Imani Rites of Passage is an educational, therapeutic, recreational and cultural enrichment program designed to foster the development of positive self-image and competence in young people by introducing them to their cultural heritage and positive coping strategies that prevent or avert risky behaviors.

Our main preoccupation is that contemporary society does not offer our boys and girls the appropriate initiation rites and rituals to facilitate their transition from one stage of development to another. Hence, our comprehensive guidance and developmental programs aimed at helping to ease children through their inevitable transitions.

At Imani Rites of Passage we use the psycho-educational group approach that combines the use of cognitive, emotive and behavioral techniques for providing young people with hope, support and encouragement, which in turn, enhances their life skills aimed at helping them avoid or overcome possible self-defeating behaviors that can diminish the effectiveness of their lives.

A value-based, cognitive cultural model of identity development is used in IROP to address the interrelated academic, emotional and developmental needs of children. The primary hypothesis is that value-based socialization helps participants enhance their cultural identity. This in turn helps them with the development and or improvement of their academic and social skills which invariably results in the reduction of risks of aggression and violence.

Children are our future. They deserve our care and protection. We invite you to invest in our community's future by supporting our innovative, collaborative and outcome-based ROP program. Help us to raise the funds required for teaching, defending, nurturing and protecting father-absent children, thus giving them a fighting chance at having a brighter tomorrow and a more fulfilling future.
How we care for children, protect their wellbeing and prepare them for the future depends to a large extent on financial resources.

Get involved: If you do nothing, nothing happens. Get involved and you will feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to give father-absent children a better chance through IROP scholarship fund. Please click on the following links to learn more.

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