Who We Are

About Us

Borderless Humanity (BH) is a Not-For-Profit organization managed by women for adults and youth in need with a focus on inclusion for all. All of us have an important role to play in our future and thus we believe in our motto that we can all make the world better, by moving forward TOGETHER.

The organization works with and for racially marginalized, indigenous, and vulnerable communities, ensuring more equitable access to services and information. The goal of the organization is to inspire self-worth and esteem and work with all vulnerable groups to tackle gender equality issues through programs that inspire, uplift, and empower the most vulnerable transforming lives.

Established at the beginning of 2019, BH has conducted market research work in working with vulnerable Canadians as well as a pilot project for vulnerable children in Africa ,by providing relevant information and links to appropriate services.

Staff

We are a passionate team driven by purpose and deeply committed to our mission. We seek understanding, build trust and create meaning in our work together.We believe each person has extraordinary skills and talents just waiting to be realize and our staff is very hands on and involved in developing these skills.We are all about relationships, collaboration, communication and teamwork as well as hearing and listening to one another. No one idea is more valuable than the next as each adds value and brings us closer to completing our vision for the company.
We are committed to delivering sustainable results, and recognize that clarity, learning and growth are at the heart of the work we do together. When we harness this power collectively, we change the course of history.

Partners

Our Philosophy

Our Philosophy: We believe that no one should be denied the basic needs of human living and respect .This is why we are committed to providing the best possible services to the community based on core values that include:

Integrity
Compassion
Transparency
Accountability

The Directors have a Vision for the agency that includes expanding the level of service by doing more positive things for more members of the community; strong networking with other partner agencies to benefit clients; and ensuring that each client is treated with warmth and respect to guarantee they receive all benefits to which they are entitled and that will help them to achieve a better quality of life for themselves and their families

Outreach

Outreach
Borderless Humanity reaches out to families that are likely to qualify for social and economic support through a variety of venues, including: distributing outreach materials and making presentations at community events, renewing, maintaining and establishing new contacts with community partners, such as other service providers and schools; maintaining contact with local government officials; maintaining contact with individual neighborhood residents; and maintaining scheduled, reliable hours of service at designated local sites.

Identifying Eligible Families
At Borderless Humanity we use a completely different approach to the standard approach used by most organizations in identifying families.
In other words if you can prove you need assistance and are willing to work your way out of your situation, we have a plan and a program for you. All we ask is that you commit to program deadlines and teach others from your experience so as to help them not be in your situation when you first started with us

Application Assistance
We provide assistance to families that will likely be eligible for assistance, including information, encouragement and education on available programs, including but not limited to social assistance programs, educational programs, subsidized housing programs and work placement programs

Renewals: We provide individualized follow-up services with families and social media liaisons to ensure that families do not lose their benefits once they have been approved.

Referrals: Working with a broad network of community partners, Borderless Humanity staff makes referrals to other community agencies that provide services such as food and nutrition, housing, job placement, education and training and more.

Borderless Humanity conducts all of its business in an atmosphere of warmth and compassion for the individuals and families it serves, as part of an overall culture of excellence. Primary goals are to ensure that every person served feels respected and cared for as an individual and to secure optimum benefits for each person served.

Story Three

5 Ways to Fight Poverty

More than half the world lives on less than $2 a day.

It’s a startling truth that can sometimes make us feel helpless. Yet poverty can and must be fought. Our very own Dr. Dennis Labayen, Field Operations Director, identified 5 effective ways to fight poverty. Dennis has been working since 1973 to create a sustainable, permanent solution to poverty in many poor communities around the world. After years of research and implementation, Dennis and his team have fine-tuned a process called Participatory Human Development. The process is so effective that other NGOs are also being trained in these techniques and are adopting similar practices.

Here are his 5 ways to fight poverty.

The people directly affected by the problems or issues of poverty in the community have to be actively and authentically participating in their efforts to fight poverty. This means that the affected people themselves will be the major participants of the intervention to fight poverty. Formal leaders need to be consulted, as well as those affected. Their worldview should be taken into consideration, and through facilitation, they become part of the process of addressing and resolving the issues they face.
Create an organized group within the community to help many people, rather than only a few individuals. Rather than working with individual persons, it is more effective to facilitate collective and organized actions to help strengthen and empower people in poverty through an organization. This means that it is not enough to provide assistance to individually affected persons alone, but through collective organization, each individual is developed and steps are taken to address their problems and other problems in the future.
The people affected need to identify the issues. It is more effective when issues and problems are identified by the people facing them. They begin to gain self-confidence and acquire capabilities in working together on simple problems. This means that their initial efforts and experiences can be used toward addressing more complex problems and issues. It is in identifying and acting on their initial simple issues or problems that the affected people gain self-confidence and the capability to identify other matters which need to be addressed. Though externally introduced projects can help some of poverty’s effects, without the people’s active involvement linking these projects with their own identified issues and problems, such projects will most likely not be sustained or maintained.
People in poverty need to understand that they can often address and solve their own issues. The affected people going through the process of fighting poverty should have a raised level of consciousness about their situation, and their own capabilities, in order to sustain their collective efforts and address future issues.
Fighting poverty takes time. The process of fighting poverty is not simple, especially since a deep personal transformation needs to take place in those affected. It takes time to empower and facilitate affected people so they can become actors of their own development.

Many thanks to Dr. Labayen for sharing these insights.