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Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards
| Recipient Name: | YWCA Vancouver – Young Women’s Christian Association |
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| Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Date: | 2008-03-03 |
| Value: | $87,677.00 |
| Type: | Grant |
| Purpose: | The pilot project intends to reach at least 58 marginalized women in the Greater Vancouver area, and aims to develop a new peer mentorship and leadership model that will help improve women’s socio-economic situation. Activities will include the provision of support and counseling, peer mentorship and role-modeling, leadership and life skills training, opportunities to learn about community resources available to them and many hands-on opportunities to practice the newly learned skills. This pilot project model will likely be shared with agencies wishing to assist women with leadership and life skills. |
| Comments: | Multi-year project of 2 years (2008-2009). |
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