REST IN THE MEDIA
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Helping at-risk youth find the housing they need
It was her own experiences coming to Canada at a young age the led Dagma Koyi to found REST Centres, a black led, BIPOC serving charitable organization in the Peel Region that provides traditional housing and support services to at-risk and homeless youth…
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‘We give them a way out’: REST Centres working hard for Black youth in Peel Region facing homelessness
With housing costs soaring and systemic barriers persisting, REST Centres provide critical support to vulnerable Black youth, offering pathways to stability and independence…
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Surge of racialized youth at risk of homelessness a critical problem, Brampton non-profit says
Veronica, left, and Sandra Dwira say REST Centres, a Brampton non-profit, has helped them find housing after losing their mother two years ago. (Talia Ricci/CBC)
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Peel non-profit sounds alarm over impact of housing crisis on BIPOC youth
A Peel Region non-profit is sounding the alarm tonight about help for displaced teens. REST Centres has been working tirelessly to support BIPOC youth who are homeless or on the brink of homelessness. It’s vital work and as Shallima Maharaj reports its been made more difficult by the soaring cost of housing…
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‘We give them a way out’: REST Centres working hard for Black youth in Peel Region facing homelessness
Tayjha Brown, 22, credits REST Centres, a Peel agency that aims to lift BIPOC youth out of housing insecurity, with helping to turn around her life, which she said had been marked by instability and conflict at home…
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Surge of Racialized Youth at Risk of Homelessness a Critical Problem, Brampton Non-Profit Says
REST Centres, a Brampton non-profit, has seen a rise in the number of racialized youth at risk of homelessness seeking help in Peel Region since its inception in 2021. The organization provides transitional housing and support.
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Brampton gets closer to first permanent youth shelter as economy poses unique challenges
The new building will offer programming geared to transitioning young people from the shelter system into permanent housing within a month's ...
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REST Centres offers practical solutions to address unhoused youth crisis among Black youth in Peel
Restoration and Empowerment for Social Transformation (REST,) is a non-profit organization that is driven to tackle this societal issue head-on in the Peel Region. Dagma Koyi founded it on July 23rd, 2015, who also serves as Executive Director….
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Peel Region-based non-profit helping BIPOC youth avoid homelessness
A charity that helps BIPOC youth facing homelessness in Peel Region is seeing numbers climb at an alarming rate. Brandon Rowe with why REST Centres is sounding the alarm as the number of new youths in need is on pace to triple…
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Black Youth Still Matter: REST Centres and Youth Homelessness in 2022
In this episode of Homelessness in Hiding: Our Youth Between the Cracks podcast, host Mya Moniz sits with REST Program Manager, Nikima Leslie and REST Case Manager, Jacqui Henry to discuss the state of Black youth homelessness in Peel at the end of 2022…
