Hope and Health At Home “H3”
Hope and Health at Home “H3” uses sport to develop and empower Indigenous children and youth to realize their limitless potential, on and off the pitch - and box/floor!
We use the term “home” with purpose to recognize the importance to offer community/nation based programming removing the barriers of travel, transportation and costs for children and youth to access and participate. It also speaks to the need to bring displaced Indigenous children and youth together in unity, to build a sense of connection and belonging.
Beyond the physical and sport literacy, H3 targets specific social issues for the children and youth developing life and leadership skills and resiliency through our specialized “Champions for Life” curriculum.
“Hope and Health is an amazing program. Indigenous youth are lucky to get a first hand look at where sport can bring you in life. What dedication, will power, perserverance and love of the game can get you.
My son talks about if for days after and it helps me to use motivation for my son to do well in his league and native ball. He wants to be a professional soccer player and I tell him all the time he can do whatever he puts his mind to.
Thanks for everything! Hope and Health is the best program for Indigenous children and youth in sport.”
The H3 development framework honors an Indigenous worldview with the interconnection of mind (emotions and cognition), body, social and spirit. Animal archetypes represent positive behaviors, characteristics and skills encouraged and reinforced with role modeling.
H3 is delivered through multi-week curriculum cycles, with each week focusing on a theme related to the development framework and “Champions for Life” development pathway.
H3 is capacity building by involving Indigenous young athletes as community coaches in the delivery of the program and with a built in mentorship component to develop a pipeline of future Indigenous H3 coaches/program coordinators.
“You don’t need to be a soccer player or belong to a soccer team to enjoy the H3 soccer program. Everything about the H3 program builds on a healthy lifestyle, having fun and playing in a safe environment.”
Partnership is KEY
The Hope and Health at Home “H3” programming is delivered in partnership with the communities involved and supported by government, private and public sponsorship/funding.
H3 has been active programming across multiple communities and growing strong. We are open to opportunities to grow the program into other member Nations in British Columbia - and for sponsors to invest in this growth.
“The relationship that we have with Hope and Health Soccer and the continued partnership. It’s become a program that our community looks forward to each summer.”