Heba Diab: Syrian Youth

heba diab: Through the YMCA's Arabic newcomer youth leadership development program, Syrian youth are volunteering at local food banks, assisting at various seniors' residences and participating in cultural activities across the city, according to Metro News. I like to think that I am helping someone, and to meet new people I guess, said 19-year-old Heba Diab, as she and a dozen other Syrian youth helped sort and pack food donations at the Agincourt Food Bank Wednesday afternoon. Now, just months after arriving in Toronto, hundreds of Syrian youth are helping other newcomers and members of the community adjust to life in the city. Diab and her family arrived in Toronto last year from the city of Homs. I was alone all the time because I didn't know anyone. She remembers how difficult it was to get accustomed to life in a new country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.