{"id":1624,"date":"2021-04-09T15:18:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:38:36","slug":"vasantham-community-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/vasantham-community-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Bringing the people together, no matter the age or distance, to build a stronger and more enlightened community<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>What we\u2019re doing<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Vasantham Tamil Wellness Centre recognizes the collective challenges that the Tamil community faces. We hope to bring awareness, work together with the community to find solutions, and bring Tamil Canadians together to support each other and build a stronger community.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/><p><strong>Our programs<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Vasantham Youth Programs<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Weekly Vasantham offers numerous programs and services aimed at addressing the needs of<br>Tamil youth. Tamil youth are experiencing multiple challenges including, gambling and<br>gaming issues, mental health, addictions, poverty, gender-based and domestic violence<br>and homelessness. Through youth leadership in program design and implementation, Vasantham offers a number of diverse programs, including:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Youth Health and Psychoeducation<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth and Family Psychosocial Education<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Substance Use\/Addiction Counselling<\/li>\n\n<li>Tamil Youth Mental Wellness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Program<\/li>\n\n<li>Post-COVID Youth Wellness<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Gambling Prevention<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Gaming Addiction Prevention<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Financial Literacy<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Media Literacy<\/li>\n\n<li>Girls Empowerment Program<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Summer Research Program<\/li>\n\n<li>Youth Volunteer\/Mentorship Programs<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><\/p><p><strong>Vasantham Seniors\u2019 Group and Yoga<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Weekly seniors\u2019 group and chair yoga every Thursday from 11 am-1 pm. Currently being held virtually. Join to interact with other Tamil seniors, hear from guest speakers and learn yoga to improve mental &amp; physical health.<\/p><p><strong>Bi-weekly Community Wellness Series<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Our Community Wellness Series on Zoom brings together the public with guest speakers as we shed light on unspoken issues within the Tamil community. Previous topics include drug overdose among youth, domestic\/sexual violence towards Tamil women, and many more. All of our videos are uploaded onto our YouTube channel \u201cVasantham Tamil Wellness Centre.\u201d Join us on Zoom on the first and third Monday of the month at 7 pm.<\/p><p><em>Meeting ID: 918 584 6813<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Protecting our Elders from Abuse<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Protecting Tamil seniors from abuse and neglect by providing clients in need with necessary items (toiletries, groceries etc.). Clients can also get counseling from a Tamil speaking counselor and can receive help finding care services that they require.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1654467_231495933719439_1120245785_n-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"1691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1654467_231495933719439_1120245785_n-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1654467_231495933719439_1120245785_n-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1654467_231495933719439_1120245785_n-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1654467_231495933719439_1120245785_n-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1654467_231495933719439_1120245785_n-2-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1238200_231497470385952_93886136_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"1689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1238200_231497470385952_93886136_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1238200_231497470385952_93886136_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1238200_231497470385952_93886136_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1238200_231497470385952_93886136_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1238200_231497470385952_93886136_n-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/figure><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>If you are interested in any of the programs or would like to support us build a stronger community, send us an email or give us a call!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><cite>info@vasantham.ca<\/cite><\/blockquote><p><strong>Our past projects for the community<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Vasantham and Canadian Red Cross Abuse Support<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Providing food, counseling, and social support for women and elders facing abuse as a result of COVID-19. We have proudly served over 400 individuals.<\/p><p><strong>Vasantham\u2019s Virtual Festivals<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Virtual festivals for holidays &amp; Tamil Heritage month to bring the community together to spread knowledge, strengthen our traditions and embrace our Tamil identity together.<\/p><p><strong>Shining the Light<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Video put together by the Vasantham team to spread knowledge to the general public on abuse among Tamil elders.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>f you are interested in any of the programs or would like to support us build a stronger community, send us an email or give us a call!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing the people together, no matter the age or distance, to build a stronger and more enlightened community What we\u2019re&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,67],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-services-vasantham-services","category-vasantham-services","tag-charity"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/10917227_329123090623389_2152132256936971997_o.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3607,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions\/3607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vasantham.ca\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}