Vancouver Native Health Society

Name :

Vancouver Native Health Society

Address  :

449 East Hastings

Town  :

Vancouver

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V6A 1P5

Phone  :

604 254 9949

Fax  :

604 254 9948

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

Our Mission
To improve and promote the physical mental emotional and spiritual health of individuals focusing on the Aboriginal community residing in Greater Vancouver

Our Vision
To own our Healing Centre and have a stable source of financing by 2010 which will enable VNHS to ensure a continuum of care for its patientsclients and provide those services with parity to mainstream services
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