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Founded in 1984, Changing Together is a nonprofit, charitable organization operated by immigrant women for immigrant women. Changing Together helps immigrant women to develop the skills and relationships to integrate successfully to Canadian Society through a range of programs and services and by providing a safe and supportive environment. The free services that the Centre provides include ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, family violence programs, pre-employment orientation, outreach workshops, volunteer work experience and a mentorship program. The Centre has eleven full-time staff, ten board members, three ESL instructors and more than 350 volunteers. Beyond providing services for immigrant women, Changing Together also conducts research on a number of emerging issues particularly relevant to immigrant women. Examples include Trafficking of Women and Girls to Canada, Modern Day Foreign Brides, Immigrant Women as Volunteers and Live-in Caregivers.

One of the activities sponsored by the ADSF is Seize Your Future (SYF)/Ton avenir en main (TAM). SYF is a leadership training program for young women between the ages of 15 and 17. Its goal is to help these women to acquire leadership skills and to learn to make decisions, taking advantage of their own strengths, so as to make good life choices and become the leaders of tomorrow.

DCWC NEPAL is a non-governmental, non-political, non-religious and non-profit making organization registered under the charity act of the government of Nepal in the year 2000. Their mission is to bring education and healthcare to the rural poor of Nepal who have no access to government services available to the urban population.

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