Last winter, the African Youth and Community Organization was displaced with nowhere to go. Now they’re growing together in a new building.
PORTLAND, Ore. — An organization that supports over 10,000 students each year has a new building in Southeast Portland thanks to generous donors. The African Youth and Community Organization is a nonprofit focused on supporting diverse and immigrant families through mentorship, economic development and youth services.
“I would come to AYCO just to get some help with homework and then just stay around and hang out with the friends, because everybody was the same as me,” said AYCO student turned intern Abdinajib.
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