Providing Essential Support and Opportunities in Times of Chaos

While many communities are moving on from the pandemic, in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic is still acutely felt. To make matters worse, this community continues to face multiple crises, including the ongoing opioid crisis, worsening homelessness, and escalating gender-based violence.

Street-based sex workers continue to fall through the cracks. That’s why the services available at the WISH Drop-In Centre Society are so critical. For more than 35 years, WISH has been working to ensure that women and gender-diverse street-based sex workers have the resources and supports needed to make free, healthy, and positive choices...

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