News Release: Restoring the Sacred Bond Community Launch
The Southern First Nations Network of Care (SFNNC) and Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag invites you to a sacred feast and ceremony to honour and bless it’s new initiative, Restoring the Sacred Bond.
Restoring the Sacred Bond offers a new model for health in our First Nations communities.
Balancing traditional knowledge with current education, birthing science and proven support systems, the Restoring the Sacred Bond Initiative offers new hope for healing First Nations communities. In it's governance role, the Southern First Nations Network of Care is responsible for supporting our program delivery partner – Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag – to meet key performance indicators of reducing the number of First Nations infants apprehended at birth.
The Fire of Our First Nations Lives Within Our Women
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.
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The Initiative
Setting the goal of keeping more First Nations children at home.
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Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag
Holistic program delivery through trained Indigenous Birth Helpers.
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Guiding Principles
The Seven Teachings guide us towards restoring the mother-child bond.
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We believe the the health of our First Nations communities starts with the sacred bond between mother and child, from the early stages of pregnancy. We further believe that by strengthening this bond through traditional healing and relevant support services, we will achieve our goals of keeping First Nations children within their family units.
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Through the Restoring the Sacred Bond initiative, our goal is to create a successful, scalable program model that supports the health of our Manitoba First Nations communities by facilitating circles of women coming together and reclaiming their roles as guardians of the sacred bond between mother and baby.
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