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Phone Numbers:
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905-460-9514/647-570-9514
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Address:
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10 Gillingham Dr, Unit 308
Brampton, ON
L6X 5A5
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Intersection:
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Main St N and Bovaird Dr W
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Hours:
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Administration | |
| Mon | 9am-5pm | |
| Tue | 9am-5pm | |
| Wed | 9am-5pm | |
| Thu | 9am-5pm | |
| Fri | 9am-5pm | |
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Executives:
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Wambui Karanja - Executive Director
905-460-9514 ext 224 * wkaranja@africancommunityservices.com
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Service Description:
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Facilitates the early integration of
newcomers into Canadian society, by enhancing access to and support services
that aid in the transition to self-reliance and financial independence:
- providing comprehensive and culturally
appropriate settlement services that include client needs assessment,
orientation, information and referral, interpretation and translation, housing
assistance, and employment support
- identifying needs specific to each newcomer in
order to determine how best those needs could be met with existing community
resources
- providing newcomers with relevant, culturally,
and linguistically appropriate information and services that facilitate settlement
- providing referrals to community resources
- organize workshops/group sessions on a variety
of settlement issues like health, legal, transportation, education and skills building.
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Open to all newcomers - families, adults, youth and seniors from diverse ethno-specific communities mainly from newcomers of African descent as well as those from other regions
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Languages:
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English * Arabic * Fanti * Somali * Swahili * Twi
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