Executive Director: Syrian Refugees

executive director: We are not seeing the numbers of Syrian refugees going significantly down, so we are going to see quite a lot of pressure on the food bank, said Mainu Ahmed, director of the Muslim Food Bank, according to CBC. The federal government-sponsored refugee package which includes a monthly living allowance to help support the resettled Syrian refugees is only good for the first year. More refugees are expected to arrive in the new year as well. So, the first wave of Syrian refugees will now have to start supporting themselves. Tina Lovgreen/CBC Theyre also struggling very hard, said Azim Dhaya, executive director of the Muslim Food Bank. Different size hampers are put together and handed out to families based on the number of people in their household. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.