Support Transport of Trainees and Participants

Most participants don't have driver's licenses when they first join our programs. Of those with licences, fewer have access to reliable transportation such as an insured running vehicle and fuel in the tank. Lack of transportation is a major barrier and challenge in rural Indigenous Canada. 

Since we started our programming, we've offered participants rides within our region - sometimes paying community members to give rides, other times picking people up in our personal vehicles. We currently have a very small fleet of used mini-vans that we use to pick up participants.

Some Ideas:

• Loan, donate, or support the purchase of a 15-passenger van(s) to provide rides to and from Tea Creek and provide transportation for local field trips.
• Provide funding for fuel and driver costs.
• A plug-in hybrid or diesel vehicle would be a greener option.