Every newcomer youth deserves a place to belong.
Kateb Youth & Community Society walks alongside immigrant and refugee youth in Metro Vancouver — settlement support, mentorship, culture, leadership — and the weekly futsal game where many of our families first find us.
founded by people who lived the newcomer journey themselves
Five doors into one community.
Every young person arrives differently — some need a mentor, some need a map, some just need a game. Whichever door they walk through, the same community is on the other side.
- (01)Settlement SupportactiveHelping newcomer youth and their families find their footing — school systems, services, paperwork, and the unwritten rules of a new country.
- (02)Education & MentorshipactiveHomework help, language practice, and mentors who've walked the same road — from first report card to first university application.
- (03)Culture & Community EventsactiveCultural celebrations, community dinners, and family gatherings — because youth thrive when their whole community is connected.
- (04)Leadership & SkillscomingYouth leadership training, workshops, and real responsibility — turning participants into organizers, coaches, and community leaders.
- (05)Sport & Recreation — FutsalactiveOur longest-running program — weekly futsal where newcomer youth build fitness, friendships, and English confidence without a single icebreaker.
Founded by people who lived the newcomer journey.
Arriving in a new country as a young person is hard. New language, new school, new everything — and often, nowhere to just be yourself. Our founders lived that experience, and built what they wished had existed: a community that meets newcomer youth where they are.
It started with volunteers, a gym, and a futsal ball. It grew because families kept asking for more — help with school, someone to talk to about universities, a place to celebrate the holidays from home. So we grew with them.
Sport opened the door. Belonging is the whole house.
Read the full story →Youth settle well when they're rooted — in community, culture, and friendship.
Newcomer youth face real barriers: cost, language, transportation, and systems nobody explained. We remove barriers and add roots.
Give young newcomers a place to belong, and everything else — confidence, grades, friendships, futures — starts to follow.The founding idea behind Kateb Youth & Community Society
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A family looking for community, a mentor with two free hours a week, a business that believes every kid deserves a fair start — there's a place for you here.