Trough Issa’s leadership, WACC served 34 students in its multilingual Preschool site in Rainier Valley. The preschool is part of the City of Seattle Pathways Preschool Program and offers a dual language program in French and English (while also incorporating
West African dialects)…
Issa had put in place a home visiting program (ParentChild+) serving about 80 families with children aged 16 months to three years old. While our program began with the intent of just serving West African immigrant families, our services had since expanded to serve the broader African population due to expressed community need…
This program served about 240 families which includes our Parent Education and Support Program (for families with children prenatal-5 years
old) and Positive Families Connections Program (for families with children 5-24 years old)…
This strategic program is part of King County Best Starts for Kids’ Expanding Help Me Grow Initiative for families with children prenatal to 5 years old. As part of this effort, we received funding from Best Starts to: 1) begin a Family Connection Pilot Program… which will provide…
advocate and leader, for the purpose of advocating, organizing, assisting, educating, and supporting West African community members while preserving our tradition, culture, social, religious, and moral beliefs.