CAFNAB
Posted by Bill Molesworth
Allison introduced two representatives of a new youth help group - Catch a Fish, Not A Buzz. This is a 45 - 90 day program that runs on a 5 day week. The hope is to create a residential facility so the clients can stay all week. It's a topic driven curriculum that exposes kids to their peers and challenges them to think and act in terms of others.
They set goals for themselves, devise strategies to achieve them and clebrate their accomplishments.
They set goals for themselves, devise strategies to achieve them and clebrate their accomplishments.
There are support meetings, they help out community work and they have a program that offers support to the family over 12 weeks that encourages them to express themselves and process their families. The program involves educators and friends and shows the kids how to make better choices.
There's also a program for aboriginal youth that uses traditional teachings to promote loving behaviours and responsible interactions. The speaker left the reserve at 19 and was adopted by Rotary, living with a family. She knows that Rotary makes a difference. She tried to escape her roots but was able to rediscover them starting at 44 thanks to the help of the community. She has learned to stand up and be proud. This program takes aboriginal youth back to the reserve to learn about their spiritual traditions, to try not to be non-judgemental.
CAFNAB is a local group but it is open to input from elsewhere and hopes to spread its program further. The idea is to take them fishing, take them out of where they were and to find themselves and healthier ways to live.
Yvonne Wismer thanked the spokespeople and commented that a program like this should have a ripple effect, spreading positive influence out, the way Rotary does.
There's also a program for aboriginal youth that uses traditional teachings to promote loving behaviours and responsible interactions. The speaker left the reserve at 19 and was adopted by Rotary, living with a family. She knows that Rotary makes a difference. She tried to escape her roots but was able to rediscover them starting at 44 thanks to the help of the community. She has learned to stand up and be proud. This program takes aboriginal youth back to the reserve to learn about their spiritual traditions, to try not to be non-judgemental.
CAFNAB is a local group but it is open to input from elsewhere and hopes to spread its program further. The idea is to take them fishing, take them out of where they were and to find themselves and healthier ways to live.
Yvonne Wismer thanked the spokespeople and commented that a program like this should have a ripple effect, spreading positive influence out, the way Rotary does.