Family Violence Initiative

COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA

INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES

Healthy Relationships: Women

Program Name:

Walking The Journey

Organization/Community:

Kinsmen Activity Place

Location:

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Website:

N/A

Goals and Objectives:

To provide daily, holistic, individual and family support to clients seeking to reduce violence and increase personal safety and the surrounding community.

Target Group Description:

Women and their children/families.

Program Description:

The program seeks to provide resources, referrals and supports to women who are struggling with poverty, homelessness, addictions, health issues, abuse, and family breakdowns. It offers a weekly women's group session that aims to expand opportunities for women through educating and making them more aware of available options to assist them while at the same time allowing clients to voice their experiences in a safe and supportive environment. There is also one on one counselling available to clients. The program seeks to offer workshops and training to assist clients with enhancing their marketable skills and becoming more employable.

Program Successes/Impact:

Women step into leadership roles and become mentors to new clients of the program. Seeing client's personal growth.

Key Lessons/Challenges:

Obtaining funding. Lack of transparency in government performance measurements of what constitutes "success" for a program.

Program in operation since:

2009.

Program:

Ongoing.