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Posted: Apr 28, 2021 8:43 PM CT | Last Updated: April 29
Fatuma Omar, right, showed up for an appointment at Welcome Place in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday morning only to find its employees locked out.(Lyzaville Sale/CBC)
Fatuma Omar showed up for an appointment at Welcome Place in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday morning only to find its employees locked out. They didn t tell me, said the 27-year-old Somali woman, who scheduled a day off work to access refugee settlement services at the Bannatyne Avenue building.
After exiting the facility, Omar said people inside were willing to help but didn t speak her language. They told her she could also go to the Immigrant Centre a few blocks away, another non-profit offering services to newcomers.
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TORONTO A Winnipeg-based non-profit wanted to help newcomers tackle their increased anxiety, stress and mental health issues directly because of the pandemic. So now, Mosaic Newcomer Family Resource Network will act as a liaison for newcomers to virtually connect with trained social workers, and help break down the stigmas towards mental health some families may have. “Arriving during a pandemic is extremely disorienting for many, many families,” Shereen Denetto, director of family programs for the non-profit organization, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview. Her group regularly works with newcomer families from all over the world, including some from Eritrea in northeast Africa and Myanmar, with many of them fleeing violence or persecution.