South Asian Women’s Community Centre

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Location

Quebec




This article based on content from http://www.sawcc-ccfsa.ca/EN/.


About[edit]

"The South Asian Women’s Community Centre is an organization that helps women achieve their full potential in the Québec and Canadian societies and also helps them become independent. It offers:

  • Settlement programs for refugees and new immigrants;
  • French and English classes with daycare facilities;
  • Referral services;
  • Interpretation and translation services;
  • Awareness of individual rights;
  • Counselling on marital, family, legal, immigration and health related issues;
  • Group activities, discussions, seminars, information sessions, etc;
  • A support network for victims of violence;
  • Opportunities to drop in and converse in South Asian languages;
  • Regular Pot-luck lunches and get-togethers;
  • Volunteers to escort and accompany those who need the services;
  • Job-search workshops, on the job training and vocational training;
  • Summer employment for students;
  • Programs concentrating on the concerns of adolescents in the South Asian community;
  • A quarterly Newsletter"[1]