Brandon Friendship Centre Inc.

•activities for the clients that will focus on healing and wellness.

•Bi-weekly coed and monthly women’s sweat lodge teachings will be planned.

•Family counselling will be done on a daily basis to help the survivors deal with the trauma associated with being removed from their families, homes and communities.

•Helping people process trauma individually or in groups by working through and understanding the stages of life.

•Family Sharing circles will be conducted bi-weekly or on an as needed basis depending on the family.

•The main part of the programming will be Indigenous craft activities, Indigenous cooking, Medicine Wheel Teachings, 7 Sacred Teachings and parenting skills to help them process their issues and to help them work towards holistic healing.

•Land based activities such as medicine picking or nature walks will be held to help people to reconnect to the land and to help them work on the physical aspect.