Help Us Reach Our Goal for a New Training Facility
One of the main purposes of the Caring for First Nations Children society is to provide culturally competent training for the social workers employed by the Aboriginal Child and Family Service Agencies. The Society is a unique provincial organization in that we are the only organization in the country providing this type of service. The Society supports the capacity of Aboriginal agencies to assume local authority for the delivery of child welfare services. We do this through our culturally relevant child welfare training and through policy development.
This training is especially important as Aboriginal children continue to be over represented in the child welfare system in British Columbia. Currently, 55.6% of 8,371 children in care are of Aboriginal ancestry despite the fact they account for only 8% of the population. The benefits of this project will also be felt by Aboriginal Agencies in that there will be one consistent site for training. Further, the Aboriginal children in care will eventually be transferred back to the Aboriginal agency and will benefit from the Society's impact on the cultural awareness and sensitivity of their social worker.
The importance of our training is reflected in our growth. Happily we are bursting at the seams in our current location. With added training programs, new staff, youth mentoring programs and social worker practicum students, we are looking to expand to a larger location that will facilitate our current and future growth. Your donation can go a long way towards helping us reach this goal of a bigger training facility.
Our growth has also been recognized by some of our partners. In November 2010, the Society was proud to be featured by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child, as their NGO of the month at http://www.childsrights.org
Last year for the first time in the Society’s 17 year history, we received core funding from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. This achievement has only come about due to being acknowledged as a stable organization.
Remember that our training programs are central to the Society's mandate, the belief that Aboriginal children succeed with a strong sense of identity. An integral part of our Aboriginal Social Worker Training curriculum is focused on culture and racial identity development. By making a tax deductible donation you can help maintain the cultural identity connection for Aboriginal children in care in British Columbia. Please help and make your donation today!
Please help and make your donation today!
Just click on the yellow Donate button on the right, you can use your PayPal account or credit card to make your donation. Thank you!
Every dollar you donate helps one more Aboriginal child come home.
