Isna Mosque: Child Benefits and Processing Time

isna mosque: But a chronic delay in processing time for child benefits has been a hardship for the El-Muhammeds and many other Syrian refugees without private sponsors to fill the gap, according to Metro News. The family from Aleppo, who moved out of the shelter at the Toronto Plaza Hotel on March 21, has spent the last of a one-time federal grant of $5,400 to cover first- and last-months' rent and other start-up costs for their new life in Canada. That is because his five children, ages 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5, were eligible for about $2,000 a month in federal and provincial child benefits. But for weeks, the El-Muhammeds have lived on the edge, counting on the food basket they pick up once a month from the ISNA mosque while running grocery bills on a credit card that has a $1,000 cap. We feel peace and safe here, said El-Muhammed, 36, who owned a small oil distribution agency back home. We are very grateful to Canada and its people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.