Our arrival really signified the remoteness of the community. Our plane lands and taxies to park next to a pickup truck and a car belonging to one of the 3 people managing the airport.
And so our tour begins.....
We are greeted by a man name Ivan our host for the day. It starts with a drive around the community. A series of roads past house after house, prefab’ed houses slightly different colors slightly different front porches abut all yet the same.
Its a community filled with wonderful people, elders, Native Canadian’s rich in culture and dedicated to teaching their children how to live and respect the land around them.
What we experienced is a community desperate to take care of their kids and help them to experience as much as they can... what we learned was the limitations of their ability to do this given some of the natural barriers of access.
We met the Chief and council, teachers and elders. Each committed to helping in any way they can to assist Jumpstart in helping their children. I’m not sure the community fully understands the opportunity, but I’m confident that they will work to understand.
Freida
