The benefits of the agency

Agency: The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture

Services the agency provides are: y Settlement services Employment and solutions focused counselling, information and orientation, citizenship and immigration application support, Assistance with refugee hearings, Documentation to support claims and appeals. y Yoga classes y Mental Health Counselling, Mutual support groups, coordinated professional services, Crisis intervention and case Management y Children and youth program Individual support, homework clubs and young adult groups. y Free LINC/ESL classes (All Levels) y Free computer classes y Art therapy y Language instructions and training Computer training. y International projects y Public education Informs the public about Torture and the effects. y Volunteer program Befriending, tutoring and interpreting services.

The other supports that are available at the agency are: y The agency provides Medical networks- refereeing to specific doctors for individual care needs. y School interventions- school support programs y Education is provided by workshops and orientation sessions within different topics y The agency also provides Community outreach/ follows ups by connecting with schools, hospitals and community parks and recreations.

The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture provides services towards landed immigrants, convention refugee, and refugee claiments. The services are also provided in many languages such as, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Lingala, Oromo, Pashtu, Runyambogo, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinia, Urdu and English.

The agency also does not reject anybody from The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture because everybody is welcomed in to the program. If he or she is not a part of war and torture, every individual needs are kept

and are looked after. There are many programs and support offered at this agency. Also if a client no longer needs assistance then that person/ family can choose to leave the agency at any time. The programs are based on individual needs.

The barriers of The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture are:

Victims or war.