Somali Youth Association of Toronto: Leadership Development

leadership development: Established in 1992, the non-profit youth centre has been running after-school programs for people 14 to 30 and their families, offering culturally sensitive services, leadership development, settlement, recreation, employment support and referrals as well as an accelerated education program to earn a high school equivalency diploma, according to The Star. Thats key to the growth of the youth-led organization, said board member Mowlid Ali, adding the association which serves 1,200 youth will be housed under one roof with agencies working to provide programs easily accessible to the community and Long before violence gripped the community in the summer of 2012, the Somali Youth Association of Toronto was working on the ground with young people, offering them alternatives to guns and gangs. With headquarters in the Duncanwoods Dr. housing complex, the association will be opening a satellite office at United Way Torontos Rexdale Community Hub in the coming weeks, spreading its roots into that community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.