The housing problem isn't just confined to large cities but extends to smaller towns like Neepawa. As the town experiences an influx of immigrants, the demand for decent and affordable housing has risen. This has placed pressure on the existing housing market, making it difficult for many to secure homes due to the high costs involved in building new ones.
Habitat for Humanity Neepawa Chapter is stepping in to address this issue by fostering community collaboration to build affordable housing. Their Neepawa chapter, established only last year, is still in the early stages of operation. To raise awareness and involve more people, they have partnered with Neepawa Access TV to cover meetings and information sessions. This partnership has served as an effective platform to spread the word to the community, not only encouraging more volunteers to join various committees but also informing potential beneficiaries about the support available to them.
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LJI Impact is the section of commediaportal.ca where the journalists and their organizations participating in CACTUS' Local Journalism Initiative can share their greatest successes.
Through the written stories, photos and videos you see in the LJI Impact section, you'll be able to read first hand accounts about how the presence of a community journalist is making a difference in communities across Canada through the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Media Portal.
The Community Media Portal is a gateway to the audio-visual media created by community media centres across Canada. These include traditional community TV and radio stations, as well as online and new media production centres.
Community media are not-for-profit production hubs owned and operated by the communities they serve, established both to provide local content and reflection for their communities, as well as media training and access for ordinary citizens to the latest tools of media production, whether traditional TV and radio, social and online media, virtual reality, augmented reality or video games.
The Community Media Portal has been funded by the Local Journalism Initiative (the LJI) of the Department of Canadian Heritage, and administered by the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) in association with the Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec (the Fédération). Under the LJI, over 100 journalists have been placed in underserved communities and asked to produce civic content that underpins Canadian democratic life.
