Construction begins May 8 for Indigenous service centre at WLFN Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) and Knucwentwecw Society are holding a groundbreaking ceremony on May 8 for a new holistic Indigenous child and family services building on Quigli Drive. The centre will provide services for Indigenous children, youth and families in a culturally grounded environment while also anchoring a growing community at the Coyote Rock subdivision of the nation's reserve lands. “The programs and services that Knucwentwecw Society provides are vital to our community and having those programs and services out of a new, state of the art building, will be truly transformative,” said WLFN Chief Willie Sellars. ...continued
Click her to read more in the Williams Lake TribuneThe Caring Society works to ensure the safety and well-being of First Nations youth and their families through education initiatives, public policy campaigns and providing quality resources to support communities. Using a reconciliation framework that addresses contemporary hardships for Indigenous families in ways that uplift all Canadians, the Caring Society champions culturally based equity for First Nations children and their families so that they can grow up safely at home, be healthy, achieve their dreams, celebrate their languages and culture and be proud of who they are. The Caring Society proudly works with our partners in Canada and around the world to promote the rights of Indigenous children.
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