Umingmak Centre continues to support Nunavut’s children and youth, despite COVID-19 challenges – Nunatsiaq News
14 April 2020
“If we’re able to still have that connection with that child and maintain it, then it makes it that much easier further down the road”
From phone calls to wellness packages, Iqaluit’s Umingmak Child and Youth Support Centre is continuing to do what it can for Nunavut’s youngest.
Opened in October, Umingmak is Nunavut’s first child advocacy centre for victims of child abuse. Like many services across the territory, they’ve had to adjust their activities due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“For kids right now, especially the younger ones, their little brains are just coming up with their own interpretations and trying to fill in what might be happening or not happening,” said Daniel Afram, the centre’s clinical director and trauma therapist.
