METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 57 Recent notable achievements An MNO inter branch training and plenar y session held in the autumn of 2012 allowed MHBHC coor dina tors to signifcantly expand their understanding of the spectrum of Metis needs stakeholders and ser vices This r esulted in an impr oved quality of ser vice for clients and participants of MHBHC pr ogramming As indicated in the chart in 20122013 ther e was gr owth in the number of clients who r eceived MH BHC ser vices The number of MHBHC client ser vices pr ovided r emained consistent in spite of it being a transition year for some communities that r esulted in a temporar y halt to pr ogramming in the Kenora ar ea This transition period caused only a minor r eduction in client ser vices and is an illustration of the pr ogram s str ength Metis community festivals wer e held at several locations and attracted hundr eds of participants in the fall and summer of 2012 Thr ough appr opriate discussions with funders the MNO has been pr ovided the unique opportunity to r efer to coor dinators delivering the pr eviously named Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Childr en pr o gram as Metis Healthy Babies Healthy Childr en coor dinators This became ef fective April 2013 Metis Healthy BabiesHealthy Childr en Client s ervice Gr owth The chart above il lustrates t he total number of cl ient service encounters pr ovided by MNO M h B h C coor d inators during t he ind icated fscal years d r a l lan p r owse v ice p r esident of p at ient and Cl ient Car e at p r ovidence d ar e accepts a gift fr om p C mno r egion 2 Council lor Cam b ur gess at t he 2012 mno a G a a W omen s drumming gr oup t hat part icipated in an mno Community f east