Programs and Projects

Empowering Women and Girls for a Self-Sustaining Future.

Meet our Programs

CAPACITY BUILDING

Relevant training on entrepreneurship, self-employment, and sustainable businesses.

Training on lifestyle and rational exploitation of available resources.

Training trainers for a multiplier effect.

Advisory services, coaching and mentorship

Organizing seminars and educational tools.

SOCIAL CULTURAL

Trauma healing and social inclusion.

Intergenerational cultural exchange.

Standing for and/or with vulnerable and marginalized immigrant women.

Identifying the issues of the immigrant women and advocating for them to competent parties.

SELF EMPLOYMENT BACK UP

Mobilisation and sensitisation on self-employment; aiming to nature and unleash the hidden potentials, by sharpening mental eyes of the Immigrant Women, to see opportunities around them and exploit them rationally.

Advisory services, mentorship and couching, in business readiness and the whole process of doing business.

Accompany Start ups and reinforce existing businesses, through identifying and bridging the gaps.

Initiate a Think Tank as a platform for innovations, generating and nurturing business ideas.

Invite motivational speakers and role Models to share their journey.

Bench marking for best practices and organizing Exhibitions for products of our Alumni, warmed by panel discussions and networking.

Our Project

The Afri-Canadian community continues to face immediate leadership development and cross-sector collaboration challenges throughout Canada, making it almost impossible for its members to fully commit to long-term community building. Challenges like poverty eradication, mental health, and lack of long-term capacity are among many issues that prevent Afri-Canadian community leaders, especially those in the Rwandan Canadian community (still recovering from the traumas of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda), from engaging in long-term community initiatives and cross-sector collaboration.

Subject of Focus

Comprehension of africa-Canadian Issues & challenges.

Focus: Rwandan Canadian Community Issue & Challenges.

Good Governance & Capacity Building Training

Focus: Importance of Financials (Financial Statements), and an Active Board of Directors.

Strategic Planning for non-profit Organizations.

Focus: Importance of Strategic Planning for Organizations

Project Parteners

Canadian Red Cross
As part of the 2020-2021 Canadian Government’s COVID19 Response Program, through the Red Cross Societyof Canada, the Immigrant Young Women Horizon (IYWH) was awarded $43,663.00 to help; A. Identify existing& raising challenges in the Rwandan Canadian community – brought by/or intensified by COVID19. B. Provideneeded Development Training to members of the Rwandan Canadian Leadership.
The Network for Advancement of Black Community (NABC)

As a leading Afri-Canadian network, through socio-cultural and anti-Black racism lenses, the Network for theAdvancement of Black Communities (NABC) aspires to build a strong and sustainable Black community sector inCanada by enabling the conditions for network convening, knowledge mobilization, service coordination, capacitybuilding, research, and systems change.

Canadian Red Cross
Rwandan Canadian Healing Centre (RCHC) The RCHC strives to provide an environment for Rwandan Canadians andother members of the Canadian society working to overcome traumatic experiences from genocides, wars, andother catastrophes; with a Vision to serve as a Multidimensional PTSD Research Centre for Education and Advocacy.Its objectives are Healing Trauma, Learning of Existing Issues & Rebuilding of the African Canadian communities.

The RCHC Leadership members will participate in this training, as well as offer e-capacity and program supportto the projects. The Rwandan Canadian Inter-Agency Collaborative The Rwandan Canadian Inter-AgencyCollaborative is a group of 10 Rwandan Canadian organizations from Ontario, who came together to form aCluster – with the support of the Network for Advancement of Black Communities (NABC).

In addition to offering support to this project, all 11 Inter-Agencies leaders will take part in this leadershiptraining.

RCHC also serves as a Case Study for this project; having established operation in 2018, the RCHC has sincereached a few Milestones, including the conclusion of its Alkebu-Lan Leadership Development project – completedin 2020.

The Alkebu-Lan Project provided stimulating programming and activities to African Canadian Youth Leaders,covering subjects like good governance & capacity building, Art of Community Organizing, Individual Goals & LifePurpose – Entrepreneurship, as well as Diversity and Inclusion Training.

Because of the commitment to community partnerships, and training of its leadership – in areas of good-governance capacity building, as well as its cross-sector collaboration, the RCHC was able (through grants), to raise:$69,499.00 in the 2019 – 2020 fiscal year, and $129,506.04 for the 2020 – 2021 fiscal year; both funds whichallowed RCHC to build its operation capacity, develop its digital platform (social media presence) for the dissemination of COVID19 Response resources and information, as well as offering community LeadershipDevelopment Training. 

Rwanda Comunity Abroad(RCA)

The RCA’s objectives are to promote cooperation and good communication between Rwandan Communitiesliving Abroad; to establish a strong Pan-Canadian network of Rwandan Canadians; to promote Rwandan culture,unity, and reconciliation to Canadians; to promote cooperation between Canadians and Rwandan-Canadiansacross the country – in areas of culture, science, technology; and to establish a forum for Rwandan Communitiesin Canada.

The IYWH & RCA, working in partnership with NABC, anticipate the flowing results through this governance & leadership development training of Rwandan Canadian leaders from across Canada:

Short-term:

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Mid-term

The understanding of the Organization’s governance structure, and Implementation of a Strategic Plan.

Longterm

Organization fundraising and Operating Team Building Capacity.

In addition to having ongoing leadership support and mentorship, the mentioned 10 Rwandan Canadian Inter-Agencygroups in Ontario, were also able to secure grant funds for the first time as grassroots organizations. Through thiscollaboration, these organization’s individual leaders are able to receive ongoing training and support, offered byleading organizations like the Network for the Advancement for Black Communities (NABC). More specifically,because of the leadership support offered by NABC, these 10 organizations, +one group project, we’re able to raise$287,740.40 through the Canadian Government’s COVID19 Community Response via Red Cross Society, United Way;both funds which has allowed these groups to offer needed Emergency Response Programs to members of theRwandan Canadian community across Ontario.