Ikhlas Ibrahim arrived in the United States as an Iraqi refugee. After suffering from emotional turmoil following her son’s kidnapping and ransom, Ikhlas and her four children moved to the United States with the dream of a better life.
ACCESS proudly assisted Ikhlas in turning her dream into reality. Ikhlas is a recent graduate of ACCESS Growth Center’s Home-Based Child Care Program, where she successfully completed the required training to become a certified childcare provider.
Ikhlas said she loves helping others, and she has plans to open her own business for refugee children in the near future. She is currently working with case managers at the Michigan Department of Human Services to finalize plans to care for two children while their mother searches for employment.
Her long-term goal is to inspire and empower other refugee women to start their own home-based business through attending workshops at ACCESS Growth Center.
"The Home-Based Child Care Program's mission is to empower women through skill-building, microenterprise development and economic independence," said Haneen Wraikat, program director.
“Helping Ikhlas has been a pleasure. Through the program she has shown tremendous progress. By the time she graduated from our program, she realized the opportunity of becoming independent and business-minded with tremendous opportunity for growth for her family as she now is open as a licensed child care provider."
For more information about the Home-Based Child Care Program, visit http://www.accessgrowthcenter.org/.
