A Canadian & Global Movement for Women & Children
From Ottawa to Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania, CAVIWO empowers women, families and children to build lasting resilience.
GBV & WHVP
Confidential, trauma informed support and advocacy to prevent gender based violence and protect vulnerable women and families.
Entrepreneurship Training
Practical business coaching, financial literacy and start-up grants that turn skills into sustainable income for women.
Health & Wellness
Mental health seminars, caregiver support and wellness retreats that nurture the whole woman, body, mind and spirit.
Leadership & Capacity Building
Equipping women with resume, interview and leadership skills to step up, take the lead and reshape their communities.
Employment Pathways
Celebrating cultural diversity through community festivals, newcomer settlement support, and intercultural exchanges that help every woman belong.
Faith Building
Weekly sisterhood gatherings for mutual support, emotional check-ins and group learning in a safe, welcoming space.
Our current activities
From health awareness to economic empowerment, here is a live look at the work happening across CAVIWO this season.
Health & Disability
Economic Empowerment
Safety & Advocacy
Sisterhood & SupportBreast Cancer Awareness Month 2026
Every story is unique, every journey matters. This October CAVIWO turns awareness into action with culturally sensitive education, safe sharing spaces and screening support for women across our community.
Entrepreneurship Training
Practical business coaching, financial literacy and start-up grants that turn skills into sustainable income for women and families building a new life in Canada.
GBV & WHVP
Confidential, trauma-informed support and advocacy to prevent gender-based violence and protect vulnerable women and families through safe referrals and peer circles.
Faith Building
Weekly sisterhood gatherings for prayer, mutual support, emotional check-ins and group learning in a safe, welcoming space where every woman belongs.
Health & DisabilityBreast Cancer Awareness Month 2026
Every story is unique, every journey matters. This October CAVIWO turns awareness into action with culturally sensitive education, safe sharing spaces and screening support for women across our community.
Economic EmpowermentEntrepreneurship Training
Practical business coaching, financial literacy and start-up grants that turn skills into sustainable income for women and families building a new life in Canada.
Safety & AdvocacyGBV & WHVP
Confidential, trauma-informed support and advocacy to prevent gender-based violence and protect vulnerable women and families through safe referrals and peer circles.
Sisterhood & SupportFaith Building
Weekly sisterhood gatherings for prayer, mutual support, emotional check-ins and group learning in a safe, welcoming space where every woman belongs.
Empowering women and children across Canada and beyond
We are a registered Canadian charity dedicated to holistically building resilience, confidence, economic self-reliance, and emotional wellness for women, families, and children facing systemic barriers, displacement, or domestic adversity.
"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead."
Holistic support for lasting transformation
Explore our core pillars of mission, vision, values, and charitable purpose.
Our mission
To holistically empower women and their children to develop sustainable skills in a changing world.
Our vision
To see a world where love leads, without poverty, discrimination or gender-based violence.
Our core values
Our activities
- Education and training
- Capacity building
- Poverty reduction
- Employment training
- Health and mental support
Holistic Charitable Mandate
- To relieve poverty of refugees and immigrants in Canada, who are unemployed or facing a real prospect of imminent unemployment and are shown to need assistance by providing employment-related training.
- To relieve poverty by providing related entrepreneurial training to those in need in areas of social and economic deprivation in Canada and internationally.
- To promote health by providing individuals with domestic abuse with access to related
- To provide counselling, information, or group support programs.
- To advance education by providing training programs about the prevention of, and responses to, domestic abuse to abused and traumatized widows and single parents.
- To advance religion by teaching the religious tenets, doctrines, and observances associated with Christian faith.
- To carry out activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.
Direct Community Impact
Upcoming events and workshops
Join our sisterhood at conferences, retreats, seminars and humanitarian missions. There is always a seat for you at the CAVIWO table.
Our generous sponsors
We appreciate your financial contributions and partnership in supporting families in need across our community.
Canadian Heritage, Canada Summer Jobs, ESDC Canada
International Centre for Family Welfare Canada
The success story of a CAVIWO woman
CAVIWO community activities
