Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) and the Northern Association of Community Councils (NACC) are among the organizations getting a total of $3 million from the provincial government to provide services for northern and Indigenous people.
MKO is receiving $100,000 and the NACC $263,700. A little over $1.5 million is going to the Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres, while the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is getting $325,000 and the Manitoba Metis Federation $268,000.
“Providing this support means programs and services that improve social and economic outcomes for Indigenous and northern people are able to continue,” said Manitoba Indigenous and Northern Relations Minister Eileen Clarke in a July 9 news release.
“Most of the friendship centres have been in their respective communities for more than 50 years and have received consistent funding from the province that supports and provides programming for Indigenous peoples in urban centres,” said Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres chairperson David Grey. “Centres have used that funding to leverage additional monies, usually about $7 for every dollar received.”
