Showing posts with label single parent ministry. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Ministry Offers Single Mothers Skills Training

Ministry Offers Single Mothers Skills Training

Ministry of Mission is offering single mothers to learn skills to become economically independent by taking up short-term courses in their centre, or at designated Training locations(Institutes-ITIs)in Ontario.

Its director Maria Garcia said the ITIs offered various courses for single mothers to go into business.

"We (the ministry) will try to help them obtain capital and advisory service to become successful entrepreneurs," she told reporters after opening a motivational and awareness seminar for women, especially single mothers, here, today.

"The ITIs are adequately equipped, including teaching staff, to conduct the courses so that the single mothers can become self-reliant and have a better future."

He said the single mothers could also suggest the courses they required and the mission would try to help.

Single mothers interested to attend the course can register with MoM or the nearest ITI.

Maria Garcia said before this, the mission agency had focused on training for Missional workers overseas and the small food pantry a bit and it had been fruitful.

Single mother has a wide definition: Ministry of Mission.

The definition of single mothers is not limited to a married woman with a departed or separated spouse.

There are other circumstances under which a single mother could also be eligible for assistance from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development.

Director of the program here, Maria Garcia, said this during the closing speech of the most recent Single Mothers meeting.

She said that the strategy of the mission was to provide more information to single mothers so that they could be aware of what help were available to them.

She added that it was very challenging for a single mother to be head of family. The director wanted to help such mothers so as to improve their living standard.

Some 50 single mothers from various neigborhoods gathered here for the meeting. The two day event also included speaker showing a cake-making demostration.


Such meetings are held several times a year on rotation basis.

The next meeting would be in High Park or Riverdale Park, Toronto.