Integral, community-based volunteer support

What is Co-Sponsorship?

  What are the roles of co-sponsors?

  • Collect in-kind and financial donations

  • Welcome and mentor a refugee family for 9 months

  • Partner with our agency to ensure delivery of core services

  • A more detailed look at co-sponshorship tasks can be found here

 Why Co-Sponsorship?

Becoming a co-sponsors comes with many benefits! You can help by:

  • Playing a key role in supporting refugees in your local community

  • Taking part in an extremely rewarding commitment 

  • Building powerful bonds with refugees

  • Strengthening the host community by sparking new connections and enhancing the ones that already exist

  • Helping to foster positive attitudes towards refugees and resettlement

  • Improving the likelihood that refugees will become empowered, contributing members to the community 

Who Qualifies to be a
Co-Sponsor?

Becoming a co-sponsor is a decision that requires careful consideration. Potential teams must meet together to discuss responsibilities involved and consider whether the group is ready to make the commitment. Furthermore, there are specific qualifications for becoming a team:

  • Groups of 7+ people with an identified team coordinator

  • Raise a minimum of $3,000 to support the family or individuals matched with your team by ECDC

  • Complete co-sponsorship orientation and training with ECDC

  • Devote several hours a week for up to 9 months post-arrival

  • Be willing to sign a written agreement (non-legally binding)

  • Be open-minded and flexible