Hope and Health at Home "H3"
This project's parent organization is Hope and Health For Life Society
It operates in Canada
It uses Football (Soccer)
Entered the Sport for Health and Well-being Award
More about Hope and Health at Home "H3"
The primary target audience of the Hope & Health Initiative is Indigenous children and youth, inclusive of those whom are living in foster care. Indigenous children and youth are the most vulnerable members of Canadian society, impacted by multiple social determinants of health which result in them being overrepresented in foster care, at higher risk for suicide, addiction and domestic violence. These are symptoms of the complex trauma that is multigenerational in nature due to the history and effects of colonization, residential school system and the sixties scoop in Canada.
Hope and Health at Home “H3” uses soccer to develop life and leadership skills and empowers Indigenous children and youth to recognize their limitless potential, on and off the pitch, in order to establish new patterns, centered around physical, social, emotional/mental and spiritual well being for themselves and their communities. We use the term “home” with purpose as it represents the very critical component for the program to be community/nation based and coaching kids on THEIR home turf.