Kamloops students helping people of Attawapiskat
KAMLOOPS – It’s an community more than 2,500 kilometers from Kamloops, but a group of students from Juniper Ridge Elementary isn’t letting distance get in the way of helping the people of Attawapiskat, an impoverished reserve in Northern Ontario, where there’s been a state of emergency after an epidemic of suicide attempts.
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People in Attawapiskat are living in Third World conditions, with poor drinking water, inadequate housing, and only two nurses for the 2,000 people who reside there.