NunaKatiget Inuit Community Corporation Inc. is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $10,000.00 from Community Food Centres Canada’s Good Food Access Fund.
The grant will enable the NunaKatiget Inuit Community Corporation to provide much needed funds to purchase food items for our Inuit Elders and persons with disabilities through the Max Winters Community Freezer.
Funding is provided in part by the Government of Canada’s Local Food Infrastructure Fund, as part of the Food Policy for Canada. The Fund aims to strengthen food systems and facilitate access to safe and nutritious food for at-risk populations.
“NunaKatiget Inuit Community Corporation Inc.is extremely grateful for the grant of $10,000.00 from Community Food Centres Canada to purchase traditional food items and staples for the Max Winters’ Community Freezer. We provide traditional food to Inuit Elders and people with disabilities each month,” says Patricia Kemuksigak, Chairperson of the NunaKatiget Inuit Community Corporation Inc. “During the COVID-19 crisis, our vulnerable population of Elders and people with disabilities are experiencing additional food insecurity and financial hardship. This funding will provide food to put on their tables to feed their families. During this time of year, the only traditional food items we can provide is seal meat. People are very pleased to get seal meat but requires additional foods to supplement their food supply. Many Inuit suffer from food insecurity in our communities. More than 180 families visit in the freezer every month. During the COVID-19 crisis, we are delivering food and ensuring social distancing for our vulnerable clientele.”
“Food insecurity was already an urgent problem before the COVID-19 crisis, with one in 8 Canadians struggling to put food on the table. In a time of national crisis, it is in our nature as Canadians to do what we can for our most vulnerable neighbours. We are grateful to the Government of Canada for their quick response, as well as the many corporate partners and generous donors who have stepped forward” says Nick Saul, CEO of Community Food Centres Canada. “The Good Food Access Fund aims to make sure that as many people as possible will be able to get the food that they need. And while we must deal with the current circumstances, CFCC remains committed to advancing policy change that addresses the underlying causes of food insecurity and poverty in Canada. We can’t forget that structural inequity is at the core of so many of the challenges that Canadians face, a fact which painfully confronts us when an emergency like this occurs.”