On the balmy Thursday evening of 16 June, the WLCU hosted its first-ever expatriate event. Hi! Keefna? Ça Va? The name of the soiree is the traditional Lebanese greeting, that we as part of the Lebanese diaspora are tickled with whenever we visit the golden shores of the motherland.
The 2020 graduating class were celebrated with an exceptional first HSC Distinguished Achievers Awards event. Each of the recipients should feel enormously proud and be hopefully driven to continue this excellence in coming years, their careers and in life. We look forward to continuing this annual recognition of the great accomplishments of the young Lebanese Australians for many years to come.
The World Lebanese Cultural Union Sydney Incorporated (WLCU) hosted the Elite Performance Function on Friday, 26 March 2021 at Doltone House, Darling Island. The function was a fundraising event in support of the Lebanese Rugby League Team who will be competing later this year in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup and also to send aid to those still affected by the Lebanese tragedy at Beirut Port.
Through the generosity of our donors and supporters, WLCU NSW raised over $40,000 on the night. We are continuing to receive additional donations post the event. The dinner is a tribute to the NSW President, Dr Shane Geha and his Committee who established the NSW Chapter only four months ago.
The New President of the Cultural Union of New South Wales, Shane Geha, is aiming and preparing and enjoys great vocational experience and ambition to put the Union on a track to success. Geha visited El Telegraph’s offices with treasurer Richard Melki and Board Members George Bousamra and Hassan Sakr. They are members of a new Organisational Board, with Secretary Petronella Fakhry and Vice President Pierre Chami and Member Laudy Farah Ayoub.
The New President of the Cultural Union of New South Wales, Shane Geha, is aiming and preparing and enjoys great vocational experience and ambition to put the Union on a track to success. Geha visited El Telegraph’s offices with treasurer Richard Melki and Board Members George Bousamra and Hassan Sakr. They are members of a new Organisational Board, with Secretary Petronella Fakhry and Vice President Pierre Chami and Member Laudy Farah Ayoub.
The president of the World Lebanese Cultural Union of New South Wales, the engineer Dr Shane Geha, visited the offices of Al-Mustaqbal, accompanied by new board members Mr Richard Melki and George Bousamra. The delegation discussed with Mr Joseph Khoury, the commencement of a new initiative with members of the Australian Lebanese community and the Australian Government. And the New South Wales Chapter, headed by Dr Geha, will work continuously in upholding the name of the community in Australia and the world. And the chapter has begun collecting donations to assist Lebanon during its current crisis. And Dr Geha said that the donations that have been received are from every part of the community, some even Australians of non-Lebanese decent.
Dr. Shane Geha the President of WLCU in New South Wales interview with Suzan Hourani on Sawtelghad Australia.
Lebanon has had enough division and the efforts of the WLCU are aimed at helping victims.
Dr Shane Geha an Australian Lebanese of the new generation, possesses scientific talents and nationalistic attitudes and a social vision, that he has brought with him, to use in his capacity as President of the World Lebanese Cultural Union of New South Wales. He aims to serve in those matters as they relate to the WLCU in Australia: the secular country that respects the rights of the individual and its organised and ordered society.