Worcester immigrant nonprofit granted $3M for center renovation
Photo | Courtesy of African Community Education
Kaska Yawo, co-founder & executive director of African Community Education, in Worcester
African Community Education, a Worcester nonprofit serving African immigrants and refugees, will receive $3 million from the new federal budget to renovate its new center in Worcester.
ACE serves the Worcester population of African-born immigrants, estimated at 20,000 people. ACE works to offer educational programming, community support, and workforce development offerings. The organization acquired a new building at 51 Gage St. in Worcester last year, and made the move to the new facility this month.
The renovation funded by the federal allotment will allow expansion of existing programming for the most vulnerable populations ACE serves, such as low-income English learners, according to a Dec. 23 press release from Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Worcester).
"African Community Education (ACE) is incredibly grateful to receive federal appropriations funding to assist with the renovation of the new ACE Center at 51 Gage St. in Worcester,” Kaska Yawo, ACE executive director and co-founder of ACE, said in the press release. “This federal funding brings us closer to our vision of transforming 51 Gage St. to meet the growing needs of ACE and Worcester’s African communities and serve as a cultural hub to expand access to education, outreach, and workforce development programs for refugee and immigrant communities in Central Massachusetts.”
McGovern advocated for the funding as part of the $1.7-trillion federal budget approved by Congress in December, which included a total of $18 million for Central Massachusetts organizations.
“These projects were the result of community conversations with stakeholders across this district,” McGovern said in the release. “My team and I fought hard to bring over $18 million in federal funding to 15 incredible, community-led projects across the Second District, and this is going to make a world of difference.”
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