The Toronto Cervantes Lions Club is pleased to officially announce the launch of its project
Casa Cervantes - Long-Term Care for Seniors in Ontario.
For the last few years our attention and efforts have been focused on an important issue that is pressing in our community in Ontario, an increasing population of seniors and the imminent need for quality care in their golden years. With this in mind our club has launched the project Casa Cervantes, with the objective of raising funds for the construction of a long-term care facility for seniors where they would receive 24 hour nursing care and supervision within a secure environment. Support from the Provincial and Federal governments is being sought as well as the community at large. Several events are also being planned over the next year, stay tunned for dates and locations.
Other projects and organizations our club has supported in the past two years:
Seniors Group - Mennonite Centre Nueva Vida
Mennonite Centre provides assistance and support to a number of Senior Citizens from the Spanish community in Toronto by organizing activities and trips.
Canadian Colombian Children’s Organization ~ Canada/Colombia
Home and school to 65 displaced and orphaned children. Committed to the advancement of education of poor children and mothers in Colombia, by assisting the efforts of the community while providing teaching resources, supplies, classrooms, nutrition and skill training.
Kicking Aids Out (under the auspice of Carolina for Kibera) ~ Kenya
Established in 2001, Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international, non-governmental organization based in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Named a TIME Magazine and Gates Foundation “Hero of Global Health,” Carolina For Kibera (CFK) fights poverty and helps prevent violence through community-based development in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya and beyond. CFK envisions a world where the poor have a voice in their futures and opportunities for healthy growth.
Cuban Cultural Youth Exchange - Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples ~ Toronto
Mission: the expansion of life skills , establishing strong youth leaders and the creation of solidarity within the Latin American community. The Centre provides space for Latin Hispanic youth with resources and tutoring leadership training and arts based initiatives
Florida Rural Schools ~ Uruguay, South America
