Outreach Services – Awasiw/The Place of Hope

Responds holistically, traditionally, and spiritually to the needs of Indigenous people (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) living with HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C and an extreme weather space during times of excessive heat, cold, rain, wind, or smoke

Offers:

• breakfast at 9:00 am and lunch at 1:00 pm
• coffee and water available all day
• educational resources are readily available
• personal care items when available
• referrals, navigation to care, treatment, and housing support
• onsite addiction worker, access to harm reduction supplies
• public washroom
• public telephone and Wi-Fi
• clothes and food items when available
• STBBI testing, vaccinations, immunizations
• women’s, men’s, support, and recovery groups
• crafts, movies, and games

Access to ceremony and Elders:

• smudging every day Monday – Friday at 10:00 am or upon request
• Elders available upon request
• ceremonies are offered on occasion and include feasts, sweat lodge ceremonies, moon ceremonies, giveaways, round dances and cleansing