Goals of the OCD Centre ManitobaTo provide support groups.To provide support, peer counselling, information, and education, with a view to helping in the diagnosis or management of OCD.To support and promote research.To co-ordinate communication between health care professionals, community services, and those affected by OCD.To cooperate with other organizations involved with neurological and anxiety disorders in order to achieve common objectives.Message from the OCDC teamMembership is available for anyone with an interest in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We encourage not only those with OCD, but those who work or live with one affected by OCD, to join. Support group meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, excluding summer months and the holiday break in December. Feel free to attend two meetings before deciding to become a member. No one will be turned away for lack of financial resources.
Changing the world, one child at a timeHome of the Good Shepherd is a Christian Ministry based in southern Brazil. Children, as young as two, are brought to the Home by the local Judicial Social Service Dept. While no distinction on entering is made as to their individual experiences of abuse, abandonment, neglect or being orphaned; once within its protective arms, the nurturing and care in the home addresses their specific needs.The Home is equipping young lives to succeed, not just to survive. The home provides a holistic balance to young lives in danger. While their essential physical, spiritual, education and emotional needs are met, all children are introduced to the Gospel of our Lord's love and saving grace.Our MissionThe Mission of 'Home of the Good Shepherd Ministries' is to provide the highest quality of care in a Christian environment, defend the cause of the weak and homeless, maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed, rescue the needy children – recognizing that this is a genuine expression of Christ's mission and ministry.
MISSION:'To be first and foremost, a safe home for Native women and children; to support women who have been victimized, either in their interpersonal relationships or through systemic neglect, and to support women who are left without resources to independently make the changes they feel are necessary.'Our PhilosophyWithin our Centre, we believe that Aboriginal women and children have the right to live in a nurturing environment that encourages and builds upon Aboriginal self-awareness.This belief translates into a unique service philosophy that is grounded in the firm conviction that Native women and their children have a right to:1. Self sufficiency2. Dignity, respect and caring3. Self-determination4. Make choicesRecently, Amnesty International profiled our Centre as a best practice model, in part due to i) our community based approach to service delivery and ii) our ability to mobilize Aboriginal women and non-aboriginal supporters in creating meaningful solutions to address the gap in crisis services existing for Aboriginal women and children moving into Winnipeg.Our PartnershipsAboriginal families are subject to continuous pressures, due to social issues, poverty, unemployment, historic injustice and social perception that may lead to addictions, family violence, parenting issues and unhealthy homes