B2Gold to give $1M in financial support to local community
by CM Staff
$200,000 from the donation will go to Covenant House Vancouver to help provide shelter and crucial support to homeless and at-risk youth to help mitigate the ongoing opioid crisis.
VANCOUVER — B2Gold Corp. will provide further financial support to community organizations in Metro Vancouver and other areas of British Columbia in order to help the region’s most vulnerable and at-risk local communities, according to a company statement.
Through its More than Mining Fund, B2Gold will donate $1 million. According to B2Gold Corp, $100,000 of the funds will go to the Canadian Red Cross to support the ongoing relief efforts in response to the heavy rains, flooding and mudslides across British Columbia last month.
B2Gold also stated that it will be allocating $750,000 to provide further financial support to four partner organizations in Metro Vancouver to assist with their continued response to address the social issues in Metro Vancouver that are further aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company stated that $250,000 will go to Greater Vancouver Food Bank to support people who are struggling to meet their need for food.
Another $200,000 from the donation will go to Covenant House Vancouver to help provide shelter and crucial support to homeless and at-risk youth to help mitigate the ongoing opioid crisis.
$200,000 of the proceeds will be donated to PHS Community Services Society and $100,000 to The Bloom Group Community Services Society to assist with housing, health care, harm reduction and poverty.
According to a statement from the company, vulnerable communities in Metro Vancouver, such as Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, have long struggled with issues of homelessness, poverty, mental health and substance dependencies. COVID-19 has escalated these issues, as evident by the spike in community overdoses since the pandemic began and associated community safety concerns. PHS and The Bloom Group provide housing solutions, health care, harm reduction and health promotion for some of the most at-risk, under-served and often overlooked residents in Vancouver and Victoria.
“The devasting flooding and extreme weather events that occurred for several weeks, starting in November, impacted the lives of thousands of British Columbians,” said Pat Quealey, Canadian Red Cross Vice President for BC and Yukon in a statement.
“The Canadian Red Cross is grateful for this generous contribution, as these funds will help the people directly impacted by this disaster along their journey to recovery.”
