Haitian Women of Boston (AFAB - Asosiyasyon Fanm Ayisyen nan Boston)
330 Fuller Street Dorchester, Massachusetts, 02124
(617) 287-0096
Monday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
AFAB's mission is to empower Haitian women by helping them develop their individual and collective capacity to improve social, economic and political status and thus be able to effect positive changes in their life and their families' lives.
Location
Community Works
Call AFAB at (617)287-0096. For information regarding the annual regarding the Domestic Violence program, please contact Carmelle Bonhomètre, Program Director at (617) 287-0096 or cbonhometre@afab-kafanm.org.
AFAB's programs include: Housing: affordable housing, transitional housing, and housing advocacy; Domestic Violence: advocacy, education, and outreach; Haitian Round Table on Domestic Violence (1st Wednesdays); Adult Education: ESL and literacy classes, workshops, computer training, and personal finance and economic literacy classes; Radio Program (3rd Sundays 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.); Youth Development including a Ayiti Demen cultural group (Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.), math tutoring with the Haitian Scientific Society (Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.) and Young Women's Leadership Development; and a French class (Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m). In addition to the activities at our community center in Dorchester, AFAB conducts workshops and makes presentations throughout Boston, and in communities including Cambridge, Somerville, and Brockton.
Annual Events:
- International Women's Day (March)
- Clergy Breakfast (June)
- Domestic Violence Forum (August)
- Fundraising Dinner (October)
- Community Based / Non-Profit
- Asosiyasyon Fanm Ayisyen nan Boston (AFAB)
- Community Organization
- After School Programs
- Basic Needs: clothing, food, shelter, etc.
- Child Care/Baby Sitting
- Civic Engagement
- Community/Neighborhood Improvement
- Domestic Violence Intervention/Prevention
- Education
- Literacy
- Mentoring
- Volunteer Opportunities
- All Dorchester
- Ashmont Hill
- Ashmont-Adams
- Ashmont T Station
- Everyone
- Infants/Babies
- Children ages 0-5
- Youth ages 6-12
- Teens ages 13-19
- Adults
- Immigrants
- Women
- English
- French/Haitian Creole