic violence.
Mr Gomes said, “that the most important thing is to protect yourself from an abusive partner and have good support around you”.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, then it is important to get help sooner rather than later.
Statistic shows that there is a significant increase in reported domestic violence in Australia.
For this reason, we applaud Barrister and Solicitor Alan Gomes for sharing his expertise on this matter for free. Thank you for educating us with this growing problem in our community. We now know the steps on where to go, what to do and name of organisations that can offer help and support for the victims.
Your passion to help women who are experiencing domestic abuse is incredible!
To conclude, always remember that it is NEVER okay for someone to hurt, abuse or threaten you.
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