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Nurturing a healthy Aboriginal non-profit sector.
VATJSS provides justice and housing services to Aboriginal people within the Metro Vancouver area. The justice service offers a non-adversarial approach that emphasizes healing for victims and meaningful accountability for offenders. The homeless outreach program helps individuals and families find and maintain housing within the community.
AFOA is people helping people. We support the dedicated individuals working in the fields of Aboriginal finance, administration, and governance. By providing the highest quality training and professional development, offering the latest tools and resources, and lobbying for our members’ needs, we work toward a vision of social, economic, and cultural prosperity for all Aboriginal people in BC.
Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) was established in 1991 to improve the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health of the city’s Aboriginal residents. Today, VHNS delivers comprehensive medical, counselling, and social services to the Downtown Eastside Aboriginal community. The majority of its clients struggle with overlapping issues of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic disease, homelessness, and poverty.
The Red Road HIV/AIDS Network comprises more than 125 organizations in BC that address HIV/AIDS in an Aboriginal context. These include Aboriginal AIDS service organizations; non-Aboriginal AIDS service organizations that have Aboriginal programs; and organizations of Aboriginal persons living with HIV/AIDS.
The Native Mental Health Association of Canada is a national organization governed and managed by Aboriginal leaders. The goal of the Association is to improve the lives of Canada’s First Nations, Metis, and Inuit populations by addressing healing, wellness, and other mental health challenges.
IRSSS is a provincial organization with a 20-year history of healing the wounds caused by the residential school system. In its early years, the Society’s focus was helping survivors bring legal claims for residential school abuses. More recently, the Society has also been assisting the descendants of survivors and implementing education measures in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.
Phone: 604.985.4464
Helping Spirit Lodge is a 10-bed transition house for Aboriginal women and children fleeing abuse or the risk of abuse. The Lodge provides physical and physiological safety in a dignified cultural space. Guests receive emotional and administrative support during a 30-day stay.
The mandate of Healing Our Spirit is twofold: to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS; and to provide care and support to Aboriginal people affected by the disease. Services offered by the Society include education, counselling, advocacy, support, referrals, outreach, and research.
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FNESS evolved from the Society of Native Indian Fire Fighters of BC (SNIFF), which was established in 1986. SNIFF’s initial objective was to help reduce the number of fire-related deaths on reserves. SNIFF has since changed its name to First Nations’ Emergency Services Society to reflect the greater spectrum of services that it now provides.
The Cwenengitel Aboriginal Society provides a safe environment for Aboriginal men to reside while addressing drug and alcohol addiction. The Society aims to help clients return to their community and lead a productive life. Among the services offered are counselling, life skills, and traditional healing methods, including a weekly healing circle.
Phone: 604-309-2702
Phone: 604-588-5910
