LATEST NEWS
Camp Igaliq – Applications Open
Kawerak Wellness 2022 Camp Igaliq will be July 15-20 at Camp Nuuk in Nome! Applications will be due June 23. Each summer youth from Nome and the Bering Strait region travel together to create a bright vision of themselves, their community and [...]
Food-security threat with rapid salmon decline jeopardize our Indigenous cultures
Across Western and Interior Alaska, early summer is normally a joyful time of year, full of preparations for fishing and the anticipation of fresh salmon. This is a time when we look forward to fish camp, where our families gather around the [...]
Kawerak Offers FREE Money Management Resource
Have you ever struggled with money? What to do with it and how to save and keep yourself "financially strong" is a skill we can develop! Kawerak Employment and Training is offering no-cost workbooks on practical money management skills that will help [...]
Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association Requests Voluntary Halt of Area M Commercial Salmon Fishing in June
The Bering Sea Fishermen's Association (BSFA) has formally requested all Area M Seiners to voluntarily stand-down from their commercial salmon fishing in June to prevent the interception of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region bound chum stocks. As a part of the BSFA, Kawerak supports [...]
Kawerak Summer Childcare Program
Are you interested in summer childcare for a child between 3 and 5 years of age? Kawerak UPLC child care program in Nome has a program from June 1 to August 10th! Our UPLC Child Care Program is open to the public [...]
Kawerak Working to Knock Down Barriers to Online Learning in Rural Alaska With Project REMOTE
By Caitlin Auktweenna Tozier, Project REMOTE Systems Specialist Similar to urban communities, the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shut down in-person learning for the villages of the Bering Strait region. However, the barriers to education that surfaced with the shift to distance learning made [...]
Scholar Highlight: EJ Rochon & the Transition Program
“College is giving me the bright future I thought I could never have. There are so many new opportunities and I have met the most incredible people. This is the happiest I have been in a long time, and I know that [...]
Quarter 1, 2022 – Employees and Team of the Quarter
We are pleased to announce our award winners for Employees of the Quarter and Team of the Quarter for Quarter 1, January – March 2022! Employees of the Quarter Danielle Slingsby - Outreach Director "Danielle is always willing to help with advertising, [...]
Employment and Training Survey Results Finalized and Prize Winners Announced!
To prepare for Kawerak's new employment and training program, a region-wide survey was created. The survey requested feedback for the types of jobs and trainings regional residents were interested in, as well as what methods are best to get the word out [...]
How You and Denim Can Change the World
Many women and men are already have their outfit planned for April 27th. On the last Wednesday of April, people from all over the world will wear denim jeans or tops to remind their community about a woman’s right to wear what [...]
2022 Bering Strait Community Needs Assessment Published
This 2022 Bering Strait Community Needs Assessment describes and analyzes strengths, challenges, and needs among communities in the Kawerak Service Area. The report includes: Regional socioeconomics, demographics, health, housing, and infrastructure A profile of education, from early care and learning to post-secondary [...]
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Every April we don our blue in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our goal is to raise awareness about the signs of child abuse and steps that can be taken to prevent it in our community. During Child Abuse Prevention Month —and [...]
