Some of the residents on the north coast communities are still working to make more hours to qualify for their Employment Insurance Benefits for the winter.
Shirley Goudie is the Town Manager of the Postville Inuit Community Government.
She says the program started the first week of December.
They have 3 people hired under this program.
Two of the people are making crafts.
The third one works outside and shovels snow around town, makes Kamutet and paints.
Goudie says one of the two workers will have made enough hours by next week, while another will finish work in couple of weeks.
She says they have enough funds for the program to run till the end of March.
They received about $23, 000 for the program.
They also use some of the funding for any materials that are needed.
Meanwhile in Rigolet, Paula Flowers is the Financial Officer and Executive Clerk for the Inuit Community Government.
She says the Community Enhancement Program started the first week of November 2014.
Flowers says 5 people have been making crafts to get enough hours to qualify for their EI, and they will be finished work tomorrow.
She says craft workers made Moosehide moccasins, sealskin mitts, chimo hats, dolls and souvenirs, and did grass work.
There were also two maintenance people hired recently.
Flowers says they work on the outside rink.
They flooded the rink, then had to do a lot of snow clearing after the last snow storm.
She added there is a lot of interest with the rink because they get daily calls to see when it will be ready for use.
She says they received a total of $27,000 from the Province for the program to start, and recently received an additional $5,000.
Flowers says the funds are used for salaries and materials needed for the program.
The enhancement program runs till towards the end of March.