Regohva

What Regohva does

Regohva is a Canadian charitable non-profit organization founded in 2021 and headquartered at B-65 West Main Street in Welland, Ontario (Canada). It provides personalized settlement, social, educational, and community-integration services to Francophone and Creole-speaking newcomers in the Niagara region, with particular focus on the Haitian-Canadian community. Its service portfolio spans four interconnected core areas: Settlement Services, Social Services Support (housing, health, employment, education access), Education and Training Programs (financial literacy, language skills, understanding of local systems), and Community Support and Mentoring. It also runs international programs in Haiti — an Elementary Education Program supporting 100 children since September 2022 and a Torbeck Rebuilding Aid Project.

Regohva operates with no proprietary technology platform; its digital footprint consists of a WordPress website (regohva.com, currently undergoing Canadian Heritage-funded renovation), a PayPal donation page, and standard social media accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, and Instagram. Service delivery is community-led: the organization is governed by a volunteer board of nine members led by President Naromie Azar Charles, and reaches beneficiaries through grassroots events (multicultural dinners, Haitian flag-raising ceremonies, Canada Day celebrations, family picnics) and a broad partnership network that includes French-language school boards (Conseil scolaire Viamonde, CSC Mon Avenir), healthcare providers (Centre de santé Chong), Collège La Cité, the City of Welland, Desjardins, Église Sacré-Coeur Welland, and others.

The business model is donation- and grant-driven rather than commercial. Services are provided free of charge to qualifying newcomers. Funding sources disclosed are government grants (Patrimoine Canada / Canadian Heritage, used for website renovation and program support), corporate sponsors (Desjardins, MCF Niagara, PassepART), and individual donations via PayPal. No revenue figures are publicly disclosed, and the organization is not backed by venture capital or private equity. It is independently incorporated in Ontario with no parent company or subsidiaries.

Name

Regohva

Legal name

Regohva

Website

https://regohva.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Regohva is a Canadian charitable non-profit founded in 2021 and headquartered in Welland, Ontario, providing settlement, social, educational, and community-integration services to Francophone and Creole-speaking newcomers — primarily Haitian-Caribbean — in the Niagara region, funded by Canadian Heritage grants and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Settlement and Community Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAMAFAI

Heritage Language & Bilingual Maintenance Programs

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Language Learning & Conversation Programs

SECONDARYEDAAAFAO

Community Language Conversation & Exchange Groups

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Community & Public Education Programs (Libraries, Community Centers)

Keywords

• Newcomer settlement services
• Francophone community support
• Immigrant social services
• Settlement assistance programs
• Community integration mentoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Welland

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Regohva operates as a Canadian charitable and non-profit organization that provides settlement services to newcomers. The organization receives funding from government sources (Patrimoine Canada/Canadian Heritage), corporate sponsors, and individual donors through platforms such as PayPal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Regohva is a Canadian charitable non-profit organization that provides personalized settlement services, social services support (housing, health, employment, education access), education and training programs (language, financial management, local systems), and community mentoring to Francophone and Creole-speaking newcomers in Canada, particularly members of the Haitian-Canadian community in the Niagara region of Ontario.

Product overview

Regohva is a Canadian charitable non-profit organization operating as a single, unified service model rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization offers four interconnected core service areas: (1) Settlement Services for Francophone and Creole-speaking newcomers in need, (2) Social Services Support covering housing, health, employment and education access, (3) Education and Training Programs including language and financial literacy workshops, and (4) Community Support and Mentoring programs. These services are delivered through three main programmatic initiatives: the Elementary Education Program supporting 100 children in Haiti, the Torbeck Rebuilding Aid Project for Haiti reconstruction efforts, and Website Renovation for improved organizational outreach. The organization focuses on five priority areas: Social action, Entrepreneurship, Education, Culture, and Health, serving primarily the Caribbean, Francophone, and Creole newcomer communities in Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Settlement Services for Newcomers Personalized settlement services offered to Francophone and Creole-speaking newcomers in need, providing resources, information, and training to help them adapt to their new living environment in Canada.
• Social Services Support
• Education and Training Programs
• Community Support and Mentoring
• Elementary Education Program Elementary education program supporting 100 children (ages 5) whose parents are economically disadvantaged, supporting education access in Haiti; project underway since September 2022.
• Torbeck Rebuilding Aid Project

Quantifiable outcome

• Elementary education program for 100 children (base 5 years) whose parents are economically disadvantaged; project underway since September 2022
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered sponsor and partner.

• MCF NiagarasponsorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSponsor providing support for organizational activities and community events.
• Collège La CitésponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsor providing educational institution partnerships for French-language education programs.
• SOFIFRANpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting Francophone community initiatives.
• Centre de santé ChongpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare center providing health services access for newcomers.
• Conseil scolaire ViamondepartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench-language school board partner supporting educational initiatives and Francophone education promotion.
• CSC Mon AvenirpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench-language Catholic school board partner supporting educational programs.
• City of WellandsponsorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government sponsor supporting community events and multicultural initiatives.
• RIFCSO (Réseau de soutien)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport network partner providing community support services.
• Mon AssembléepartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for community assembly and engagement.
• Église Sacré-Coeur WellandpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal church partner providing community space and support for activities.
• Altimex Consulting ServicespartnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting services partner providing professional support for organizational operations.
• École élémentaire catholique Sacré-CoeurpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerElementary school partner supporting educational programs for Francophone children.
• École catholique Saint-FrançoispartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatholic school partner supporting educational initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• COSTI Immigrant Services: Ontario's largest settlement services agency, providing language training, employment, and social support to newcomers, directly comparable to Regohva's mission. Both organizations compete for the same government settlement funding pool.
• FCJ Refugee Centre: Toronto-based nonprofit serving refugees and immigrants with settlement, language, and integration services. Comparable service mix (settlement, social support, mentoring) and depends on similar government and donor funding streams.
• Centre francophone de Toronto: Francophone-led settlement and community organization serving French-speaking newcomers in Ontario. Directly comparable niche focus on Francophone newcomers, identical priority population to Regohva.
• Catholic Cross Cultural Services (CCS): Toronto-based settlement agency providing newcomer services including language, employment, and settlement support. Operates with similar mission scope to Regohva and competes for the same government and donor funding.
• La Passerelle - Intégration et développement économique (L'IDÉ): Ottawa-based Francophone settlement and economic integration organization. Directly comparable as a French-language newcomer service provider operating in the same regulatory and funding environment in Ontario.

Regional players

• Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS): Provincial settlement umbrella organization serving newcomers in Nova Scotia. Comparable end-to-end service offering (language, settlement, employment) but focused on a different provincial region.
• Peel Newcomer Strategy Group: Regional newcomer service coordination body in Peel Region, Ontario. Overlapping mission of serving newcomer populations through coordination of community services, comparable to Regohva's convenor role in Niagara.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA Greater Toronto - Newcomer Services: Major incumbent offering settlement, language, and employment services across the GTA as part of a broader portfolio. Same service categories as Regohva but at much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/regohva
• Facebookfacebook.com/Regohva
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/regohva
• Instagraminstagram.com/regohva3

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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