Nunavut hamlets to deliver water to Inuit households daily for hand washing – CBC
Mar 30, 2020
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated puts $1.25 M of new COVID-19 money towards water security
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated said it’s investing more than a million dollars to help bring clean water to communities.
The territorial Inuit organization said Thursday it will invest $1.25 million of a new Indigenous Community Support fund to make sure hamlets can deliver enough water, so that Inuit can wash their hands often.
“We know that many Inuit live in overcrowded housing units and that conservation of water is something that is a daily mentality,” president Aluki Kotierk said. “But this is a time we need to be liberal with our water use.”
The money comes from the federal government’s recently announced funding of $45 million for Inuit communities to fight COVID-19.
