We are thrilled to announce our new Mississauga Welcome Group Program to match vulnerable newcomers with Welcome Group volunteers for six months of social and integration support.

We are currently recruiting and training committed volunteers to offer remote social support to refugee newcomers in Mississauga.

Together Project gratefully acknowledges the support of the Pendle Fund at the Community Foundation of Mississauga, a registered charitable foundation serving the people of Mississauga.

We stand in solidarity with the Black community.

#BlackLivesMatter #StandTogether #EqualityMatters

Together Project is pleased to be collaborating with Dr. Victoria Esses and Maria Besselink from Western University and the Pathways To Prosperity – P2P on a longitudinal study examining the experiences, challenges and successes of volunteers in the Welcome Group program. This is an exciting opportunity to gather more information about our program and the many volunteers who make it work. We are hoping to include 100-200 volunteers in the study.

We interview Hani Bashir, a Together Project volunteer from Darfur, Sudan.

He teaches us about a special word for community: “nafeer,” which means together-support.

Click the link to read more!

We would like to thank the Better Together Coalition, a new fund of the Toronto Foundation in partnership with Vancity Community Investment Bank, for their generous grant to Together Project.

The Better Together Coalition was created to do two things: share the stories of frontline organizations addressing the crisis and encourage direct financial support.

This grant will go towards our Welcome Group program to continue to offer remote social support to vulnerable newcomers in response to COVID-19.

Learn more about the Better Together bi-weekly gatherings at https://torontofoundation.ca/better-toronto-coalition/ 

In our newsletter, Together Project celebrates National Volunteer Week 2020, provides an update on remote social support, virtual volunteer orientations and training and much more.

Read the full newsletter here!