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South Sudan Equatorians Association (or SOSEA) in Victoria, Australia, is a non-profit Organisation that works within various communities of Greater Equatoria and of South Sudan generally. The SOSEA organisation assists and helps newly arrived migrants from Sudan in accessing accommodation, settlement services, and merging positively into the broader multicultural Australian society. It helps young people understand their new life in Australia, and how to get integrated into the multicultural City of Melbourne.
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SOSEA also organises an annual celebration of Christmas, recognition of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and other important events that take place in South Sudan. Its aim is to bring South Sudanese together to discusse and enjoy their cultural heritage through dancing, poem, drama and other activities. The annual celebration held by SOSEA each year gives the newborn African Australian and other young Equatorian Sudanese an opportunity to learn their African culture and sustain it. The office of SOSEA in Melbourne is located in the suburb of Greater Dandenong North. Election for SSEA leaders takes place every five years.
SOSEA Ethnics
The South Sudan Equatorians Association is made up of the following tribes and ethnicities originally from the Southern Sudan states of Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria and Western Equatoria: Acholi, Azande, Bari, Baka, Buya, Didinga, Dongotono, Ifoto, Kakwa, Kaliko, Kuku, Lango, Lokoya, Lopit, Lugbwara, Lotuko, Lulubo, Lukuru, Madi, Makaraka, Moro, Mundu, Mundari, Nyangwara, Pojulu, and Toposa.
Background of SOSEA
The South Sudan Equatorians Association was established around 2000 when the number of Equatorian ethnics in Australia started to expand with newly arrived families in Melbourne, Australia, from different parts of Africa—particularly Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia.
Organisation Type: Community Services - Ethno-Specific Organisations