Frontiers Foundation member of Canadian Council for International Co-operation
Frontiers Foundation is a new member of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation.
Welcome! Frontiers Foundation is a non-profit aboriginal voluntary service organization that promotes the advancement of economically and socially disadvantaged communities. Through the Operation Beaver Program, with volunteers from across the globe, we work with aboriginal communities to provide affordable housing and improvements in education. With the support of government and charitable donations, both from the private sector and individuals, we operate within Canadian borders, and Overseas.
Amik, Tumivut-- Opening help ease Homelessness - TANSI newspaper
'Tumivut, the new Aboriginal Youth Shelter, is open and it provides temporary housing assistance for those aged 16-24. Up to 52 new clients will be able to find emergency housing assistance along with an array of programs to assist them permanently get off the streets of Toronto, according to the new manager of the facility.
Harvey Manning, a 20-year veteran in the Toronto Aboriginal community, is the manager for Miniivut. He has worked with street people for nearly 20 years both at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto and Anishnawbe Health.
"Hey, you! This isn't about me," he says. "Yes, we opened this wonderful new facility on time for the first real blast of winter on December 19. We are almost at capacity already.'
Submitted by frontiers on January 5, 2003 - 4:36pm.Frontiers Executive Director works with Engineers Without Borders in his Bolivian hometown
Submitted by frontiers on January 1, 2003 - 4:44pm.In May 2001, a Bolivian expatriate named Marco Guzman, working
in Toronto, received a letter from the authorities of his hometown, Huarina, telling him of water problems. The May 2001 letter asked Mr. Guzman for three specific things: the construction of a water tank in the community, an overhaul of the water system, and filtration of the water (presumably due to quality problems). Mr. Guzman works for the NGO Frontiers Foundation, and through this organization, heard of Engineers Without Borders. He got in touch with the University of Toronto Chapter and the Huarina Potable Water and Sanitation Project was born.
Project Amik finally takes shape--Beach Metro News, Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Frontiers Foundation's Project Amik is finally underway on Coxwell Avenue. The project will provide about 70 new units of affordable rental housing in Toronto's East End. Frontiers' Executive Director Marco Guzman and board member Ruby Ross were on site last week as the renovations on the existing building began. Frontiers recently received a $75,000 grant from the Ontario Trilliam Foundation for another renovation project.
Salute To First Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor Of Ontario
At Frontiers Foundation, we were delighted to learn that last January 10th, Hon. James Bartleman became the very first aboriginal representative of the Queen in Ontario. Mr Bartleman is a member of the Minjikaning First Nation and is married with three children. We do hope Hon.
Visit to Bolivia - Vea's 30th Anniversary
Community News --Toronto Sage, Summer 2001, Vol.1 No.1-by Dorothy Phipps-Walker
There are over 40,000 people on Toronto's housing waiting list, says Marco Guzman, executive director for Frontiers Foundation. The foundation's latest project, Project Amik, will help alleviate the housing crisis. "We won't solve the problem but it will help," says Guzman. Up to now, the foundation's Operation Beaver worked in Aboriginal communities in northern parts of Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and other provinces. "Operation Beaver helps keep out the weather, keep in the heat and sustain clean running water and sanitary sewage systems," says Steve MacPhail, project coordinator for the Aboriginal renovation project.
Submitted by frontiers on October 22, 2002 - 3:29pm.Northern Education Projects --by Don Irving, Western Coordinator
Frontiers employee gets married
On December 18, 2001 Frontiers' employee Andrea Wallington wed Ismail Patel (who some may remember as 'Happy Goose,' the shaman from Chief Great Eagle's village at Kanata Kapers III) at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto. The delighted couple would like to express their warmest gratitude to Charles for performing a beautiful ceremony, and to friends and family for all the love and support received.
