Brandon: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Winnipeg: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Sexual Health Through Education www.serc.mb.ca SERC is a Message from Karen Dana, Our President community-based, I am pleased to write my first on their own. do to a whole new level and non-profit, pro- report as President of the SERC really established us as a choice organization. Our Selves Our Daughters board. I have been involved leader in sexuality education in Project activities have Our Mission: with the agency for many this province and nationally. produced two more community Promoting sexual years, but feel like I have truly For that we are eternally health through reports that promote dialogue just gotten to know the grateful. We wish them both education. within communities across workings of our agency in the good health and happiness in genders and generations about Our Vision: A past year. I marvel at the sheer the future. diverse society that FGC. breadth of programs we run celebrates healthy Staff and Board have pulled and the tremendous expertise SERC has responded to high sexuality together in this challenging and professionalism of the levels of requests for training throughout life. year to continue delivering the staff and volunteers in our school division staff around the By addressing very high quality programming agency. province to address Bill 18 sexuality and of the agency. This teamwork requirements. reproductive health Staff have done a wonderful and dedication does not go issues through job of writing about these Additionally we have continued unnoticed. A tremendous education, programs in the following to respond to high numbers of thank you goes to all of you, community action, pages of this report. To requests for training and and to Holly Banner, for all her research, and public policy, SERC highlight just a few: programming for both hard work as acting executive promotes a strong mainstream and newcomer director for the majority of the SERC received a four-year foundation for a communities. year while continuing to do her funding commitment from the healthy community. job as Director of Finance and Canadian Women’s Foundation It’s been a challenging year as Financial support Human Resources. to work with newcomer youth we saw the departure of for SERC comes in a partnership with Peaceful several key long term staff and We are in the process of hiring from the Winnipeg Regional Health Village. We are delighted to board members. Anna Ling a new executive director who Authority, the receive this meaningful retired after over 20 years with will hopefully be in place by the United Ways of investment and to partner with the agency. Her skills, fall. We look forward to the Winnipeg and Peaceful Village. determination and calming next chapter for SERC. Brandon, our influence in the agency will be members and Through funding from Healthy In closing, I’d like to thank all truly missed. We also bid a sad donors. Special Living and Seniors, we have the board, staff and community farewell to Lori Johnson, our project funding is distributed safer sex supplies members for all your hard work secured from a Executive Director since 1999. across the province, meeting and dedication to the agency. variety of Her leadership, commitment, the needs of smaller agencies I’d also like to thank all of our governmental and support and dedication to this non-governmental that could not afford to provide funding partners. agency have taken the work we sources. this health promotion support Our Donors and Members ❷ We are very grateful to those who make Our Funders: - Winnipeg Regional Health Authority - Government of Canada our programs and - United Way of Winnipeg - Jewish Foundation of Manitoba - Brandon and District United Way - Northern Manitoba Regional Health Authority services possible: - Assiniboine Credit Union - Province of Manitoba - Canadian Women’s Foundation - Winnipeg Foundation Message from Holly Banner, Acting Executive Director SERC is pleased to present this year’s leave from SERC and for listening to the of Canada. To all of our other funders and Annual Report highlighting some our staff’s concerns regarding the recruitment donors, your financial support allows SERC accomplishments. SERC continues to of a new Executive Director. A special to provide additional supports to our improve sexual health through education thank you to Karen Dana who has spent programming and allows SERC to explore as we plan our work activities for the many additional hours this year during this new and unique initiatives. upcoming year. transition period and was always available On behalf of the staff at SERC I would like when we needed her. Thank you to our Thank you to all SERC staff, you make to thank Lori Johnson for all of her program volunteers who have provided coming to work