Our Vision & Mission
Vision: To enrich the lives of our Children, so they know who they are and where they come from.
Mission Statement: To work, with and for our communities, from a child centered perspective with a holistic integrated approach for culturally based and community driven services for families.
Our Values
Our children are our treasures. All that we do is for our children, our children’s children, and those yet to come.
Children are gifts from the Creator and belong to all of us. It takes a whole multi-generational community to raise a child, whether in a city or on the reserve.
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What we Do
South Island Wellness Society (SIWS) uses Traditional Decision Making processes to facilitate community-based collaborative planning for Aboriginal families that require support to address concerns about the care of their children.
Who Do We Serve?
We serve nine nations on Southern Vancouver Island, and the Urban Aboriginal Population.Nations We Serve
What people say About Our Work.
We all struggle, but together we can move forward. We can help one another. We can find all solutions if we think like one mind. Look for the path and move forward in unity.
What does it really mean to our people as Xwul-mouxh (our people)? It is a spiritual connection to the land, water, and resources. I want my grandchildren to be Indian and know what it means to us spiritually. We need our own process to protect our children. That’s why we design our own process, not a model they give us
We are all together as one; all going in the same direction.
Carefully structure the direction we are going. We must never forget our gift from the creator. Children are our gift from the creator. We don’t have the right to give that away.
We talk with love. We want the joys in our community. We want to set goals with our kids. We want to bring back the laughter in our children.