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LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. The Streets Alive outreach team was out before the noon Monday, checking downtown parks and handing out water to vulnerable members of the community. “We’ll do whatever needs to be done to keep them healthy,” said team member Mackenzie Filewych. “They definitely need help in the hot weather, because there’s not many places they can go just to cool off.” At Galt Gardens, staff and volunteers from other agencies were also handing out water, sunscreen, and snacks. “Arches, McMan, Sage Clan, they’re all out here,” said Cody Fox, who was part of a group from the Indigenous Recovery Coach Program.
Indigenous Recovery Coach Program welcomes new director
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The Aapai’tsi’taappii’saam Indigenous Recovery Coach Program recently welcomed Germain Wells as its new program director, and she is looking forward to getting on with the work of helping Indigenous people in the region recover from addiction through ongoing peer support and traditional healing practices. “We are a peer supported, community based and culturally informed recovery coach program,” Wells explains. “We support adults undergoing opioid agonist therapy for opioid addiction in Lethbridge. We combine one on one community based management practices with culturally focused healing and behaviour relapse prevention.
The Aapai’tsi’taappii’saam Indigenous Recovery Coach Program recently welcomed German Wells as its new program director, and she is looking forward to getting on with the work of helping Indigenous people in the region recover from addiction through ongoing peer support and traditional healing practices.
“We are a peer supported, community based and culturally informed recovery coach program,” Wells explains. “We support adults undergoing opioid agonist therapy for opioid addiction in Lethbridge. We combine one on one community based management practices with culturally focused healing and behaviour relapse prevention.
“This is a really needed program to assist the clients at every stage of recovery,” she adds. “This is to make sure they succeed through the whole process.”