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The Mexican Australian Welfare Association Inc. is a completely volunteer based charity organization that raises funds in Australia to send to charities here and in Mexico. MAWAI has been in operation since 1988.

The Aims of MAWAI are:

1. To promote Mexican culture through organising parties to celebrate traditional Mexican festivities and by participating in multicultural activities organized by other groups.

2. To be a medium for newly arrived people to get to know the Mexicans residing here.

3. To provide Mexicans with a support network i.e. when they are in need of help someone in the community will assist them.

4. To unite people who are interested in Mexican history, culture, music, food and dance no matter what background they come from.

5. To fund raise for disadvantaged groups in Mexico and Australia.

6. To promote multiculturalism in NSW. To give the children of Mexicans the opportunity to learn about their Mexican background.

7. To inform the Mexican and the wider community about MAWAI, Mexico and the Mexican Community through the medium of a newsletter called MEXICA.