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Who We Are
About us
Brea is a non-profit community organization focused on working with Spanish-speaking families to strengthen their homes, empower their skills, and grow together in the process of settlement, reunification, and coexistence from the emotional education approach, and cultural and heritage understanding as part of integration into a multicultural life in Canada.
Mission:
Mission Brea helps, cares, and strengthens immigrant families by empowering, addressing barriers, embracing diversity, and promoting integration, unity, and cultural understanding in Canada, building a better future together.
Vision:
Our vision is to become the leading reference and guiding light of support for immigrant families, empowering them to build strong, resilient, and thriving communities.
OUR GOALS
- Provide families with strong educational skills, healthy habits, and competencies from the «emotional education» approach to prevent different risk behaviors such as domestic violence, abuse, unwanted loneliness, divorce, etc.
- Advocate for positive non-violent relationships and united families to improve family quality within the Canadian community system.
- Promote spaces for art, recreation, entertainment, sports, and Dialogue as a means of family and community expression, integration and sharing
Key Elements of Our Vision:
Comprehensive Services
We strive to offer a comprehensive range of programs
and services that address the diverse needs of Latino families, including family
counseling, health services, sports, and community integration initiatives.
Holistic Support
Our approach emphasizes holistic support, recognizing that Latin families face multifaceted challenges that require comprehensive solutions. We are committed to addressing the social, emotional, economic, and cultural dimensions of immigrant family life to promote overall well-being.
Empowerment
We believe in empowering Latino families to take control of their lives and futures. Through education, skill-building, advocacy, and access to resources, we aim to equip families with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to overcome obstacles, achieve their goals, and thrive in their new environment.
Community Building
We envision Latin families coming together as a cohesive and supportive community, forging meaningful connections, and building networks of mutual assistance and solidarity. By fostering a sense of belonging
and camaraderie, we aim to create a urturing and inclusive community where
every family feels valued and respected.
Leadership and Innovation
As a trailblazer in the field of Latin family support, we
aspire to lead by example and drive innovation in service delivery. We are
committed to continuously improving and adapting our programs to meet the
evolving needs of immigrant families, staying ahead of the curve and setting new
standards of excellence in our sector.
Collaboration and Partnership
We recognize that achieving our vision requires collaboration and partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, including
government agencies, community organizations, businesses, educational
institutions, and faith-based groups. We are dedicated to forging strategic alliances and leveraging collective resources to maximize our impact and reach.
By embodying this vision, our non-profit organization aims to make a lasting and transformative difference in the lives of immigrant families, empowering them to overcome challenges, fulfill their potential, and contribute positively to their communities and society at large. Together, we can build a brighter and more inclusive future for all immigrant families.
Our History
Brea was born from the need of five women who were united with three factors in common: the first is having gone through an immigration and settlement process, the need to seek help to overcome emotional and educational challenges and the passion to help the community and immigrant families grow in Canadian society. Therefore, empirically, since 2018, we have been helping a countless number of families who, as we, had been in need of guidance and support to establish in Canada and some families, which are moving from other Provinces, helping them to establish in Hamilton.
At the same time, we find out the necessity of psychological, emotional and educationalsupport, as we see families go through various stages that begin upon arrival in a new country or city and continue, even reaching factors of family disintegration. This is when we decided to formalize the organization and work for families in all their stages, seeking to maintain unity through education, integration, culture and recreation. We started building relations with agencies, facilitated referrals and linkages to address the needs and barriers identified, for each family member, and established new connections with local service providers to effectively respond to their needs, also creating support groups.
Our volunteering job has been focused mostly on Latino families, but also we help some other culture families. Now, BREA has more than 30 volunteers who join and support this cause of keeping families together as the only way to build a healthy society that contributes to the future of Canada.