Family Violence Initiative
COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES
Healthy Relationships: Children and Youth
- Program Name:
Children Who Witness Abuse
- Organization/Community:
Haida Gwaii Society for Community Peace
- Location:
Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
- Website:
- Goals and Objectives:
To help children and youth exposed to violence in relationships and help break the cycle of intergenerational violence and abuse.
- Target Group Description:
Children and youth ages 3 – 18 and their caregivers.
- Program Description:
The program offers group and one on one counselling, a youth outreach service and organizes community education campaigns. The services provided also educate clients and the community on how violence impacts children and what the dimensions of a healthy relationship are. Elders and community artists also give of their time to work with the clients of the program.
- Program Successes/Impact:
Garnering community support, funding and referrals. The running of successful community education campaigns.
- Key Lessons/Challenges:
The time it takes to garner funding takes away from time spent with the clients.
- Program in operation since:
2004.
- Program:
Ongoing.
- Date modified: