ALACINC is a community based organisation that has been supporting migrants and refugees from Latin America throughout their settlement in New Zealand for more than 20 years by providing professional social and cultural services.
1. Crisis Support
ALACINC and its multidisciplinary team support vulnerable individuals and family groups from migrant and refugee backgrounds in circumstances of crisis where an immediate response is required and includes the provision of an immediate assessment, action plan, emergency accommodation and immediate response. Visit our web page for further information.
2. Social Services
ALACINC undertakes a comprehensive assessment of client's cases in benefit of migrants and refugees mainly from the Latin American community settling in New Zealand. ALACINC multidisciplinary team provides social assistance, settlement advice, counselling services, legal support, interpreting/translating services, among other when required by clients in accordance with a tailored action plan on a case by case basis. For further information, please visit our web site.
3. Community Support
The ALACINC prevention and education strategy is delivered through our workshops, activities and programmes inspired by the values of the organisation, the strategic priorities and the changing social needs of the community. ALACINC is currently focused on preventing domestic violence; promoting parenting skills; enhancing individual-family-community well-being; strengthening a multicultural dialogue with other ethnic communities; and, promoting environmental, economic and social sustainable practices that provide Latin American people with the skills and understandings of their needs to live a productive and healthy life. Visit our web page for further information.
4. Cultural Services
ALACINC area of Cultural Services aims to promote the cultural values and languages of the Latin American Community. Our cultural services have successfully established important links between the community and major NZ society in benefit of the broad community and includes Letras Latinas Library, Letras Publishing House, Music Group, Dance Group and ALACINC Audiovisual Department. For further information, please visit our web site.
