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Healing the Nation-One Family At A Time

After Charlene and Jonathan came into our care in March 1997 I knew that for me this was a monumental life-changing event. It was so because:

• My husband and I were over 50 years of age and out of necessity we needed to care for Destiny’s children.  Protection Services were not addressing Destiny’s criminal actions and those of her friends.  Instead they did the opposite.  They were denying they occurred and were supporting the return of her children to those Charlene alleged abused her-her parent(s).                                                                Reading Charlene’s website: http://voicesofthebruised-reeds.com and this website attests to this.
• Protection Services were doing ‘parental agreements’ with Destiny and there was no long-term, integrated rehabilitation program to bring about real change, that is lifetime changes which would be needed to raise her children.
• I was beginning to come to terms with what happened to Destiny’s children and dealing with their trauma, particularly Charlene’s and on a daily basis.  I am now certain that I was suffering transference post-trauma.  It was all mind-boggling.
• I thought I’d could ‘go crazy’ if I did nothing to be pro-active to be a part of the necessary change.
• At the time my husband and I had been married just two years when this all began. We had a home-based business but immediately moved it to a downtown location .
• I was grieving the fact that Destiny was an unfit parent and that her and her children could not be together-as explained in Charlene’s website and my legal documents.
• Above all, I recognized thousands of others like us, were out there, who also needed help. So I developed two rehab programs.

To recap the first program I designed was A Focus on the Future-Guiding the Young. This was a 10 month course. Continued government funding was not forthcoming. 

After one year of not doing a program I submitted another program entitled Healing the Nation-One Family At A Time under the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centers where funding was provided by Canadian Heritage.

That funding dried-up after one year as described on this website. 

This same program, with minor revisions, was submitted to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) for funding.  They were impressed with it and provided funding of over $300,000.00 for one year.

As described, the Saskatchewan Minister of Social Services continued their coup to bring down our program and organization.

They threatened the participants that if they did not ‘get out’ of this program, they’d risk losing their social assistance. This government refused to provide monetary support that should have been automatic once the major funding agency like the AHF had committed funding to an organization.

The AHF suffered great loss also when the Conservative government ensured their demise occurred during the course of my lawsuit.

Granted I requested lots of monetary relief for all of the pleadings, but money can never replace such losses as described.  If the government was made to pay from the ‘taxpayers’ purse’, they’d think twice about doing what they did here ever again.  Not so!

What I wished for was RECONCILIATION by these GOVERNMENTS such as:

1. Money to start-up this program again. Continue this funding indefinitely, supporting ANY and ALL participants who desire to take this program to heal, regardless of race, creed or color. Details of this will be worked out amicably.
2. Restitution in money for what was stolen (directly and indirectly) from my husband and I, caused by the government employees (public servants).? Details of this will be worked out amicably.
3. Recovery of lost wages that has occurred from 2002 to age 75 years (when we will unofficially retire) for both my husband and I. Details of this NEED TO BE worked out amicably.
4. Restitution and ongoing healing for our 4 grandchildren (Destiny’s children) as a result of their not protecting them, not ensuring justice for them and?for the loss of their infant sisters?while under the care and the watch of Saskatchewan Protection Services.? This is to be a lump sum payment to each grandchild to be held in trust until 21 years of age, bearing interest.They will be able to pursue post-secondary education and be intricately involved in the program being gainfully employed in this?family business.? Details of this will be worked out amicably.

Note: Comprehensive evaluation of this program is on the court file. 

The first few pages of it are at this link. and not added here at this time.

Evaluation of UMAYC Program-Intro & Index

Brochure on Healing the Nation -Family At A Time: