The Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres Inc. (MAFC)

Published purpose

Through this 32-month project, The Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres Inc. will increase their ability to prevent and address gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This will be achieved by conducting outreach and awareness-raising campaigns in eleven communities throughout the province of Manitoba, where Manitoba’s Friendship Centres are located, by developing and delivering culturally appropriate training to staff and volunteers to enhance their understanding of gender-based violence, by developing and offering a public gathering where speakers, staff, and Centre delegates can learn from one another including survivors of gender-based violence, by establishing a network of educators and experts in their field that can provide support and services to Manitoba’s Friendship Centres, and by developing and implementing a comprehensive policy and procedural manual that will establish ongoing support for Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. By the end of the project, MAFC will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.