LATEST NEWS
Youth Summer Employment
Summer Youth Work Program application is now available! Students who are ages 14-24 are encouraged to apply for Kawerak's work program for 6-8 weeks throughout the summer. This is a great opportunity for a first time job, new work experience, build or [...]
Behind the Wheel 2019!
Get ready, set, Drive! 2019 is your year to get licensed. Kawerak Short Term Regional Training Program has organized three sessions of Adult Drivers Education to assist adults with obtaining their standard drivers license. Adult Driver’s Education in Nome April 1-5, 2019 [...]
Paid Summer Internship Opportunity with Kawerak!
Are you a current Kawerak Higher Education Scholarship student? Are you looking for meaningful employment over the summer? Would you like to return to the Bering Strait for the summer? If you answered yes to these questions the Kawerak Internship Program is [...]
Community Feedback: VPSO Program
We invite you to share your opinion. The VPSO program is a resource for our communities to increase public safety. What are your expectations for the VPSO in your community? Your feedback will help us improve the program and understand community [...]
Award Bolsters Essential Protections of the Bering Sea
Kawerak Inc. is pleased to announce receipt of a multi-year grant award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The charitable purpose of this grant is to protect the Bering Strait Region’s coastal and marine ecosystems and communities from the increasing impacts [...]
Igamsiqanaghhalek Rasmuson!
Kawerak would like to extend a sincere thank you to Rasmuson Foundation for their generous support of our Head Start program and families! Rasmuson recently awarded Kawerak Head Start $261,055 to help modernize and expand the Head Start building in Nome. Previously, [...]
2018 Matthew Iya and Employee of the Year Awards
Kawerak is proud to announce Charles Punguk and Ashley Crowe as the winners of the Matthew Iya and Employee of the Year awards respectively. The Matthew Iya award is given out annually in memory of Matthew Iya. Matthew was a Kawerak employee [...]
Fourth National Climate Assessment Released
November 23rd marked the release of the National Climate Assessment IV (NCA4). The overview of the report demonstrates a clear connection from worldwide scientific evidence pointing to a rapidly changing climate and it has and will continue to have direct impacts socially, [...]
Drums Beat Again
Elim, Alaska. Tucked along coast and surrounded by trees and water. Familiar and calming sounds greet your ear, children laughing while sliding down the playground ice-slide in the wintertime, the gym filled with the echoes of bouncing basketballs, the ocean waves splashing [...]
Head Start and Early Head Start Region-Wide Survey
Head Start is looking to collect responses from Head Start parents, future parents and community members on an expansion survey. The survey takes 4 minutes to complete and we are hoping individuals take both the Head Start and Early Head Start surveys. [...]
Topkok Selected To Serve on Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Governor Walker selected Kawerak’s Attorney Meghan Topkok to serve on the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (ABADA). Starting November 16th Topkok assumes her seat on the Board. The appointment places a strong regional advocate in a position to plan and [...]
Artist Training in Koyuk
***Update 11/27, training has been postponed due to low registration. Will update details when a new plan has been determined. First People's Fund and Kawerak are partnering together to offer a Native Artist Professional Development Training in Koyuk November 29-30th. The training [...]
