Save the Children Canada - OM for/pour Ohero:kon

Save the Children Canada - OM for/pour Ohero:kon

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Family Innovations
Amount awarded$500,000
Duration48 months
Year2018-2019
Location served
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Champlain
Population servedIndigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) families
Age groupNot applicable
Description$500,000 over 48 months to create safe and intimate spaces for healing and learning through culture for Indigenous parents and their kin who have been impacted by the effects of colonization and residential schools, and who are also parents or caregivers of youths participating in Ohero:kon rites of passage in Akwesasne.
Grant resultHelping families facing conflict and trauma to heal and strengthen their relationships