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Winter Care Hampers Project

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Updated: Mar 25, 2022

My goal is to implement a project to help Indigenous people who are struggling during the pandemic with hampers consisting of socks, toques, scarves, and mittens.


For this project I have partnered with two other people from a program called SIYS Corps where we received a grant of $1500 to use for a creative community-based project of our choice. The project of our selection is providing First Nations Youth hampers consisting of warm items such as sweaters, scarves, and hats for the upcoming winter.


A few challenges that we faced through the process of this project were Covid-19 restrictions. However, we counteracted this obstacle by communicating through online resources such as Zoom.


Working together as a team for this project provided me with the opportunity of witnessing communities coming together to achieve the same goal.


All my projects so far are from a large range of communities who were in need during the pandemic. In this project, I decided to help a community that may be overlooked in certain conditions. I chose to partner with OPTIONS, which is an organization I have collaborated with previously and, as a result, was in contact with. They proposed the idea of creating a hamper of essential items for First Nations youth. It was perfectly in-line with the requirements of a community-based project that SIYSCP required of its participants. I consequently jumped at the first opportunity to help out as it was my opportunity to give back to the community.


The first step of making the hampers was purchasing items. I decided to go to Dollarama to purchase the items as it provded me the abilty to purchase a large amount of items for a lower price. My group and I decided to split the $1500 in three so my budget was $496.66.


The next step was to ensure the items were left in an open area for a least a week as stated by Covid-19 protocols. After that the last step was to pack the items into ziplock bags and place a handmade card of well wishes before delivery day.


This project was a great opportunity for me to help a community of youth Indigenous peoples who require aid during the pandemic and winter time.


















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The New Horizon foundation is a not for profit organization set up in Surrey, British Columbia in Canada working to assist the girls in Mainalli village located in Southern India in the state of Karnataka.


Our objective is to connect the people who are most in need and offer services such as education, sanitation, and clean basic amenities.

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Aditi Kini

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Anika Kini

Ideator and Project Manager 

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