On March 24th, 24 families were forced from their homes as flames consumed their apartment building, leaving them with little more than what they were wearing. Despite an outpouring of support from within the community, it quickly became clear that more supplies were needed in this remote, northern community.
Luckily, a Canadian Red Cross volunteer named Bill Walters, originally from Newfoundland but working in Iqaluit as a consultant, sprung into action. He saw the needs and spoke with Mayor Madeleine Redfern about the Canadian Red Cross, and the types of support provided when disaster strikes a community.
A Canadian Red Cross emergency response team was deployed from Ottawa to Iqaluit to help. Working with local vendors, families were provided with vouchers for food and clothing. In the Arctic, where all supplies must be flown in, the high prices of goods required by the impacted families posed a unique challenge.
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