About The Project
The “We Can Thrive Project” is a health promotion intervention funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It focuses on engaging Sub-Saharan African populations through community engagement programs and capacity-building initiatives. The project aims to raise awareness about prevention, testing, treatment, and care services for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Infections (STBBIs), with a particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C.
Our Objectives
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Training Peer Navigators
We conduct workshops to train peer navigators in delivering culturally safe and stigma-free STBBI prevention, testing, treatment, and care education to racialized newcomers, immigrants, and Canadians from sub-Saharan African countries.
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Community Engagement Programs
We implement community engagement programs for racialized newcomers, immigrants, and Canadians from sub-Saharan African countries, considering age, gender, region of origin, and African language proficiency. These programs aim to increase knowledge of HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care services.
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Public Events and Campaigns
We collaborate with public events and campaigns to reach racialized newcomers, immigrants, and Canadians from sub-Saharan African countries, intending to increase knowledge of effective, evidence-based HIV, HCV, and STBBI prevention measures.
Understanding HIV and Having HIV Negative Babies
Upcoming Event
Peer Navigators Workshop on Hepatitis C Registration
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
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11:00am- 1:00 pm
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Virtual: Teams