A Dandenong event honoured motherhood with an immersive Pakistani experience.
Wellsprings for Women celebrated Mother’s Day on Wednesday 9 May.
“Amongst so many things we learnt from our mothers, cooking tops the list,” CEO Dalal Smiley said.
She said participants reflected on what their mother’s taught them and “and thanking them for the sacrifices they have made to give us a better a life”.
“The event aimed at generating intercultural understanding and connections between women by sharing what their mothers and grandmothers passed on to them,” she said.
“Is there a secret recipe that is handed down from one generation to the next?”
Women from many different cultural backgrounds worked together to create a Pakistani experience through cooking Pakistani food, researching Pakistani culture and customs, preparing and delivering a presentation on the day, and wearing traditional clothes.
“We are grateful for funding from the Victorian Multicultural Commission and the Scanlon Foundation which enabled us to organise the event and make it a real celebration of women’s tenacity, resilience and sense of solidarity,” Ms Smiley said.
