Program For Abused Women On Chopping Block

Program For Abused Women On Chopping Block

Monday, February 01, 2010 at 15:11

 

 

A counsellor at Tamara’s House in Saskatoon says the healing of hundreds of women is in jeopary due to a federal government funding cut.

 

On Friday, Tamara’s House screened the film “Muffins for Granny” — a film about six residential school survivors’ healing journeys.

 

The screening was also intended to raise awareness about the Harmony Song Project, which will lose its funding in March.

 

Mona Morin with Tamara’s House says the film illustrated what the project can do for people and how Tamara’s House implements it.

 

She says there is a big focus on culture — including sewing times, which she says connects the women to their roots and helps “the light come back into their eyes”.

 

Morin says the entire community is impacted if a woman can’t heal from childhood sexual or residential school abuse.

 

She hopes the community will stand beside Tamara’s House in its fight to keep the funding going.

 

A petition has been started calling on the funding cut to be reversed.