Join us for AKWAABA QC's first ever fundraising gala!
November 9, 2024
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
We will hold the event at Mercado on Fifth, 423 12th Street, Moline IL 61265.
AKWAABA QC was founded based on the Community Navigator Model. The Community navigators are Individuals from the community trained to disseminate trustworthy and accurate information and connect our immigrant population with essential resources. They also provide invaluable outreach, education, document preparation, naturalization assistance and much more to the Quad Cities'' many ethnic communities.
We have a Community Navigators Celebration Event that is coming up on June 22nd.
-Because we are Immigrants ourselves who share the same linguistics and cultural backgrounds of the community we serve - Because we are immigrants ourselves and understand our Immigrant communities struggles because we have walked in their shoes too.
- Because we care about our immigrant communities and provide them with the resources they need to better navigate the Quad Cities. - Because we are Immigrants who speak the languages spoken by our Immigrant community.
AKWAABA QC has impacted 329 individuals through various needs from July
1st, 2023 until now. The community needs are various going from linkage to care,
public benefit navigation, unemployment benefit assistance, housing assistance,
immigration assistance, Insurance assistance, interpretation & Translation
assistance, Asylum Prose, Citizenship Informational session, job search, Work
authorization prose, transportation assistance, DMV assistance, traffic tickets
assistance, legal assistance, kids school’s enrollment assistance,
accompaniment assistance etc....
My WHYs: I am an immigrant myself from Togo
which is a small country located in West Africa. French is the language spoken in
Togo. I moved to the United States in 2008 when I was 8 months pregnant with
my first child. My child was born less than a month after I moved in. Having my
first child born here in a new country was a very different experience. I remember
how hard it was for me to navigate the resources here which top with language
barrier. Being aware of the struggles our newcomers are facing and knowing that
the language is the biggest barrier for their integration, I have decided to found
AKWAABA QC. What is AKWAABA QC?: AKWAABA QC which means
WELCOME QUAD CITIES is a nonprofit organization led by immigrants who
share the same linguistic and cultural background of the community they served.
AKWAABA QC’s mission is to welcome immigrants, refugees, migrants and
Asylum seekers in the Quad Cities and provide them with necessary information
through the Community Navigators model for their full integration.
The vision of AKWAABA QC is to bring the diverse Quad Cities community
together through outreach, education, collaboration and partnership with
Stakeholders, legislators, businesses, Community leaders and community
members with an ultimate goal to commit and distinguish the Quad Cities as a
“beloved community” – one that holds equity, inclusion, and caring in our hearts
and that brings unity and compassion to life through action.
Therefore, I am asking everyone, including our community partners and
legislators to join us on this effort because Together, We Can Make A
Difference!!!
Thanks!
We ask the TV8 reporter what he learned on his visit to Akwaaba!
Please consider a donation to support our work.
We need volunteers. Find out more here.
1531 47th Avenue Ste2, Moline, IL, United States, Illinois
(309) 716-7437
akwaabaqc@gmail.com
