PROGRAMS
		Education and Youth
		Character Builders
		Economic empowerment
		Civil Rights and Racial justice
		Cultural, Recreational and Social Activities

Academic Achievement
Students will participate in our mobile After school help have access to one-on-one tutoring, and receive consistent guidance in homework assignments usually obtained by staff from teachers via Computer lab-On-Wheels (mobile education center).

On-line tutoring program started in 2007. Out students have been accessing our one-on-one tutoring, and receive consistent guidance in homework assignments usually obtained by staff from teaching staff via online.

Currently running free tutoring and homework club at Oakdale Community Center.

More than 80% of our students perform better in the school academically. The teachers and parents gave us feedback at the end of each semester.

Our Grade students won scholarship awards to Universities and other awards. Babajide was awarded the Academic Achievement Award at the Planet Africa Award night (October, 2006). One of the recipients of awards was Professor Wole Soyinka of Nigeria. This will be the second scholarship award of the year. He is in University year one. "Baba" is a recent graduate of Westview High school (Jane and Finch), a great soccer player.

2008: Kayode won the TD Canada award ($60,000) that will be used for his university academic program. Great work Kayode.


Providing Mobile Educational Opportunity is our 2006-2009 goal

Education and Youth program

Ensuring that all of our children are well educated and prepared for economic self-reliance in the high-tech century through college/university scholarships, Media literacy. We organize workshops on building the youth leadership skilsl as we know that they are leaders from today. Youth For Challenge team is responsible for all youth activities and workshops. Drug abuse education program is geared towards discouraging the youth from getting involved in the use of any substance.

Picture: Students working at our free tutoring and homework club

Some of our Soccer Club Members

Character Builders
Belka Enrichment Empowering all people to build good behaviours and characters for successful living. Good things come with discipline and self control. We ensure that our youth go through behaviour modifying meetings(Character Education).

Civil Rights and Racial Justice Empowerment
Promoting and ensuring our civil rights by actively working to eradicate all barriers to equal participation in all aspects of Canadian society, whether political, economic, social, educational or cultural.

Economic Empowerment
Empowering all people in attaining economic self-sufficiency through job training, good jobs, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation.

Health and Quality of Life
Belka recently gets involved in organizing workshops on health issues, prevention and health education because of the high needs in our community. In particular, the movement is addressing some of the most pressing health-care concerns facing African/Caribbean-Canadian today.

Belka Enrichment Center has been working with partners like Kay Morris Foundation and the Seed of Life.

Cultural, Recreational and Social Activities Program participants are a culturally diverse group. Activities are designed to build developmental assets, leadership and social skills. Field trips, arts, history and media events are scheduled to expose the young participants to more ideas, opportunities and information that motivate more understanding and pursuance in cultural and creative interests and livelihoods. This includes “Junior Internships” (middle schools) in media and art agencies.

New Team Launched by Belka. The Jane-Finch Soccer Club will be a semi-pro youth team in the community competing against many other teams in the province and country. This team will be put together by visiting schools and other organizations in the community and entire GTA. Be part of this success. Join Belka team today by calling 416 744 3430.

THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

• More than 38% of nine to 13 year olds are left alone regularly while parents are at work (2–3 jobs for survival)
• New Trend: Our unsupervised grade 8 students are exposed to the risk of substance abuse twice as those who are under some form of the adult supervision.
  
• Juvenile crime has increase during school and holiday time in our community
• Children in this community have 10 times greater risk of being the victim of violent crime such as murder, violent, assault, sex offences, robbery and many other crimes after school hours. The risk peak is usually between 3:15 and 7PM for children between age 6 to 17
• Increase in gun violence in the city
• Our community has the highest level of single parents in the city of Toronto
• The Absence of a meaningful attachment to a group leads some kids to draw to gangs. Children, especially adolescents, crave excitement and group activity. If they can't find it in programs organized by responsible adults, they are more likely to find it in gangs. Too many children today have too little access to structured activity with positive role models in our community.

Belka Enrichment Center 's after school programs keeps our children safe and provide them with much needed, supervised, structured activity. Studies around the nation have proven time and again those children in after school programs:

• Are two times less likely to use drugs and involved in gun violence.
• Are one-third less likely to become teen parents.
• Have improved school attendance and do their homework more often and better.
• Show better achievement in math, reading, and other subjects.
• Learn to respect people who are different from themselves and develop better conflict resolution and social skills. They developed excellent Characters.

Parents, Teachers, Politicians, Principals and other business owners in our community and nation want after school programs in every community in Canada . 

All services are usually free or with an affordable registration fee.

WEEKLY PROGRAMS

Days	Activity	Time	Location
Monday	After School Program	4 -7 PM	Oakdale Community Center
Tuesday	After School Program	3:15 -7 PM	Mobile Center
Wednesday	After School Program + Arts/Craft	4 -7 PM	Oakdale Community Center
Thursday	After School Program & Lunch time Media Literacy Workshops	3:15-7 PM 11:30- 1PM	Firgove Public School
Friday	After School Program	4-7 PM	Oakdale Community Center
Saturday	French Program	10-12 am/pm	Mobile Center
Tuesday	Soccer	8-10 pm	Oakdale Community Center - Indoor Clinics
Saturday	ParentSpeak: Parent Engagement in schools and success of the children. Youth Soccer/Basketball	10AM-12PM 10AM-3PM	Mobile: Driftwood Comm. Center St. Charles Ganier Catholic School