Billie Barnes, left, and Raven Gunner, from the Kids Help Phone, give out pamphlets and trinkets from a table set up July 9 on the Nakasuk School grounds to promote the helpline’s Inuktitut services. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Videos and online material to supplement organization's live counselling services
An over-the-phone and online service for Canadian children in crisis is expanding its Inuktitut programming and content. Billie Barnes, who is originally from Iqaluit and lives in eastern Ontario, is the Kids Help Phone Inuit engagement co-ordinator.
From left, volunteers Keswa Tembeka, Night Bakunzi and Sharon Poshai dish out free lunch at the Elders Qammaq in Iqaluit on Saturday. Dozens of residents took part in the event, organized by Nunavut Seventh Day Adventists. (Photo by Daron Letts)