Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) worked in partnership with Macedonian Community Welfare Association (MCWA) to develop a culturally and linguistically appropriate Macedonian Diabetes Education Package.

The Package contains a variety of teaching and learning resources including guidelines for staff using the materials, bilingual information sheets, flip chart, audio-tape and CD. It was designed and developed to address the individual learning styles and needs of individuals in order to self-manage their diabetes.

The Macedonian Diabetes Education Package was awarded the 2006 Lilly "Innovation Award" at the Australian Diabetes Society / Australian Diabetes Educators Association National Conference.

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MCWA will provide an opportunity for adults to learn Macedonian language and about Macedonian culture. Courses are designed for those who would like to gain basic understanding of Macedonian Language and to improve their Macedonian language skills further.

Macedonian Adult Language Classes are designed for Beginners and Intermediate level and these classes will be conducted by qualified teachers with experience in Adult Education.

If you are interested to participate, please call on 9310 7566 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or send us the application form.

Please note that due date for registration has been extended till 11th August '08.    

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MCWA has partnered together with Victorian Arabic Social Services, Cambodian Community Welfare Centre and Chinese Health Foundation of Australian with lead agency Australian Polish Community Services, in a mental health project, “Demystifying Mental Health in Ethnic Communities”. 

This project aims to challenge specific cultural stigmas associated with mental health.  Among its objectives are to increase knowledge of services available to the community and to provide cultural awareness briefings to service providers. For further information, please contact our Mental Health Project Officer Lena Kocovska on 9310 7566.

Through the Heritage Grant under the Victorian Multicultural Commission, the MCWA has been funded to develop a DVD made up of a small number of edited interviews of Macedonians now living in Victoria.

The main objectives of the project are to: