Marriage & relationship support
A helping hand with relationship challenges, family adjustment in Canada and connections to qualified counsellors and community support.
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Welcome to Beyond Her Boundaries
A place to belong.
Freedom to become.
Beyond Her Boundaries Women’s Foundation
Standing beside women and girls. Listening with care. Opening pathways to safety, equality, business ownership and financial independence.
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Her voice.
Her potential.
Her future.
Her potential.
Her future.
Safety · Equality · Enterprise
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Women. Families. Opportunity.
See construction, healthcare & mining →Support for women & girls
Belonging. Recovery. New beginnings.
Substance use & recovery
Dignity, community connection and pathways to qualified support for women, teenage girls and young women facing drug or alcohol challenges.
Explore recovery support →Immigrant & refugee support
Connections to settlement resources, language learning, education, work and business pathways for newcomer women and girls.
Explore newcomer support →Women’s safety & dignity
Support for Women Experiencing Abuse
Women who have experienced abuse deserve to be heard, treated with dignity and supported as they decide what comes next.
Our vision includes compassionate listening and advocacy for women facing domestic or intimate-partner abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, financial control, coercion or mistreatment, including mothers seeking support for themselves and their children.
We aim to help women connect with appropriate safety, shelter, counselling and specialist services, alongside opportunities to rebuild confidence and financial independence.
Explore women’s support →Why we are building this
Her potential deserves opportunity.
Some women need support to rebuild after hardship. Others have the knowledge, skills and ambition to start a business, yet face barriers to finance, networks and customers. Some face both.
Our mission is to advance safety, equality and economic opportunity for women, with particular attention to minority and underrepresented communities, through practical support, entrepreneurship and advocacy.
A Canada-based vision with global ambition. Our first step is to build partnerships and practical programs that respond to real community needs.
Belonging. Leadership. Enterprise.
Every woman deserves
room to grow.
From personal support work and caregiving to construction, healthcare and mining, our vision makes room for women’s talent across sectors, including immigrant and refugee women building a future in a new country.
Three connected pathways
Support that opens possibilities.
Safety & belonging
Partnerships that help women facing abuse or hardship connect with shelter, counselling and specialist support.
Enterprise & capital
Business planning, pricing, financing readiness and connections to mentors, financing partners and customers.
Equality & advocacy
A collective voice for fair opportunities that recognise women’s skills, experience and business potential, including women who lack collateral or established business networks.
Enterprise without exclusion
Her talent is a starting point.
Opportunity should follow.
A woman may have the knowledge, skill and determination to build a business without owning a house or having an established credit history. Our enterprise vision starts with her potential and helps her develop a practical case for investment and growth.
From talent to a business plan
Explore an idea, understand customers, calculate costs, set prices and build realistic financial projections.
Navigate financing
Prepare applications, understand lender requirements and explore suitable financing partners. Decisions remain with the financing provider.
Reach real opportunities
Build networks, learn about procurement and connect with mentors, potential buyers and routes to first customers.
Your idea. Your next step.
Get Business & Financing Support
Have a business idea or want to grow your business? Explore support with business planning, financing preparation, mentorship and connections to funding opportunities.
Shape your business
Work through your idea, customers, costs, pricing and financial projections.
Prepare for financing
Understand application requirements and prepare a clear case for your business. Financing decisions remain with the funding provider.
Build connections
Explore mentorship, potential customers, procurement opportunities and suitable funding pathways.
Business support enquiry
Tell us about your business interests using the form below when enquiries are activated.
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Who we aim to support
Different starting points.
Equal dignity.
Our vision welcomes women from all backgrounds, with focused attention on minority and underrepresented communities facing barriers to safety and economic opportunity.
- Women with business ideas, practical talents or existing small businesses.
- Immigrant and refugee women building networks and navigating unfamiliar systems.
- Women experiencing discrimination, financial exclusion or limited access to capital.
- Women rebuilding after abuse or hardship who want support on their own terms.
Women do not need to have experienced abuse to belong in our enterprise vision. Each woman’s goals and circumstances should guide the support she chooses.
What will guide our work
Respect. Choice. Practical action.
Her voice comes first
Listen without judgement. Respect women’s choices, backgrounds, ambitions and personal boundaries.
Potential deserves a fair chance
Advocate for opportunities that recognise skills, experience and business viability alongside financial circumstances.
Support with purpose
Develop clear pathways, work with qualified specialists and be transparent about what we can offer.
“A woman’s potential is greater than the barriers placed in her way.”
The belief behind Beyond Her Boundaries
Her voice. Her future.
A listening ear.
A chance to flourish.
Our vision includes women and mothers who need someone to listen, and girls who need protection, advocacy and support when facing abuse, mistreatment, substance use or unsafe living situations.
