JC Wellness Fund
Japanese Canadian Survivors Health & Wellness Fund
Improving the health and wellness of Japanese Canadian internment survivors across Canada
About the Fund
The Province of BC has provided Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society (Nikkei Seniors) with $2 million as part of their commitment to honour seniors who lived through the traumatic uprooting and displacement of almost 22,000 Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. The Province of BC is acknowledging the role they played in the historical wrongs committed against the Japanese Canadian community during the period between 1942 and April 1, 1949. The grant came out of the efforts of the National Association of Japanese Canadians’ (NAJC) BC Redress initiative.
Purpose
Nikkei Seniors has designated the $2 million for the Japanese Canadian Survivors Health & Wellness Fund (Fund). The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to enhance programs, activities, and services that will directly benefit the health and/or wellness of these living survivors. The Fund will offer three categories of grants: Organizations, Small Groups, and Underserved.
Glossary
- is frail.
- is facing financial hardship.
- is lacking connections or is no longer able to be involved with organizations or small groups.
- is living in a geographical area that is remote.
- is living in a geographical area that has very few survivors.
Check out jcwellness.org for more information.