The RAFIO team will conduct a zoom workshop or show an informative video on various low-cost resources available to immigrant communities, such as the following:

-Shelters
-Social service centres
-Ottawa housing
-Food banks
-Community centres
-Community organizations (CESOC, RAFIO, CICAN, CFS, etc.)
-Low-cost stores (Value Village, Dollarama, etc.)
-Various grocery stores (COSCO, MAXI, Food Basic, etc.)
-Sites where volunteer work is available
-Sites where work is available (Canada Job Bank, Indeed, etc.)
-Commercial companies

As RAFIO is an organization with the mandate of ensuring the mental well-being of its members, we are conscious of the anxiety caused by geographic relocation, as well as the double-edged cost of a lack of concise, centralized information to guide and refer newcomers and provide a place of comfort and security.

This is a recurring need within the community, and, as organizations dedicated to the integration of newcomers, we have noted a lack of relevant, centralized information and therefore understand the need to create a visual medium digitizing a significant number of resources.