Ruth's House is a collage of many agencies, government, community leaders, and groups working together to protect the African community.
Hands Lifting Hearts Initiatives is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide support and hope to African immigrants pregnant women and families coping with pregnancy, anxiety, mood swings, and postpartum depression through counseling, medical intervention, mental health, and community support. Also developing an avenue for protection against sexual abuse in the black community.
Somali Canadian Society of Calgary
Somali Canadian Society is a charitable organization that works with vulnerable populations including newcomers, women, and at-risk youth in providing community-based services through its integrated community hub.
The Family Advocacy Support Centre (FASC) is a grassroots, Black-led, woman-led, organization that works with parents and community organizations to ensure families in crisis get the resources they need to stay together. FASC provides support, education, and advocacy to parents and community organizations with the goal of minimizing traumatic intervention and family separation due to child welfare involvement.
Umoja Community Mosaic
Founded in 2010 as Soccer Without Boundaries, Umoja Community Mosaic began as a drop-in soccer program with a focus on social inclusion. Our commitment extends to after-school programming, tutoring, and the upcoming launch of a girls' soccer program. Anti-racism is integral to our work, and we've incorporated a focus on mental health into our soccer programming.
TheMarriageAdvocates Canada's mandate is to serve the immigrant community by providing skills training, mentorship, coaching, and engagement with the community which will enable individual families to foster healthy relationships that will flow naturally into the health of our community.
Our programs serve as preventive strategies for family disruption and domestic violence, with the inevitable benefits of improved mental health.
