Youth Services

CLAY – CULTURAL LEADERSHIP for ABORIGINAL YOUTH PROJECT

• Culturally-based life-skills program that reaches out to at-risk Aboriginal youth in the DTES and East Vancouver

• Offers cultural, educational and recreation activities as alternatives to anti-social behaviours

• Fosters stronger personal identities, resilience, capability, better decision-making, and personal accountability

• Uses a ‘crime prevention through social development’ approach to engage youth in community volunteering

• VPD members are invited to participate to build relationships and to increase cross-cultural awareness

• Connects youth with healthy Elders, role-models and other community supports. (285)

Why Volunteer?

Volunteering is a great way to get work experience! You learn new skills by trying new jobs.

You might find something you'd like to do for a living, or discover what you would not want to do.

Better yet, you can meet people who can give you guidance and possibly help you to find a paid job later on.

Employers will be impressed that you took the initiative to learn new things.

You can learn how a charitable organization works.

Best of all, you will be taking action to promote what you think is important and probably be helping someone else along the way.

Be the change that you seek!

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