Introduction
The Choose Life program is solely funded by Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) and continues to provide mostly land based programming for the children and youth of AAN (ages 0-18). The program currently employs individuals including a mental health worker. Choose Life program also funds a counsellor to come to the community once a week. The programming is varied and includes but not limited to, ATV excursions, medicine picking, swimming, archery, school breakfast and lunch program, fishing harvesting, ceremonies, sewing for traditional events, mitts and moccasins, and beading. Choose Life is to ensure that no First Nation community would be denied programming funding that promotes the mental, emotional, and behavioral well-being of youth.
Kelsey Chokomolin, Choose Life Leader
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Choose Life Mandate
- Provide healthy, constructive, and educational activities for the youth of Wahgoshig First Nation.
- Provide the youth with opportunities to reclaim their Culture, connection to the land, traditional knowledge, and traditional practices.
- Establish healthy, dependable relationships with the youth in order to provide a safe space.