Forestry Training

Recipient: Skin Tyee First Nation
Amount: 15000
Date: 2003-07-24
Areas: Burns Lake and Southside
Sectors: Capacity Building
Strategy: Human Development
Description: After entering into a forestry venture, the Skin Tyee people identified the need for training in chainsaw safety, fire suppression, hazard recognition, and first aid. With NKDF paying for the training (mostly through the College of New Caledonia), ten people, once on social assistance, are now employable.
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The Fraser Lake & Area Menshed Society we feel has been a great success, largely due to the grant for our shop addition from the NKDF. Without the grant we would not have had the courage to proceed with its...

~Fraser Lake & Area Menshed Society