Outreach and Connections within the South Asian Community
The objective of this project is to educate and
increase awareness of identified community needs regarding promoting and
sustaining health and well-being
This program
will:
Create conditions for people to reach
their full health and well-being potential
Provide skill development or
employment opportunities
Strengthen volunteerism among people of
all ages and abilities.
The availability
of such awareness and support programs that will also include referral to
appropriate mainstream agencies are desperately needed by the vulnerable and
expanding South Asian community. Moreover, community access points are one of
the few ways available to reach out to the newcomers who also need these
programs.
This
program will make the following differences:
·Provide
service access for the marginalized and isolated community members who face
language, cultural and financial barriers.
·Enhance
overall social service delivery in York region by increasing community access
to existing mainstream service providers in areas of health, settlement and
volunteerism
·Increase
community capacity by developing volunteers to support community members in
need.
·Increase
the awareness about services and supports available in areas of health,
settlement, employment, and volunteerism in York Region by assisting in
delivering programs and information in a culturally and linguistically
appropriate manner.
The volunteers will be involved
in:
·Helping
with organizing, advertising, and setting up facilities for programs and
support drop-in centers at community access points.
·Initial
information and referral services in collaboration with SSN and other
mainstream organizations at community access points.
