The nuts and bolts of my project

This project is not a turnkey endeavour

My quinuitaq project is just that. It requires deep patience, first with myself and then all others.

My questions are slowly being answered one by one. As you are sure to notice, this project is not a turnkey endeavour. There will be things to do, events to create until I start the walk. Anyone with ideas are welcome to contact me and offer their help.

All the words needed to talk about this project

Everyday, I have to ask myself: who should I talk to today? For a long time, I was asking myself "Who can help me align all the words needed to talk about this project?" Patricia G. is giving a tremendous help. Interestingly enough, people seem to orbit around me without knowing what I am about. For example, two weeks ago, I met a pastor who is heading for Pond Inlet shortly to distribute his books. I've seen him again and he has contributed some more to my plan. He is very encouraging and gives me the names of people who can help. His first contact is someone who walked across Canada to sensitize people to the difficulties of the Haitian people to obtain water back in 2001. We are talking and some of my new steps were inspired by this man. 

Reading about similar projects is inspiring
At this point, I am reading  about other people who have done similar projects for causes varying from biking for sclerodermia to a man walking for water for the Haitian people. It is very inspiring and I take notes knowing full well from a previous walk of 333 kms. how unprepared one can feel just as one gets ready to go.

When I write a letter, I do not want to give my reader too many details, I mean to inform, to sensitize my readers to the plight of Inuit mothers and their children in the Nunavik communities. But I want to let my readers have a positive view of the Inuit people. In spite of all their difficulties, they have a wonderful outlook on life.

There are a lot of things required for such a trek to be a success. One of them is funding and sponsors for shoes, cameras, dry food. I'm plodding along. My basic draft of the project is done, but now I am in the planning, writing letters to people who might be of help, answering emails from people who want to know more. There is still so much to do but I keep looking just in front of me. The whole picture will slowly emerge in its own time.

A friend is putting together the segments of the road I will be covering, including all the towns and cities on either side of the Transcanadian Trails so that I can offer conferences that have to do with my CAUSE.