Our purpose is to help heal the trauma of migrating from Africa to  Maine, and settling in a new country with very different norms and behaviors. We decided to become active when we assessed what other nonprofits were doing and determined that none of them began with the trauma–most began with work permits and jobs. The overall goal is to help parents deal with the enormous self-doubt and despair and even depression that has plagued them since the beginning of their journey.  They have ended the physical journey. But the emotional scars are deep and red.  We have been focusing on working adults and children. We feel remiss that we have not honored the heartbreak and trauma of our grandmothers through all this–they are our bulwark. We need to listen to them now.