WellBeing For All Foundation offers a range of services and programs such as orientation and support to refugees, immigrants, and newcomers in need, including welcoming, accompaniment and referral services, language training, social services, employment training, job search programs, translation services, information programs on Canadian culture and on Canadian life to help them integrate socially and professionally into the community. WellBeing For All Foundation also offers a variety of community dinners, workshops, talks and culture-sharing activities aimed at breaking the isolation of immigrants in need and newcomers living in social exclusion and fostering their social integration.
Access to settlement and integration services
By encouraging autonomy, by facilitating access to resources and by promoting inclusion, WellBeing For All Foundation can play an essential role in the successful integration of newcomers in Canada by:
- Offering personalized assistance and guidance to newcomers, helping them adapt to their new life in Canada.
- Facilitating access to language training to improve English or French skills, essential for successful integration.
- Working with local partners to offer employment and vocational training programs tailored to the needs of newcomers.
- Implementing community initiatives aimed at creating an inclusive and welcoming environment to foster social integration.
- Raising local awareness of immigration issues and promoting cultural diversity to encourage acceptance of newcomers.
Customized support
To help newcomers overcome obstacles and integrate more easily and successfully into their new community in Canada, WellBeing For All Foundation offers customized and attentive support tailored to the needs of everyone through:
- Individual Needs Assessment: By conducting detailed assessments of each newcomer’s needs, the foundation can develop personalized plans to help them in their integration process.
- Individualized Orientation: Providing one-to-one guidance on available services, administrative procedures and community resources that may be useful to each newcomer.
- Mentor Matching: Set up matching programs with volunteer mentors or community members to offer personalized support and practical advice.
- Emotional and Psychological Support: Offer counseling or psychological support services to help newcomers cope with stress, isolation or other emotional challenges related to migration.
- Individualized follow-up: Ensure regular follow-up with each newcomer to assess their progress, address their concerns and adjust services according to their specific needs.
Networking and Socializing Opportunities
By promoting networking and providing opportunities for socialization, WellBeing For All Foundation can help create a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for newcomers in Canada, fostering their harmonious integration into society.
- Community Events: Organize regular community events such as parties, cultural gatherings, or sports activities to enable newcomers to meet, socialize and forge ties.
- Workshops and Discussion Groups: Offer thematic workshops, discussion groups or intercultural exchange sessions to facilitate meetings and exchanges between newcomers and members of the local community.
- Online platform: Set up an online platform or forum where newcomers can connect, ask questions, share experiences, and find useful information to foster virtual networking.
- Mentoring Program: Set up a mentoring program where newcomers can be matched with established Canadian citizens for advice, guidance, and support in their integration process.
- Local Partnerships: Collaborate with local organizations, businesses, and associations to create opportunities for professional networking, access to employment or volunteer work, thus facilitating the social integration of newcomers.
Access to resources
WellBeing For All Foundation plays a significant role in the integration process of newcomers in Canada, helping them to thrive and succeed in their new lives by facilitating access to a range of relevant resources and offering individualized support,
- Information and Orientation: Providing detailed information on available services, rights, and administrative procedures to help newcomers adapt to life in Canada.
- Training Programs: Refer them to language, vocational or cultural training programs to enhance newcomers’ skills and promote their socio-professional integration.
- Employment assistance: Set up job search assistance services, resume coaching sessions and interview preparation sessions to facilitate access to the job market.
- Social services: Connect new arrivals with local social services such as day-care centers, health services, charities, etc., to meet their basic needs.
- Personalized Accompaniment: Offer each newcomer personalized accompaniment to help them identify their specific needs, set integration goals, and access the necessary resources.
Raising awareness and community involvement
WellBeing For All Foundation can help create an inclusive, supportive, and dynamic environment where all members feel involved, valued and connected by raising newcomers’ awareness of the importance of becoming actively involved in their host community.
- Education and Awareness: Organize information sessions and workshops on the importance of community involvement, Canadian democratic values, and ways to contribute positively to local society.
- Community Projects: Encourage newcomers’ participation in community projects, volunteer activities or local development initiatives to foster integration and a sense of belonging.
- Training on Institutions: Offer training on the workings of Canadian institutions, democratic processes, citizens’ rights, and ways to become civically engaged in the community.
- Intercultural Exchange: Organize cultural events, intercultural exchange evenings or festivals to promote diversity, encourage intercultural dialogue and strengthen community ties.
- Community Mentoring: Set up community mentoring programs where newcomers can be matched with residents to foster exchanges, mutual learning, and the strengthening of the social network.
Customized information
WellBeing For All Foundation contributes to facilitating the integration process, meeting the specific needs, and fostering community success of newcomers in Canada by offering them personalized, adapted and accessible information through:
- Individual Needs Assessment: Carrying out an in-depth assessment of each newcomer’s needs in terms of integration, housing, employment, health, education, etc. This enables us to target the relevant information to each newcomer. This enables us to target the relevant information for everyone.
- Personalized Orientation Sessions: Organize individual orientation sessions where newcomers can ask specific questions and receive information tailored to their personal situation.
- Personalized documentation: Provide personalized information documents including resources, useful contacts, administrative procedures to follow or practical advice based on the identified needs of each newcomer.
- Answers to Individual Questions: Provide a service or platform where newcomers can ask specific questions and obtain personalized answers from advisors or experts.
- Individualized follow-up: Ensure regular follow-up with each newcomer to check on their progress, address their specific concerns and adjust the information provided to their needs.