Cultural Historical Association of Rodriguans & Mauritians in Victoria Inc.

La Faya 2005 Awards!!!!

The CHARM organisation were proud to recognise the work of many people within the Mauritian, Rodriguan & Seychelles community with the following awards.

Outstanding achievements in the Community Award
Presented to SACIM Vic & Patricia Kimtia

Arts Award
Presented to Tanya Constance & Jimmy Frederic

Youth Award
Presented to Kreoles' Finest & Tania Constance

Sports and Recreation Award
Presented to The Keysborough Soccer Club

Business Award
Presented to The Copy Room

Professional Award
Presented to Professor P Dewan

How the awards were decided...

The panel was made up of 5 Judges that were completely independent of the Committee of CHARM including individuals from and across the wider community. The judges for 2005 consisted of :

• Gilbert Denis, President of the Seychelles Club
• Barnabe Francois, member of the cultural group, Partaze Nou Kiltir
• Heloise Adam, last year's winner in the Sports section & representing the youth on the panel
• Linda Mc Cann Senior Community Support Officer from the City of Greater Dandenong
• Paule Collard, Founder & President of the Golden Age Club, also Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in the Community in 2004

Criteria /Rating system

1. The nominations were sought from all members of the community.
2. The profiles of the candidates & groups were written by the person/s who nominated them.
3. The judges were given a profile of the individual candidates and the different groups.
4. The judges were then asked to rate them on a scale of 1 - 10, the points allocated when then tallied to determine the winners.

Nominations Received

The following nominations were received for 2005 in the appropriate categories :

Outstanding achievement for community work :

Ignace Ducasse, SACIM, Eddie Abraham, The Stella Clavisque Club, Richard
Hammerton (Honorary Consul In Vic), The Broadcasting Team at
Radio 3ZZZ, Micheline Jones, Lilette Louis, Veronique Ramalinga, Serge
Yan, Christian Louis, Clancy & Madeleine Phillippe, Paul Lesur, The Cyrene
Centre

Arts category :

Jimmy Frederic, Leo Grancourt, Tania Constance and Nikki Desveaux

Youth category :

Laurent Soupe, Kreoles' Finest and Tania Constance

Sports & Recreation :

The Keysborough Soccer Club

Business category :

The Copy Room & Masset Travel & Associates

Professional category :

Gerard Anthony & Professor Paddy Dewan.

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