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Healing Foundation projects could be held in condemned and crowded quarters By Lynda Powless, Editor A lack of capital dollars for healing projects may see some Aboriginal Healing Foundation funded projects operated in condemned buildings or crowded quarters in aboriginal communities. Six Nations Social Services director, Tuesday MacDonald-Johnson said the lack of capital dollars creates a Catch-22 situation for many communities. "We can access program dollars easier than capital dollars. So what happens is, we end up running some programs in condemned buildings." She said at Six Nations, social service programs, "are in every nook and cranny. We're even in condemned buildings," because of a lack of funding for building." And Aboriginal organizations are worried they won't meet rushed deadlines imposed by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation for some of the $350 million in funds slated to help survivors of residential schools. The Aboriginal Healing Foundation announced last Thursday it would now begin accepting applications for projects aimed at healing those who suffered from the residential school experience and their children. But the rushed deadlines may just end up excluding some organizations. "We've been waiting and waiting for them to get their guidelines and criteria in place but now with just two weeks to get something together, we won't be able to meet that deadline," said Tuesday MacDonald-Johnson, Six Nations Social Services director. Georges Erasmus, Chair of the (Continued on next page)