He received many awards including: Premier’s Community Volunteer Service Award, 2017. Ngarboui initiated and co-organized “Winnipeg Food 4 All” in midst of Covid-19 in 2020 which gathered more than 200 volunteers cooking, serving packed lunches and breakfasts to more than 20,000 community members: He co-initiated Rainbow Community Gardens in 2008 in the University of Manitoba land, which became the largest community garden in Canada with 356 families from 44 different nationalities involved in 2022. Ngarboui’s multiple professional and volunteer community initiatives with CEDA foster social network-building and skills development. Then, he became Winnipeg Regional Health Authority accredited Health Interpreter (French/English) in 2012. In 2009, he passed the National Interpretation Exam, organized by Interpreter Language and Skills Assessment Tool (ILSAT) from London, Ontario, and recognized by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
He completed the advanced compassionate listening program in Washington Seattle (USA) and went back to University of Winnipeg to take a project management program. Ngarboui has been working full-time as community development coordinator for Community Education Development Association (CEDA) since his graduation at RRC Polytechnic in 2009. He conducted community consultations for the $5.6 million investment for the Central Park Redevelopment Project in 2009.
With a degree in agriculture/local development and specialization in business/cooperatives management in Chad and Cameroon, Ngarboui graduated from Red River College Polytechnic in Community Economic Development (CED) in Canada and took urban and inner-city studies at University of Winnipeg.
Ngarboui also received the Manitoba Golden Carrot Award, in Urban Food Champions’ Category, the same year. In 2009, he received the United Nations’ recognition, winning the UNICEF Canada National Volunteer Award. An outstanding volunteer known in Manitoba and across Canada, Ngarboui initiated programs that facilitate healthier living and successful integration for new immigrants and refugee families. He has made tremendous contributions to his local communities and his new country.
Ngarboui came to Winnipeg, Manitoba with no English proficiency and quickly learned English to complete language requirements for college and university studies. Originally from Chad, Africa, French-speaking Raymond Ngarboui became a Canadian citizen in 2011, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal this past November. Community development coordinator community builder
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