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Mohamad: Jamal Mohammad

mohamad: Peter Andrew Lusztyk Members of a welcome group play soccer with newcomer children from Syria in Grange Park earlier this year during the Together Project pilot, according to Toronto Star. KATE MARSHALL A welcome group enjoys a picnic with a Syrian newcomer family during a summer outing. They are, from left, Andrew Lusztyk, Aya Mohamad, Jamal Mohammad, Kate Bate, Bayan Mohammad, Mohamad Mohammad, Hanaa Hameedi, Mahmud Mohamad, Hassan Mohammad, Suriya Alfahl, Bushra Mohamad, Craig Damian Smith, Jamal Mohammad, Rihab Allaf, Anna Hill and Patrick Marshall. PETER ANDREW LUSZTYK By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Wed., Nov. 23, 2016 For government-assisted refugees who feel they ve been left out in the cold after coming to Canada, a new program is on the way to help them with something money can t buy friendship. The not-for-profit program, which was officially launched Sunday at a fundraising event at Artscape Youngplace, is recruiting Canadians to join local welcome groups and connect them with refugees who were financially sponsored by the federal government. The Together Project mirrors the personal and social support offered to refugee newcomers by private sponsors, but without the one-year financial obligation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.