I support Head & Hands in bringing Street Workers back to NDG!

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25% of NDG’s population is living below the poverty line, and many of its youth are falling through the social net and struggling to meet basic needs. Until government budget cuts stopped the program in August 2011, Head & Hands Street Workers went out into the community to connect with youth, provide a listening ear, and support them in identifying their own needs and taking steps towards filling them.

Head & Hands' Street Workers supported youth with the basics like finding emergency food and shelter, accompanying someone to an abortion, getting tested for STIs, and other urgent needs.  They also worked with youth to find long-term solutions like finding an apartment, getting into pre-employability programs, leaving abusive relationships, finding support with addiction, etc. – always at youth’s own pace and on their own terms.

Street Workers reached youth who might otherwise never have walked through the doors of Head & Hands or of other service organizations. They also did HIV and Hep C prevention by distributing clean needles, crack pipes and condoms to youth, and talking about safer drug use and safer sex. The loss of Street Work left NDG without any clean drug gear distribution program, and hundreds of young users without easy access to clean materials and support.

In adding my name to this letter, I declare my support for Head & Hands' efforts to bring back this essential program!

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25% de la population de NDG vit sous le seuil de la pauvreté, et plusieurs de ses jeunes tombent entre les mailles du filet social et ont peine à combler leurs besoins de base. Jusqu’à ce que des coupures budgétaires gouvernementales interrompent le programme en août 2011, les Travailleurs/euses de rue d’À deux mains allaient dans la communauté pour rejoindre les jeunes, leur offrir une oreille attentive, et les soutenir dans l’identification de leurs propres besoins et dans différentes démarches pour les combler.

Ils/elles pouvaient aider les jeunes à satisfaire plusieurs besoins de base, tel que chercher de la nourriture et un abri en situation de crise, accompagner quelqu’un à un avortement, aider quelqu’un à passer un test de dépistage des ITSS, et d’autres besoins urgents. Ils/elles travaillaient aussi avec les jeunes pour trouver des solutions à long terme, telles que trouver un appartement, s’inscrire à un programme de pré-employabilité, quitter une relation abusive,  trouver du soutien pour se défaire d’une dépendance, etc. – toujours au rythme du jeune et selon ses propres termes.

Les travailleurs/euses de rue allaient rejoindre des jeunes qui n’auraient autrement peut-être jamais franchi les portes d’À deux mains ou d’autres organismes offrant des services. Elles/ils faisaient aussi de la prévention du VIH et de l’Hépatite C en distribuant des seringues propres, des pipes à crack propres et des condoms aux jeunes, et en parlant de façons plus sécuritaires de prendre de la drogue ou d’avoir du sexe. La perte du Travail de rue a laissé NDG sans programme d’échange de seringue et de distribution de pipes à crack propres, et des centaines de jeunes usagers sans accès facile à ces matériaux et à du soutien essentiel.

En rajoutant mon nom à cette lettre, je déclare mon soutien des efforts d'A deux main en remettant sur pied ce service essentiel!

 

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