To provide aid and assistance to refugees and immigrants in need that are victims of war, persecution, unfair discrimination, or natural disasters by providing settlement services, education, counselling, and other support services for immigrants and refugees in need, including language instruction, employment training, job search programs, translation services, referral services, and information programs on Canadian culture and life.

Our vision is to become the leading resettlement organization supporting victims of persecution, empowering them to create a future for themselves and their children as fully integrated Canadian citizens.

Project Abraham works closely with other settlement agencies in the GTA to support the most traumatized refugees.

Most of these refugees are survivors of genocide and suffer from extreme trauma. Many are non-literate. They have lost husbands and children, witnessed massacres, and escaped sexual slavery. Their physical and mental suffering is ongoing and debilitating.

Project Abraham has been pivotal in the lives of our refugee clients. By constantly learning from them, we adapt our programs and services to their needs while staying cognizant of their extreme trauma.

As their needs change, we work to empower them through the creation of appropriate personalized education and support programs that they need to become functional and self-reliant.

Government-sponsored language programs with normal-sized classes work well for most newcomers to Canada. However, there are some newcomers who face barriers to learning through either a lack of formal education in their native countries or because they have experienced and still suffer from extreme trauma – or both.

Many of these individuals find it extremely difficult to learn in a regular language class. Because of this they fail to progress or drop out entirely.

Project Abraham’s YES! program is designed to ensure that no newcomer is left behind.

We conduct small classes for just a few hours per week, with flexible scheduling and customized lesson plans developed and taught by professionally qualified ESL teachers. This provides those with barriers to learning with a much-needed confidence boost and allows them to learn the functional language skills required to progress.

With the help of our volunteers and donors, Project Abraham is successfully helping the most vulnerable and traumatized refugees not only adjust to living in Canada, but also find their own path to recovery.

It takes hard work to recover from complete devastation. Project Abraham is here to do whatever we can to encourage and empower, to support and educate, and provide the skills and tools necessary to rebuild lives.

Still, we cannot do this without your support. We are successful because of our amazing volunteers and donors. While there are many other organizations supporting refugees, there are very few supporting the most traumatized and non-literate who fall through the cracks.

We need your support, as a volunteer or financial donor. All financial donations, no matter how small, receive a charitable tax receipt. Your help goes a long way towards rebuilding the lives of these survivors.