Support Migrant Farmworkers in Niagara
Your volunteering of time and talents, as well as your financial donation, to Migrant Farmworkers Project makes a difference in the lives of the migrant farmworkers the Project serves in the Niagara region.
ABOUT
Migrant Farmworkers Project
Migrant Farmworkers Project facilitates the following services:
St. Alban’s Hub Beamsville:
- Café Los Amigos & wifi
- Tiendita (thrift shop)
- Quest Healthcare Clinic
- Bikes for Farmworkers – Bike Shop – sales & repairs
- Pastoral care – religious services & sacraments
Plaza Comunitaria
In partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico in Toronto the Project facilitates the on-line educational program for migrant farm workers from Mexico to complete their elementary, secondary or high school education at the Lincoln Pelham Public Library – Fleming Branch in Beamsville.
OUR SERVICES
Complimentary Meals
We provide community meals for the migrant farmworkers as an opportunity to share stories and for community building.
Donate a Bike
Niagara farmworkers need bikes to shop, get groceries and access services.
Festivals
Life shouldn’t be all work and no play. That’s why we have a festival each year.
Internet Cafe & WiFi
Many farmworkers have smartphones, which they use to stay in contact with their spouses and children. We provide free WIFI services to enable them to use Skype to call home.
Medical Help Triage Clinic
Farmworkers asked for medical assistance after work hours in order to avoid an income loss and needed assistance of a Spanish language interpreter.
Spanish Church Service
Father Antonio celebrates Sunday services at the different parishes that host the Project and in the seasonal migrant farmworker residences in the farmlands.
Summer Clothing
Please donate your gently used or new clothing for migrant farmworkers.
All adult sizes welcome for male and female workers.
Welcome Bags
We provide about 350 welcome bags to new arrivals each year.
Welcome bags are gender specific and contain an assortment of items – gloves, pain medication, sunscreen, soaps, shavers, and personal hygiene products.
GET INVOLVED
HELP SUPPORT NIAGARA’S MIGRANT FARMWORKERS
Your gifts of finances, time and sharing your relationships make all the differance in the lives of Migrant Farmworkers.
Your support of the Migrant Farmworkers Project means you are:
- Providing access to needed services of migrant farmworkers
- Addressing the holistic needs of migrant farmworkers including physical, mental and spiritual health
- Building welcoming relationships and spaces with workers
- Supporting those engaged with migrant farmworkers
OUR LATEST NEWS
Beamsville migrant worker program opens over winter to support growing number of workers
This article was originally published by Niagara This Week. Read the original here. While it will be cold this winter, one Beamsville church will be warm with the sense of community, and fiery Mexican food, as a project to help migrant farm workers kicks off. Before...
Why are migrant farm workers calling for permanent residence status for all? A Niagara lawyer explains
https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/10750886-why-are-migrant-farm-workers-calling-for-permanent-residence-status-for-all-a-niagara-lawyer-explains/ Mandip Grewal has spent the last two years of her life trying to help the people who help put food on our tables...
Mexican Fiesta
Cheery music, delicious food, and togetherness were all around at St. Alban’s Anglican Church on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 7 in Beamsville. Members of Niagara's seasonal agricultural workforce gathered to mingle and reflect on two years of hard work during the COVID-19...
Migrant Farmworkers Project
The Reverend Antonio Illas
CALL US
905-685-3500
cell: 202 705-2091
EMAIL US
migrantfarmworkers@niagaraanglican.ca