Thank you. I'd be very happy and actually proud to also respond in terms of the work we have been doing within the base of our programming in first nations and Inuit health branch.
I've done a quick calculation. We spend about $150 million annually in four programs alone that are aimed, in large part, at the issue of childhood obesity. Those programs have already been named by my colleague, Mr. Ball: the aboriginal diabetes initiative, the aboriginal head start program, the Canada prenatal nutrition program, and our new maternal child health program.
Some things are new since the report was drafted. We continue to invest within that base of funding. We have put in place 63 new maternal child health community projects, and we are expecting an additional eight by the end of this fiscal year. That program is meant to connect mothers on reserve with the supports needed to improve parenting skills and to also address the needs of their children.
As well, our aboriginal diabetes initiative is now rolling out in terms of putting into place community-based diabetes prevention workers. We've been working in three regions of the country. We trained 46 community workers last year, and we have recruited an additional 86 to train this fiscal year. Our goal is to have 300 to 400 trained community workers on reserve who basically will be community mobilizers. They will be out there mobilizing the community around healthy eating, physical activity, and bringing activities to the community.
Also, in our aboriginal diabetes program we have just awarded 16 new diabetes prevention projects that are for the off-reserve population. And that's on top of an existing 32. We're spending about $1.9 million on those 16 projects this year.
I'll give you a few examples of what they are. In the Ooknakane Friendship Centre in B.C., there'll be a breakfast for learning program. Again, it's for off-reserve aboriginal kids. The Dauphin Friendship Centre will see school youth engagement in healthy food choices and physical activity. In the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society we'll see food programs directed to youth and elders, making that linkage that is so important for cultural continuity.
Those are some of the main things we're doing. I have some other items, but it gives you a sense of it, I think.
I'll defer to my colleague.