A northern Ontario First Nation has opened up a new safe house designed to help its residents heal from abusive and dangerous situations.
Pikangikum First Nation, a remote community about 230 kilometres north of Kenora, Ont., recently opened the Pikangikum Community Safe House, a multi-unit facility designed to help those in the community with nowhere else to go.
after reaching an eight-year average of 213 suicides per 100,000 people. At the time, Samson proclaimed that Pikangikum First Nation likely had the highest suicide rate in the world. "We have multi-generational families that live within one home,” said Vernon Kejick, a victims' services advocate in Pikangikum First Nation."I felt that it was my purpose to bring a facility like this into this community,” he said.
"It's so accommodating,” said Jojo Alfonso, a teacher in the community. “It's perfect. It's what this community needs."
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