In Canada, ACCESO International has been providing school supplies to vulnerable children and youth in Ottawa since 2003, allowing them to have an easier start to the school year and attend with dignity.
Now called the Back-to-School Project, it is organized in collaboration with the South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre to focus on students from low-income refugee and immigrant families.
Also in Ottawa, beginning in 2022, ACCESO offers First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board bursaries to assist with various education-related costs such as tuition, books, school supplies, computer equipment and living expenses. The bursaries are part of our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.