ISLAMIC FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION (IFSSA)
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Mission Statement
Islamic Family & Social Services Association provides a holistic approach to community well-being that is culturally and spiritually sensitive. IFSSA serves the Edmonton community through a halal food bank, family violence counselling, a youth program, refugee support, and much more.
About This Cause
CREATED TO SERVE IFSSA was created to serve our community. We serve those going through difficulties. We serve those in need of a shoulder to lean on. We serve those new to our city and our country. We serve elders, families, youth, children. At IFSSA, our clients are our focus. We work alongside community partners, agencies and government bodies to provide culturally and spiritually sensitive services that are not found elsewhere. Through IFSSA, clients have access to programs that address food and economic security, domestic violence, relevant and meaningful counselling and outreach, newcomer settlement, belonging and home, and ways to connect to the larger Edmonton community. HISTORY IFSSA was incorporated in 1992 by a small group of Muslims in Edmonton concerned about the growing hunger, economic insecurity and poverty they were seeing emerging in the community. Believing that service and care for others is a foundational part of Islamic faith, IFSSA’s founders began serving the community and feeding people out of a small home basement. From this small starting point, IFSSA has gone on to make positive change in thousands of lives. What began as a humble food bank soon became a two-story warehouse unit serving an ever-growing number of families and individuals in need. Today, IFSSA has expanded beyond a food bank to become a holistic social service provider operating out of three locations in Edmonton. IFSSA serves more than 5000 people every month - from Red Deer to Ft Mac. These services range from counselling and support to individuals experiencing family violence, facilitating the settlement of hundreds of refugees and newcomers, providing immediate financial assistance to those in emergency situations, creating a nurturing support network for youth in the city, and conducting workshops, trainings and cultural projects dedicated to holistic community well-being.