Employment Opportunity: Indigenous Birth Helper
Birth Helpers work towards reclaiming Indigenous birth and parenting practices for a diverse range of families and communities. Multiple positions are currently available.
COMMUNITY
Supporting Indigenous women in Manitoba.
SERVICES
Birth cycle support guided by traditional teachings
PARTNERSHIPS
Specially designed programs and initiatives for women.
CONVERSATION
Read the latest on how our work is changing lives
We believe that reigniting the personal power of our women is the critical first step in strengthening the bond between mother and child and healing our communities.
Balancing traditional knowledge with current education, birthing science and proven support systems, Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag offers education through support services to help mothers to transition successfully through the birth cycle into parenting the next generation of children in our Manitoba First Nations communities.
Birth Helpers work towards reclaiming Indigenous birth and parenting practices for a diverse range of families and communities. Multiple positions are currently available.
The Program & Curriculum Developer/Male Family Support Worker will report directly to the Project Coordinator of Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag and will be responsible for providing highly compassionate, skilled and knowledgeable support to men during the pregnancy of their partner or child’s parent, the birth of their child and during the first year of life.
In June, the Southern First Nations Network of Care, located in Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) officially announced the launch of a historic initiative titled Restoring the Sacred Bond.
We welcome you to contact us for information about our work and how we might be able to help you.
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