ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation Inc (TAYFFI) is a Black-led Registered Charity that provides tailored program and support services for individuals, youth, and families from visible/ethnic minority groups and vulnerable communities in Saskatoon and Area towards becoming engaged and contributing members of the society.
Premised upon its principles of harnessing human potential, promoting individual responsibility, and improving socioeconomic outcomes for members of Saskatoon Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour communities TAYFFI offers an array of capacity advancement and leadership upskilling programs including newcomer adaptation and social support, pre-employment training and life-skills workshops, youth mentorship/leadership initiatives, family support and parenting education, anti-racism, multiculturalism, and heritage learning events, special education and tutoring program, visible minority women empowerment initiatives.
Our organization responds to community needs through impact-driven engagement and coordinated consultation to foster a socially cohesive, and civically engaged society where everyone’s potential is allowed to blossom.
In alignment with its mandate and strategic goals, Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation Inc (TAYFFI) promotes inclusive participation, advances active social engagement, and advocates for equitable economic outcomes for Black communities and ethnic minority groups in Saskatoon and Area.
Our organization serves as a conduit for Saskatoon Black Canadian Alliance Network, a forward-thinking action group focused on mobilization of knowledge and growing engagement among key stakeholders and leaders of Saskatoon diverse Black communities and suggesting positive-impact approaches to advancing Black excellence across platforms and structures.
Learn more about TAYFFI’s fundamental principles and rules of guidance
Our Goals
Truly Alive Youth and Family Foundation Inc will meet its goals by:
- undertaking periodic environmental scan, research and needs assessment on current issues and emerging trends
- strategizing ways to meet community needs in alignment with the TAYFFI governance and operational mandate, using human and capital resources – donations of money, time, influence, and knowledge
- mobilizing and engaging community members and allied organizations for action towards building a socially cohesive society
- educating, raising awareness, and influencing public perceptions, and advocating for social engagement
- working in collaborative partnership with community-based organizations, corporations and Government agencies for program support and resource sharing
- maintaining trust, accountability, and sustainable relationship with funders
Core Values and Principles
TAYFFI believes in embracing the rich dimensions of diversity and advancing Canada’s cultural mosaic values by engaging people of different origin and ethno-cultural background in its program design and implementation.
TAYFFI values respect and human dignity, and ensures all actions and interactions carried out on its behalf reflect ethical behavior, diligence, honesty, empathy, and compassion
TAYFFI believes inter-culturalism is the mingling of diverse cultures with an understanding that a culturally diverse society is a continuous work in progress requiring intentional care, support, and collaboration
TAYFFI ensures its strategic goals and outcomes remain focused on harnessing human potential, enhancing individual responsibility, lifting the voices of individuals, youth, and family from diverse Black, Indigenous, and ethnic minority communities in Greater Saskatoon Area
TAYFFI commits to quality assurance and ongoing process improvement to ensure its programs and services achieve community-impact outcomes
TAYFFI upholds transparency, accountability, competency in resources allocation and management to further its mandate
TAYFFI commits itself to engaging representatives from grassroots groups and ethnic communities in identifying their critical needs, and responding decisively
Our Mandate
TAYFFI empowers and equips individuals, youth, and families especially those from visible minority groups and vulnerable communities with necessary training, tools, and resources in order that they recognize themselves as valued, supported, contributing members of their respective communities.
TAYFFI… harnessing human potential, promoting participatory inclusion, and lifting the voices of visible minorities in Greater Saskatoon Area.
MISSION
TAYFFI is committed to enhancing individual responsibility, harnessing human potential, and lifting the voices of visible/ethnic minorities and vulnerable populations in Saskatoon and Area
We aim to bring about concrete and genuine change in concert with our organization’s core purposes:
- To relieve poverty and advance education by providing employment-related counselling and training to the needy, newcomers, and the unemployed
- To advance education by providing computer fundamentals and literacy and leadership programs to youth
- To advance education and promote positive race relations by providing workshops, presentations, and programs for the general public, on diversity, inclusion and racism
- To address and prevent specific problems faced by families by providing parents, children and youth with leadership, empowerment and mentoring programs, and workshops on issues such as financial literacy, computer fundamentals and literacy, multiculturalism, communication, and parenting
VISION
Service to all through service to one
- Using case-based needs assessment methodology, TAYFFI ensures no one, especially those of ethnic minorities and vulnerable populations, is left behind by responding to current and emerging social, economic, and cultural needs of individuals, youth, and families, resident in Saskatoon and area.