Health & Wellness
Goal - To create a safe, supportive environment for families that fosters good health, healthy relationships, and influence positive values, attitudes, and practices around personal health and wellness.
The Health and Wellness cluster has three programmatic sub-areas:
- Family Medical Clinic
- Counselling
- Senior's Club
Family Medical Clinic
The Family Medical Clinic provides comprehensive healthcare to adults and children twice per week and a specialized clinic on women's reproductive health monthly. Some of most conditions treated include hypertension, diabetes, skin disorders, gastrointestinal diseases and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Counselling
Counselling services are offered four days per week for both adults and children. Some of the most common issues among adults involve finances, interpersonal relationships and depression while most children are brought in by their parents for behavioural problems.
Senior's Club
The Senior's Club was created based on a need for the elderly who lived in the surrounding communities to have a safe space to meet and socialize with their peers as well as to receive practical support in terms of food, medication and counselling. The club meets once per week. However, many members also participate in special group outings, attend the weekly Family Medical Clinic, and "hang out" at the Centre whenever they desire.