One of the saddest issues to see is for expert immigrants and refugees to sacrifice a lot to come back to Canada after which not have the flexibility to proceed working of their chosen occupation as soon as they get right here. One of many extra widespread boundaries is the price of making use of for certification.
Usually newcomers are unable to afford the applying charges upon arrival and find yourself working in decrease paying positions which solely go away them with sufficient revenue to outlive…by no means with the ability to afford the applying charges. So what’s the answer? …..Windmill Microlending. Hear in to my interview with Onai Abote who shares the exceptional Windmill story and the way it has helped numerous immigrants notice their dream of working of their chosen occupation in Canada.
Onai Petra Abote, is the Neighborhood Relationship Specialist with Windmill Microlending (previously Immigrant Entry Fund) in Calgary. Onai joined Windmill Microlending from Postmedia, publishers of the Calgary Herald and Calgary Solar the place she was a part of the promoting administration crew working as Media Coordinator and likewise featured as a columnist for each manufacturers. Her achievements embody creating clear inner communications for her division, efficiently organizing excessive profile occasions, guaranteeing deadlines have been met and sustaining relationships with numerous stakeholders. She additionally served as a committee member on the Calgary Herald Christmas Fund Committee – a fund that awards grants to a few of the cities companies working with susceptible teams.
Onai is a professional journalist with over 10 years’ expertise working as a journalist in Zimbabwe – the place she was born and raised. She labored as a contract tv producer for Reuters, after which later as Venture Coordinator (and journalist) for The Supply – Zimbabwe’s first enterprise and monetary information company launched and supported by Thomson Reuters Basis and European Journalism Centre.
Because the Windmill Microlending Neighborhood Relationship Specialist within the Calgary workplace, Onai’s focus consists of executing Windmill Microlending ongoing strategic outreach plan – deepening the group’s intensive referral community of immigrant-serving organizations, studying establishments, regulatory our bodies, skilled associations and ethno- and occupation-specific teams. Whereas the first geographic focus is Calgary and Edmonton, she has additionally represented Windmill Microlending throughout British Columbia, and constructed referral networks throughout Canada in collaboration with counterparts in different provinces.
On this episode Onai and I lined the next areas:
- who’s Windmill Microlending;
- what they do;
- why they do it; and
- how they do it.
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