Eastern Karen Community Association of Victoria Inc. - EKCAV

11/04/2026

‼️You are Invited‼️

Dear all EKCAV Community and Leaders,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the EKCAV 2026 Election, which will be held on 12 April 2026.Sunday 11:45 am to 12:45 pm before Karen service at Croydon Hills Baptist church
As valued members of our community, your presence, ideas, and support mean a great deal. This is an important to encourage and support our leaders as they step forward in the leadership election process.
We warmly encourage you to join us and show your support for our community and its future.
Thank you for your continued commitment and involvement.

With all respect,
Kind regards,
Tee Jordan

04/04/2026

Hello Community Members

Free Flu Vaccines

Each Community Health will be offering free flu vaccines for asylum seekers' and refugees’ communities this year again, and now appointment requests can be made through Each refugee health team.

The community flu clinic will be running only for three days, and appointments will be offered on those three days, as per available.

Please contact Kham Lian with your details at [email protected]

Full name
Date of Birth
Address
Phone Number

The vaccination days will be on April 29, May 15 and 27 but subject to change the day due to any unforeseen events occurred.

Thanks

28/03/2026

Dear All Community Members

We are deeply saddened to inform you that our community member (Grandma Daw Ree) passed away on Thursday, 26th March 2026.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. If possible, kindly visit and offer your support to them.

If you are involved with the EKCAV funeral planning, please reach out to any EKCAV committee members you know and they will assist with the collection process. We will be collecting before and after church this week if you are paying cash. Alternatively you can transfer to our EKCAV account like you always do.

Thank you for your understanding and compassion.

EKCAV Team

24/02/2026

Hello Community Members and Year 12 Graduates

We would love to honour and celebrate our Year 12 graduates in a special ceremony, and we need your help!

If you are a Year 12 graduate, please send us the following details:
• Full Name
• School Name
• Dream Job / Career Goal
• Favourite Bible Verse
• Your Photo

Parents: If your child graduated Year 12 this year, or haven’t participated in previous celebration, please let us know and send through their details so they can be included in this special honour ceremony.

📩 Please send all details by 12:00pm, Friday 27th February 2026 to [email protected] or please contact Tim or Blacktown.

We look forward to celebrating and encouraging our graduates as they step into the next chapter of their journey.

Many Thanks
EKCAV Team

20/01/2026

Dear All Community Members

We are deeply saddened to inform you that Te Tha Blay (တံသဘျ့) passed away on Sunday, 18th January 2026.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. If possible, kindly visit and offer your support to them.

If you are involved with the EKCAV funeral planning, please reach out to any EKCAV committee members you know and they will assist with the collection process.

Thank you for your understanding and compassion.

EKCAV Team

19/01/2026

ပကွဲမုာ်ဘၣ်မိၢ်ပၢ်ဒီးသူၣ်ဘီၣ်သးစၢ်တဖၣ်လၢကဟဲထီၣ်ဒိကနၣ်ဘၣ်သကိးတၢ်ကဟဲဟ့ၣ်ခီဟ့ၣ်နီၤလီၤ၀ဲတၢ်ဂ့ၢ်တၢ်ကျိၤဘၣ်ထွဲဒီးပှၤသးစၢ်လၢအဲၣ်ဒိးမၤတၢ်ဘၣ်ထွဲဒီးတၢ်ဂ့ၢ်ဖျါလၢလာ်အံၤအသိးကိးဂၤန့ၣ်လီၤ.တၢ်လီၢ်မ့ၢ်၀ဲဒၣ်ဖဲတၢ်လိာ်ကွဲအလီၢ် Dorset Recreation Reserve, Jenkins Lane, Croydon န့ၣ်လီၤ.
We would like to invite parents and youth to join us for the information session regarding to Becoming a Youth Justice Worker tomorrow afternoon at Dorset Recreation Reserve, Jenkins Lane, Croydon.

05/01/2026

01/01/2026

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

To our wonderful community,

We wish you a joyful Christmas filled with peace, love, and togetherness, and a New Year filled with hope, good health, and new beginnings.

Thank you for your continued support, kindness, and unity throughout the year. May the coming year bring blessings to you and your families.

With warm wishes,
EKCAV Team

24/12/2025

You’re warmly invited to join us as we celebrate Karen New Year together in Victoria. Come enjoy a time of culture, tradition, and community with family and friends.
Please see the flyer below for event details.
We look forward to celebrating with you!

20/12/2025

Dear All Community Members
I’m deeply saddened to inform you that Pu Thara Kyaw Nyein passed away on 15 December 2025.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. If possible, kindly visit and offer your support to them.

If you are involved with the EKCAV funeral planning, please reach out to our coordinator, Ehda Htoo on 0431767482 or any EKCAV committee members you know and they will assist with the collection process.

Thank you for your understanding and compassion.

EKCAV Team