The Gateway into the Workforce
Harvinder has Multiple Sclerosis which affects her balance. However, she wants to work and share her abilities in the workplace. To enter the job market, she felt that she needed to develop her computer skills.
A New Light for Laurentia and Silviya at the BC Christian Academy
Recently, the BC Christian Academy started a new program and needed to hire some additional staff. Laurentia and Silviya were looking for a job that responded to their skills and experience. The Neil Squire Society’s Working Together program found the perfect fit for both.
Footprints to Employment
Sometimes the best way to learn is to teach — that’s the lesson Keisha learned as a Neil Squire Society youth intern at the Penticton Indian Band’s Footprints to Technology Centre.
Community Foundation of the South Okanagan | Similkameen Helps Sustain Programming for People with Disabilities in the Okanagan
The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan | Similkameen awarded a $10,000 grant to the Neil Squire Society in April, 2015.
Ryan Sets his Sights on Helping People with Disabilities
Ryan, who’s 19 years old, has right side hemiplegia, a partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain.