Mentorship Program: Filipino Community

ANAK Dept: Fuelled by the extraordinary success of the provincial nominee immigration program, Manitoba's Filipino community has exploded to nearly 60,000 people, a 50 per cent increase in the last five years alone, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Philippines edition TREVOR HAGAN / ANAK program members enjoy the recent Festival du Voyageur. ANAK is a non-profit mentorship program for young Filipino immigrants. Although data from the 2011 census will not be available until early next year, the most recent provincial statistics show an additional 19,108 immigrants from the Philippines arrived in Manitoba over the past five years. That's a 50 per cent increase to the province's existing Filipino community, which was pegged at just over 38,000 by the 2006 census. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.