Help immigrant women, girls, and their families impacted by COVID-19 CIWA provides much needed assistance to newcomers to Canada, to help them settle and integrate into their new country. Many of them are low income families who require support and assistance and are...
Meet Vanessa. She is a Program Coordinator and Instructor for the Child Development Worker Training program at CIWA. Vanessa moved to Canada in 2016 because she wanted to have an international experience and expand her view of life. She speaks Tagalog, Bicolano, and...
Meet Elselita. She is currently a volunteer for the Filipino Community Development Program. Elselita (Elsie) came to Canada as a live-in caregiver in 2008 and she continues to work for the same family on a part-time basis. She hopes to continue working with children...
Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) will be hosting two virtual community engagement sessions to kick start Canada’s National Action Plan initiative to End Gender-Based Violence. Through this initiative, CIWA will be able to seek your valuable learnings and...
Meet Amreet. She is a volunteer with CIWA’s Youth Mentorship Program and is February’s Volunteer of the Month. Amreet Gill is currently in high school and has a passion to support her fellow youth. She is a volunteer Youth Mentor and is actively engaged in...
