Watari Counselling and Support Services

Provides individual and group addiction counselling to children, youth, adults, and families, mainly in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Strathcona communities. Uses a client-centred, harm-reduction approach. Also offers preventive and early intervention programming. Encourages the community to par...

Works with youth under age 25, providing integrated service by working with social workers and other partners. Focuses on providing youth with hygiene products, harm reduction supplies, safer sex kits, safe using kits, as well as Naloxone kits. Supports youth with advocacy, access to resources, and ...

Supports agricultural migrant workers with information and access to clothing, food, shelter, and medical care. Holds Health Fairs offering on-site check-ups in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Ladner in coordination with Fraser Health. Tech Cafe offers computer skills workshops. On Wheels don...

Classroom program offering a 'just say KNOW' approach to drugs, safety, compassion and community. Offered to grade 5 to 7 classes in Greater Vancouver.

Offers housing specific support including rental subsidy for market housing, education on tenancy rights, and life skills development in securing and sustaining safe housing. Provides one-to-one outreach support and advocacy, and connection and introduction to community supports. Open to pregnant an...

18-month housing subsidy program for youth who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, have other identified risk factors, are in financial need, and feel ready, with support, to live independently. Offers financial assistance, psycho-educational and life skills group sessions, and case management....