Melissa Stone woks at Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata and is the coordinator for Astum Api Niikinaak and Amoo wig amig. Astum Api Niikinaak means “come sit at our home”. This project which offers affordable housing for people facing key barriers such as being unsheltered and addictions, alongside a communal lodge with culturally sensitive support services is the result of organizations End Homelessness Winnipeg, the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre, Eagle Urban Transition Centre and Thunderbird House coming together.

In this episode of Humans, on Rights Melissa Stone shares her passion for helping people and how she became involved with the Astum Api Niikinaak project. She contrasts the fact that at the end of her work day she can go home to her house with heat and food and a bed with those unsheltered who spend their entire life on the street searching for those bare necessities. Melissa believes that she and her team have created homes for folks who are going to start their healing journey and just need a little support. 

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