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Since 1986, South Asian Centre of Windsor has been serving the South Asian community in Windsor. With rapid growth in the community in the last 5 years, we are seeing new and emerging needs, such as seniors wellness support services, youth and women’s empowerment, food insecurity for newcomer international students and rise in hate, racism and discrimination. South Asian Centre of Windsor continues to advocate to eliminate systems of economic, social, and political oppression and so each of us in Windsor-Essex feel fully valued, included and integrated in the community.

Our current campaigns

1. EmpowerHer Emergency Fund: Supporting low-income South Asian women and families during emergencies (Intimate Partner Violence, homelessness, newborn essentials, sudden health emergency cost etc).

• Unemployment rates for Asian communities including South Asian, Chinese, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean, and Japanese communities remain higher than non-racialized workers.
• Recent stats show that poverty rates for South Asian (7.5%) and Chinese communities (9.6%) are higher than the national average of 5.5%.   
• A 2020 national study found that South Asian women have almost twice the national unemployment rate (20.4 per cent compared to 11.3 per cent). South Asian women are also more likely to be both underemployed and underpaid compared to non-visible minority women. 

 

** Taken from: Asian Heritage Month: Celebrating the contributions of Asian communities. Public Service Alliance of Canada. (n.d.). https://psacunion.ca/asian-heritage-month-celebrating-contributions-0 

In May 2024 alone, the South Asian Centre of Windsor helped women who were struggling with food insecurity and on the brink of homelessness to connect and receive timely support.

Canada Helps 

We are registered with Canada Helps, a non-profit charity to receive donations and a donation receipt will be available immediately.
There is a transaction fee. Check the details here.

Interac e-Transfer 

If you choose this payment method, please follow these steps: 

1. Select Interac e-transfer. 
2. Input the amount to be transferred. 
3. Add Payee name- South Asian Centre of Windsor.
4. Add Payee email: sacw09@gmail.com  [zero nine in numbers]. 
5. Type a message ( EmpowerHer Emergency Fund) the message box with payment details.
6. Send e-transfer.
7. A confirmation will be sent to you once funds are deposited.
8. Please note that this account has auto deposit and doesn’t require any password. 

 

We also accept cheque and cash payments at the South Asian Centre of Windsor's office. Please call (519) 252 7447 to meet with a staff regarding this donation.

Thank you for the donations!