Nabila, a mother of four moved to Canada from Afghanistan 12 years ago.

“It was heartbreaking to leave behind my family,” says Nabila, “but the war, all the killings, no access to food, it just became too much to deal with.”

Like many refugees, Nabila struggled to adjust to life in a new country until she found the United Way funded New Beginnings program. The program provides a supportive environment for refugee parents and their children to learn and play; to share their parenting skills and knowledge; to develop friendships; and to connect with community resources. Connecting with community resources was critical in Nabila’s case–she was illiterate and relied on her eldest daughter, who was in Grade 2, to help her siblings with their homework.

Today, thanks to your generous support, Nabila is able to read. She can better navigate her community and help her children with their homework so they can grow up to be all that they can be.

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