exciting and I never know contributions to SERC. Lori has not only numerous hours of support to our what unique sexual health educational worked towards improving sexual and programs and services. Without our material or topic we will be discussing. reproductive health education at SERC but program volunteers we would not be as Your professionalism and commitment to for Manitoba as a whole. Lori advocated successful in recruitment to our sessions, SERC is very strong and without you SERC and was successful for better staff wages and the assistance they provide during our would not be able to offer the excellent and benefit packages and left SERC in a sessions allows us to offer more and innovative programming that it does. strong position to continue its work. We programming. are truly grateful for all that you have Thank you to our volunteer board who On behalf of SERC I would like to thank done done for SERC. generously donate their time and our funders, especially our core funders expertise to SERC. I would like to thank It has been a privilege to serve as Acting the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, the board for the additional work they Executive Director and I look forward to United Way Winnipeg, Brandon and have undertaken with Lori’s unexpected the upcoming year. District United Way and the Government Service Delivery by the Numbers Web Site Visits Service Delivery by the Numbers April 2013 1033 May 1720 Education and Outreach Services Delivered June 1584 Client Sessions July 1455 Contacts August 1691 Community Workshops/Presentations 6914 401 September 2219 Community Consultations/Outreach 4692 588 Print Resources October 2367 Service Provider Workshops/Presentations 1852 77 Distributed November 3164 Service Provider Consultations/Outreach 1552 407 Pamphlets/Booklets 45,388 December 3991 Conference Presentations 95 4 Information Packages 149 January 2014 Focus Groups 129 12 6262 Posters 60 Displays 5070 29 February 7617 Articles Published 23 Cards 2495 March 10,000 Radio Shows 45 Number of Orders 527 Total Visits 43,103 Working Together ❸ STAFF PROJECT STAFF Vycki Atallah, Facts of Life Program Knowledge into Action (KiA) Holly Banner, Acting Executive Director and Director of Finance & Simret Daniel, Project Coordinator, Human Resources Alero Adeleye-Olusae, Mwumvaneza Martha Chicas, Winnipeg Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator Azarias, Traore Beydi, Catherine Biaya, Gwen Crawley, Winnipeg Resource Library Coordinator Abdullah Isack, Rora Ogbagiorgis, Cathy Denby, Coordinator, Aboriginal Community Initiatives Tensiew Ogbamariam, Pumolo Roddy, Glenda Gandza, Brandon Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator Musaka Sadi, John Salumo-Kasongo, Laverne Gervais, Winnipeg Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator Ghirmatsion Welday, Maggie Yeboah Manuel Godoy, Brandon Resource/Administrative Assistant Lori Johnson, Executive Director * Our Families Can Talk About Kerri Judd, Coordinator, SERC Brandon Anything (OFTA) Bev Kachur, Brandon Resource/Administrative Assistant Tokini Fubara-Manuel, Hozan Ibrahim, Anna Ling, Multicultural Health Resource Coordinator * Musaka Sadi Gina McKay, Winnipeg Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator Molly Michalkow, Facts of Life Program Paula Migliardi, Program Evaluation & Research Coordinator Our Selves, Our Daughters Blandine Ngo-Tona, Winnipeg Sexuality & Reproductive Health Simret Daniel, Project Facilitator, Facilitator Asmahan Abdirahman, Muuxi Adam, Roselle Paulsen, Director of Programs Warda Ahmed, Genet Alene, Fathia Linda Plenert, Winnipeg Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator Amin, Hajitu Galgalu, Aron Zeeshan Qadar, Program Evaluation & Research Coordinator Gebremarian, Fitsum Getahun, Melanie Saindon, Accountant Abdullahi Isack, Rora Ogbagiorgis, Anne Singbeil, Administrative Coordinator Tensiew Ogbamariam, Ghirmatsion Tanya Smith, Winnipeg Administrative Assistant Welday, Etsegenet Worku Bradley Christopher West, Brandon LGBT* Facilitator Amanda Van Weert, Brandon Sexuality & Reproductive Health Teen Healthy Relationships Facilitator (maternity leave) Tokini Fubara-Manuel, Morris James, Kaitlyn White, Brandon Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator Bre Woligroski and Brandon Resource/Administrative Assistant (maternity leave) Bre Woligroski, Winnipeg Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator * retired VOLUNTEERS Many thanks to SERC volunteers for their dedication and support African Newcomer Youth Research Project Knowledge into Action (KiA) Estella Marmah, Selamawit Ghebreyohannes Tosin Ajila, Sophonie Baatwenga, Azarias Butariho, André Doumbé, Caroline Iwetan, Towongo Charles Board of Directors Joseph, Alieu Sesay, Magalie Sibomana, Almaze Tekle, Moloud Alijani, Karen Dana, Kevin Freedman, Nori Orrine Uwimana, Elizabeth