Youth Group Prepares to Welcome 78 Afghan Refugees to Peterborough
/The New Canadians Centre (NCC) Youth Welcome Team prepared signs and cards for the 78 Afghan refugees coming to Peterborough, on Thursday.
Ava Williams and Maryam Abdella, members of the youth welcome team, make signs at the silver bean cafe on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Lubna Sadek.
The group met at the Silver Bean Café, with NCC group leader and youth worker Lubna Sadek to help make Peterborough a more welcoming place for the refugees.
“We’re very pleased with the positive response from the community regarding the refugees arriving,” she said.
The Youth Welcome Team meets once a month to plan projects and activities to welcome new Canadians to Peterborough.
They allow high school students to complete the required 40 hours of volunteer work they need to graduate and has approximately ten members.
“I’m a refugee too,” said Sidra Abdulla, a 16-year-old member of the welcome team. “When I came to Canada I saw a lot of people help me so I like to give back too.”
(Left to right) Sidra Abdulla, Aya Darrouba, and Angel Ngwepo present their finished welcome sign at the Silver Bean Cafe on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Lubna Sadek.