Our Mission

Teh Cha has been co-founded between friends Nelya Valamanesh and Haneen Mahmood Martin across the unceded lands in Kaurna (Adelaide), and Garamilla (Darwin). 

We created this platform to share the voices of First Nations, Black and PoC people between 2021-2022. We wanted to create an online space that is a source of joy and pride for our extended communities, and where people don’t need to explain themselves. These topics have usually remained between cups of tea in living rooms, cafes or laying beside a sofreh. Pop-culture left out of the mainstream, unfiltered stories of resilience, sweet contemplations and theories rooted in our diasporic experience.

Teh Cha is a place to share all these stories that make your heart beat fast, your foot tap uncontrollably and words to leave your lips curled into a smile and met with laughter by a dear friend.

Our doors are now open, just remember to leave your shoes at the door.

Thank You

Thank you to the following people who supported this project:

Regional Arts Australia for NT Project Funding, Peril Magazine and Multicultural Arts Victoria, Watch This Space, Red Dirt Poetry Festival, Darwin Fringe Festival, NT Writers’ Centre, Contributors: Uday Alexander, Mililma May, Flora Chol, Sosefina Fuamoli, Ahmed Adam, Spandana Pillarisetty, Editors: Leuli Eshraghi, Laurel Jane May, Gary Paramanthan, Design Identity: Ban-She

Teh Cha. was for the community, and you made it what it was.