Women's Health and Well-being Hub
The WHWH program has been one of the most successful physical exercise and healthy eating programs for women and girls for the past 14 years. Hundreds of women and girls from different ethnocultural backgrounds are engaged and learn from these program activities.
Aerobic and yoga classes offer a fun-filled hour-long exercise session led by qualified instructors. It is followed by a 1-hour healthy food demonstration session, during which women receive healthy recipes, including valuable information on ingredients and tips for healthy eating.
Women greatly enjoy this affordable, accessible and culturally appropriate program. Therefore, they often refer their friends and families to join this exciting program. Furthermore, this program provides a space for women to meet other women, giving them the opportunity to expand their social networks and try new recipes.
For more information, please contact the Project Coordinator, Farida Salahuddin: farida@miag.ca
We would like to thank the City of Mississauga for its financial support of this program.
Our Outcomes 2025
335 women attended the program; cumulative attendance is 1,550 across 24 sessions.
94% met their fitness improvement goals and enhanced overall well-being.
93% of participants enriched their understanding of healthy eating
Following are couple of video links of healthy recipes that were used in our program:
Success Stories
“I really enjoy the Zumba classes. I feel like I am connecting with women from all over the world under one great common goal: to stay healthy. The exercises, the music, the participants, the instructor all bring their own ethnicity creating this rich environment and sense of unity. I want to thank MIAG for this wonderful and creative initiative that has made happy so many of us."
- Anita Ortega, participant
"Just wanted to drop you a note, the ZUMBA session on Tuesday which you have organised is absolutely awesome. I look forward and find each and every minute of the 1 hr session fruitful, energising and relaxing."
- Shalini Carrascow, Participant
“I would like to express my sincere appreciation for these fitness classes restarted. Having attended these classes for some time now I find them to be very good for my general well- being and exercise regime, and I can relate to the competent instructors who are hired to teach this program. The food demo classes also increase the interest of participants as it teaches us to prepare & eat healthy food.
Thanks MIAG for your commitment towards women of all ages thus enabling us to be part of this program, it has motivated me to be more active, and I find that by attending these Zumba & Aerobic classes plus taking note of the healthy food tips my cardio routine and overall health and wellness has improved.”
- Participant - L.R.
“I really enjoy this program; the facilitators are so welcoming and friendly. I find it is very hard to be active these days and being a single mom of 3, I am tired. After the Zumba I feel really good. I feel like I did something for myself that was a great benefit. I find it very hard to get motivated to exercise on my own. This class helped me start a new change to become a healthier person/mom. I use the health tips very often and share them with everyone I know. Thank you so much!”
- Tricia Aligour
“The program is fun and informative at the same time. It really contributes to my physical and mental well-being. The social connections are great. I also learned about other cultures and their food."
- Abeer Musleh
"It was a great experiences which motivated me to take care of my health and wellbeing. I look forward to Tuesday evening to participate in Zumba class. Thanks for organizing such healthy activities for all of us at
our own home" - Najma Jehan
Enjoy our lovely participant Sunita's cooking video!
For more information please contact the project Coordinator,
Farida Salahuddin at (647) 638-3332 or email: farida@miag.ca.
