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Sakeenah provides essential support and services, empowering people to become healthy, independent, and thriving members of our society.
A world where everyone has safety, serenity, and strength.
Sakeenah Canada is a national charitable organization that was founded in 2018 in response to a gap in culturally and religiously sensitive services available for Muslim women and children facing domestic violence and homelessness. Our services expanded to include 'The People’s Market'—a community food bank combating food insecurity, mental health therapy, child & youth program remote casework, anti-human trafficking program, and community educational programs for everyone. We now operate 8 transitional housing shelters for Muslim women and children across Canada in Toronto, Brampton, Ottawa, London, Montreal, Winnipeg, Newfoundland, and Windsor. And 2 food banks located in Toronto and Mississauga.
Every night, thousands of women and children in Canada face homelessness, poverty, and trauma. We are on a mission to change that.
While Sakeenah functions at a national level, our head office and The People’s Market operate out of land that is part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations.
Sakeenah believes that while a land acknowledgement is the first step, we also understand that land acknowledgements alone are not sufficient to redress the harm caused by centuries of land theft, forced displacement and ongoing acts of settler colonialism. We recognize that this work is ongoing and complex, and we are dedicated to doing our part to create a better future for all.
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