Women, mothers & children: explore our support vision →Listening with dignity
Compassion begins with hearing a woman’s story without judgement, respecting her choices and helping her find appropriate support for herself and her family.
Giving the girl child a chance
We stand for girls facing abuse, mistreatment, substance use or unsafe living situations, alongside opportunities to learn, build confidence and discover their potential. Learn about our girls’ support vision →
Standing up for girls
You deserve to be heard.
You deserve protection.
Some girls find it difficult to speak with a teacher, social worker or someone at home. Our vision is to offer another place to turn: a compassionate listener who takes them seriously, stands beside them and helps connect them with appropriate protection and support.
Abuse & mistreatment
Standing up for girls facing sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect, emotional abuse or other mistreatment, including harm at home or while living with relatives or other caregivers.
Substance use & recovery
Supporting girls affected by drug or alcohol use with compassion, practical guidance and connections to qualified addiction and recovery services.
Safety beyond the streets
Working towards pathways from street involvement and unsafe living situations to appropriate housing, specialist support, education and stability.
Meet Our Founder & President
Fortunate Mugwara
Founder & President
Fortunate Mugwara is a Zimbabwean-born healthcare aide, businesswoman and founder of Eliana International Group Ltd., which includes Eliana Home Care & Staffing Agency. Her hands-on healthcare experience and commitment to building her care and staffing business are the backbone of her work. As an immigrant to Canada, she understands the determination it takes to start again and pursue a business.
Her own experience of facing funding barriers because she lacked collateral inspired Beyond Her Boundaries Women’s Foundation. Driven by faith and compassion, she is passionate about helping women and girls find safety, belonging and opportunities to turn their skills and ambitions into a better future.
Meet Our Director
Ivy Yayra Tessu
Director
Ivy Yayra Tessu is a human resources manager with a passion for helping people find employment and build confidence in their abilities.
She has supported job seekers in Canada, including new immigrants, by helping them prepare their résumés and navigate employment opportunities. She has generously provided this assistance free of charge, giving her time and experience to help others move forward.
As a Director of Beyond Her Boundaries Women’s Foundation, Ivy brings her human resources experience and commitment to opening doors for others to our shared vision of dignity, belonging and opportunity for women and girls.
Ways to get involved
Bring your experience.
Help open a door.
Share your expertise
Opportunities to contribute as volunteers and advisers in women’s support, community outreach and program development.
Business mentors
We welcome a future network of people who can share practical expertise in planning, finance and business growth.
Open an opportunity
Opportunities for lenders, businesses and buyers to help create fair pathways to capital, markets and first customers.
Together, we can turn skills into enterprise, build stronger communities and open opportunities for women.
Partner, become a member or volunteer →Be part of the work
Partner. Participate. Make a difference.
Choose how you would like to support women and girls through Beyond Her Boundaries.
Partner With Us
For banks, social services, businesses, educators, community organisations and other supporters.
Become a Founding Supporter
We are inviting our first 50 Founding Supporters to help launch Beyond Her Boundaries Women’s Foundation. Give $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or any amount toward essential startup costs, supplies and community outreach.
Your contribution supports our launch. Your donation does not give you voting rights or a role in governing the foundation.
Read our Founding Supporters invitation →Volunteer With Us
Bring your experience, time and compassion. Applications would be reviewed before any role is agreed, with appropriate screening for work involving women or children.
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An invitation to our first 50 Founding Supporters
Help us launch our mission.
Your contribution supports essential registration and administrative costs, startup supplies, outreach and strategic development.
Community Builder: $100 · Care Champion: $250 · Foundation Pillar: $500+
Give $1,000 or choose any amount. These are suggested gifts. You are welcome to give any amount. Donations do not give you voting rights or a role in governing the foundation.
Become a Founding Supporter →Donors who give permission will be recognized as our Inaugural Founding Supporters. You may remain anonymous.
Official charitable tax receipts are not currently available.
Learn more
Your questions, answered.
Who is the foundation for?
Our vision is for women from all backgrounds, with particular attention to minority and underrepresented communities. Women can pursue business opportunity regardless of whether they have experienced abuse.
What is our geographical focus?
Our intended starting point is Edmonton and surrounding Alberta communities, with a longer-term vision across Canada and internationally.
How do safety and entrepreneurship fit together?
Women arrive with different goals. Some seek connections to specialist support, others want to develop an enterprise, and some want both. Respecting each woman’s choices is central to our vision.
What is our approach to access to capital?
We advocate for fair opportunities that recognise skills, experience and business viability, while helping women prepare for financing and build business networks.
Let’s connect
Contact Us
Have a question about the foundation, business support or getting involved? Choose a topic below.
Partnerships, membership & volunteering →Business & financing support →Women’s support →Girls’ support & advocacy →
Send us an email
For questions, partnerships or getting involved, email wecare@beyondherboundaries.org.
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