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Contact:
Claudia Monlouis
Monday, June 16, 2003 - After nearly two years of operations, the Women’s
Support Centre Project has been described as a success story in the making. This
is the assessment of the Director of Gender Relations in the Ministry of Home
Affairs and Gender Relations Lera Pascal.
Pascal indicated that a formal evaluation of the Centre was recently conducted
by a consultant over the period May 5th to 16th, resulting in a commendable
report on the facility.
“The evaluation exercise looked at various aspects of the Centre’s operations-
key among which were security, staffing, governance, fund raising and other such
matters. Generally the report which she gave at the end of the exercise was very
encouraging to us since we seem to be doing most things correctly,” she
explained.
According to Pascal, the evaluation exercise was funded by Health Canada and was
conducted by Marlene Bertrand, head of the Human Services Department of
Manitoba, Canada, who has been closely affiliated to the Centre from its
inception.
Meanwhile, says Pascal, the Centre continues to focus on its mandate to provide
a safe and secure environment - on a short term basis - for women who are
fleeing from domestic violence situations at home.
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