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Ang Supporting and Connecting Youth Leadership and Resiliency Program (SACY LRP) ay isang youth leadership at engagement program na nagsisilbi sa late elementary at early secondary school na kabataan sa Vancouver.

Ang programa ay bukás para sa mga kabataang pumapasok sa mga eskwelahan kung saan pinapalakad ang programa; nagbibigay ng priyoridad sa mga kabataang maaaring magbenepisyo mula sa karagdagang koneksyon sa mga kasing-edad, adults, eskwelahan, at sa komunidad.

Ang SACY LRP ay tumutulong sa mga kabataan sa lingguhang resiliency groups, buwanang adventure-based programming, at buwanang community volunteer experiences para suportahan ang makamit ang mga outcome na ito. Ang lahat ng LRP staff ay nagtratrabaho nang sensitibo sa kultura.

What to expect

The  LRP engages youth in weekly resiliency groups, monthly adventure based programming, and monthly community volunteer experiences to support the achievement of these outcomes. All LRP staff work in a culturally sensitive way. 

LRP runs all year long and focuses on the needs and wants of the program participants.

Youth in the LRP program take part in activities including

  • weekly resiliency and leadership development groups,
  • monthly adventure activities and leadership learning, and
  • monthly community service leadership learning.

All of these activities are facilitated by skilled youth engagement staff, but the details are driven by the youth in a specific group. The activities provide participants with regular opportunities for positive adult mentorship, positive peer engagement and social emotional learning.

Contact Nasim Kalantari for inquiries about the LRP program at nasim.kalantari@vch.ca.

Learn details of what LRP may include below.

  • Volunteer opportunities

    Volunteering opportunities give the youth participants a chance to demonstrate their leadership capacities as they contribute their time and energy to a cause that is important to them and/or their community.

    Based on the interests of the group, various volunteer opportunities are explored throughout the course of the program.

    Some volunteer opportunities include:

    • involvement in community gardens,
    • working with rescue animals,
    • hosting community events,
    • preparing and distributing holiday hampers,
    • reading to elementary school students,
    • participating in environmental cleanups/awareness campaigns, and
    • creating a new way to give back to the community as a group.

  • Weekly resiliency groups

    Participants meet as a group with their facilitators on a weekly basis. These weekly groups are shaped around the priorities of the participants, their school and their community.

    The groups range in focus from activities to skills to topics. Facilitators are also available to meet with participants 1:1 between group meetings, if necessary.

    Activity groups may include:

    • art projects,
    • photography,
    • workshops,
    • team building,
    • mask making, and
    • drum making.

    Skills groups may include:

    • resume writing,
    • self-care,
    • post-secondary planning, and
    • cooking.

    Topics may include:

    • goal setting,
    • alcohol and drugs,
    • sexual health, and
    • relationships with peers, family and partners.

  • Monthly adventure activities

    Taking risks is an important part of being an adolescent and being active/outside is an important part of being human!

    Adventure activities give youth a chance to:

    • explore their environments,
    • discover and grow their leadership capacity,
    • build personal strengths,
    • try healthy risk-taking, and
    • work on goal-setting within a therapeutic and supportive context.

    Activities are planned according to the adventurous desires of the participants and may include:

    • camping,
    • outdoor life skills,
    • hiking,
    • skiing/snowboarding/snow tubing/snowshoeing,
    • kayaking/canoeing/paddle boarding,
    • biking/skateboarding,
    • ropes courses, and
    • rock climbing.

LRP alumni

Ikinatutuwa ng LRP ang palakihin ang ating komunidad at marami itong mga oportunidad para makapanatiling konektado ang kabataan kahit natapos na ang programa. Kabilang sa mga oportunidad na ito ang:

  • pag-mentor sa mga bagong LRP na kabataan,
  • special alumni events, at
  • mga oportunidad para sa volunteer references mula sa LRP staff.

Kung ikaw ay LRP alumni, kontakin ang LRP staff ng iyong eskwelahan para makasali sa aming alumni list para sa events at updates.