To provide:
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a holistic, compassionate and nurturing community where girls can enjoy success, develop resiliency, and get help with social/emotional issues while continuing with their schooling -
a child care centre that gives a nurturing start to the infants and toddlers of young moms, models care-giving skills and supports each mom in her parenting
Rev. 11/06
V.S.E.A. PHILOSOPHY
As a community we believe:
* in the dignity and worth of all individuals;
* that all individuals have the capacity to learn;
* that learning is a personal, life-long process;
* that all individuals learn at different rates and in different ways and that the developmental process of each individual must be fostered and respected;
* that individual needs must be responded to with nurturing, caring and flexibility;
* in supporting others to recognize and discover their potential;
* in supporting ourselves to recognize and discover our potential;
* that listening to understand and speaking to be understood is important for the development of self-esteem and assertiveness;
* that a win-win approach to conflict is a positive force for personal growth and social change;
* in the value of differences and see them as strengths;
* that change and growth is a natural, gradual step-by-step process that cannot be hurried.
Our Mission