Agape Youth Ministries is a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Empowering youth and their immigrants families with the skills to be engaged and self-sufficient.
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Vision: To strengthen families and foster a generation of determined and impactful youth poised to transform the world.
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Mission: To empowers youth and families with the skills to be engaged and self-sufficient through comprehensive workshops that strengthen relationships, develop leadership, and transform the world.
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Objective: To enhance educational attainment and provide academic support to Chin, Burmese, immigrant, and refugee youth and adults, promoting lifelong learning and skill acquisition. Develop authentic leadership opportunities through workshops and mentoring.
Our Team
Biak Cin ThangBiak came to this country as a refugee from Burma. Since arriving in this country, Biak has worked among the Chin, Burmese, immigrants, and other refugees. Helping them to get a driver’s license, green card and Citizenships, and so on. Biak worked at Columbus Community School District, IA, as a bilingual family liaison for 6 years. Then moved to Des Moines Since 2018, Biak has been working at West Des Moines Community School District, IA as a bilingual family liaison. Biak's understand the struggles of refugees, immigrants, and low-income youth and their families knowing they needed a better support system from the community. This is why Agape Youth was founded.
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Dawt Tha ParDawt love working with children, youth and their families. Dawt love to ask and focus on the four questions in this program: What happened, why did it happen, what should be happening, and what is next? She love listening to young people. Knowing that the beginning of love for others is learning to listen to them. Dawt think that many young people need a place to come in and out, enjoying socializing, playing different games, and eating. Called a second home to have a good time to spend it. Where young people can express their feelings freely and open up their hearts and minds to each other. This is the place of rest time and relief.
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Ruth DorrRuth Dorr has been a music teacher and choir director in Iowa schools for many years. Most recently she has taught in West Des Moines for the past 22 years at Crestview School of Inquiry, a school whose population is made up of students from diverse cultures and countries. Dorr loves music of other cultures and languages and enjoys helping students to appreciate their own culture as well as that of their friends. Dorr also enjoys teaching and playing musical games with students for fun and to develop musical and social skills. Throughout her career Dorr has been blessed to have worked in public schools, for community non-profits and most recently for Agape Youth Ministries.
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College & University students are volunteering to empower children, teenager and youth in this program.Empowering them for life long learner.
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