THUNDER BAY – For Grade 12 Hammarskjold High School student Hunter Ritch, the program that he’s been involved with for the last couple of years hits close to home.
The Tiny Home pilot project sees Indigenous youth work in the build of a one-bedroom 10x30-foot modular home for donation to Matawa First Nations for use in a northern community. Matawa First Nations CEO David Paul Achneepineskum says the program not only helps to deal with concerns about homelessness, but it also shows students a path they can go on once they finish high school.“What we find is when the students learn from these kinds of experience, they go back to their communities and they become leaders in terms of getting involved and getting things done, which is what the communities need.