Free Wellness Gatherings for Immigrant Women — Boise, ID | TANTA
TANTA, Inc. is a Boise-based nonprofit built around a simple idea: refugee and immigrant women and girls heal and thrive faster when they have each other. Founded by Rama Deen, an immigrant from The Gambia and a psychotherapist specializing in trauma recovery, TANTA runs a range of programs rooted in three pillars — wellbeing, safety, and self-sufficiency — for women and girls resettled in Idaho’s Treasure Valley and Magic Valley communities. Among its core offerings are TANTA Wellness Gatherings, recurring peer support sessions focused on self-compassion, mindfulness, and normalizing the psychosocial challenges of rebuilding life in a new country.
What to Expect
TANTA Wellness Gatherings bring women and girls together in a culturally responsive space to process shared experiences without judgment. Sessions are grounded in self-kindness and mindfulness practices, and are designed to help participants recognize that the stress, grief, and disorientation that can come with resettlement are common experiences, not personal failures. The tone is peer-to-peer rather than clinical — participants build sustained relationships with each other over time, not just within a single session. TANTA also hosts related community touchpoints, including TANTA Meals, where cooking and shared food become a vehicle for connection, and seasonal wellness camps for women and girls ages 10 to 25.
Who This Group Is For
The Wellness Gatherings are for women and girls from resettled and immigrant communities across the Treasure Valley and Magic Valley, including those who have arrived from Afghanistan, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Syria, and other countries of origin. TANTA’s approach centers women navigating the specific mix of economic barriers, mental health needs, and safety concerns that often come with resettlement, while honoring the cultural and generational diversity within these communities.
Why Peer Support Works
Rebuilding a sense of home and identity after resettlement is rarely something people can do in isolation, and formal mental health systems don’t always account for the cultural context refugee and immigrant women are navigating. A gathering led by and for women with shared migration experience offers something a clinical intake form can’t: mutual recognition. Being in a room with other women who understand what it means to be a “third culture” adult or raise a “third culture kid” reduces isolation and builds the kind of trust that makes healing possible.
How to Join
TANTA’s programs are free and community-based. To find out about upcoming Wellness Gatherings, reach out to TANTA at info@tantainc.org or call (208) 333-8333. TANTA, Inc. is located at 413 W. Idaho Street, Suite 302, Boise, ID 83702. Meeting days and times vary by season — check tantainc.org or contact the team directly for the current schedule.