Program Activities  

Youth Tutoring – Tutoring is also a one-on-one activity that will build relationships between community members.  WARDA has been operating a tutoring program for Somali girls in Riverside Plaza for several years.  In the past the tutors were members of a suburban church community.  The need for tutors has always outstripped the supply, but recruiting people from within the community provides an opportunity to increase multi-cultural understanding and build relationships.  The group of girls who attends the tutoring sessions seeking assistance on weekday evenings ranges from 20 to 40.  Our goal is to recruit 10 new community tutors.

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Women of Africa Resource and Development Association (WARDA)

BACKGROUND:

Warda is a grass root non-profit organization formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2001 by a group of predorminantly immigrant women. Their aim is to service refugee and immigrant women and youth mainly from East Africa.

Above: WARDA USA Branch event photo. Click on the photo or here to see more event pictures.
WARDA is comprised of individuals and organization with common visions and values; committed to the transformation of relationships, lives and livelihoods of the people of the Horn of Africa, linking the local, regional and international levels in a cooperative network.  WARDA serving as a think tank working to create solutions that will accelerate the social economic, cultural aspects of women and children.

MISSION STATEMENT:

WARDA aims to empower African women and children to action by bridging the cultural gaps through access and facilitation to education, training and health services to promote decision-making and self-sufficiency.  This will promote successful integration into society as well as greater cultural understanding, across the board.