Inner City Youth Alive (ICYA) wants to help the North End community of Winnipeg heal in 2020 after a violent 2019. 

After a record year of murders in the City, ICYA Director, Kent Dueck, says that the organization is changing its approach to programming. The rise in violence throughout the city is inspiring ICYA to focus on how they can help the community recover and overcome the afflictions negatively impacting the area.

They have implemented a support group for people whose lives have been impacted by a loved one with a meth addiction. Dueck says that they are also looking at the addition of a women's ministry lead by Melvina Guiboche.

"People are wanting to find healing from the results of residential schools. These programs will be about that kind of healing."

ICYA will be encouraging men within the North End community by promoting the importance of their presence in families. Dueck believes there is still a lot of brokenness in the area. "People are wanting to find healing from the results of residential schools. These programs will be about that kind of healing," he says.

He continues, saying, "you have to see that perhaps meth is bringing people to a place where they say 'alright this is rock bottom'. We have to help people build on their rock bottoms."

After speaking to the community, Duek is hopeful that 2020 will be a turn-around year for the North End.