NYA is Home.
Our place to share. Our place to grow.
Since 1998, Northern Youth Abroad has created environments where youth from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories thrive and feel cared for. A permanent home is our next dream, and it builds on that same principle.
Online donations get a charitable tax receipt.
Help make NYA home.
There are many ways to be part of this next chapter. Choose the one that fits you.
Donate now
Give what you can through our GoFundMe. Every gift helps a small charity with big dreams buy a permanent home.
You will get a tax receipt. Your receipt arrives by email from PayPal Giving Fund Canada. GoFundMe donations go through this registered charity, which then grants your gift to NYA.
Build our home, block by block.
Pick a block, then type that amount on GoFundMe. Giving more than $5,000? Email us and we will set up the easiest way for you to give.
Give on GoFundMeMake a bigger gift
Planning a gift of more than $5,000? Please reach out to us directly, and we will set up the easiest way for you to give. Bigger gifts can include:
- Major or family gifts
- Corporate donations
- Funding staff time or travel for site visits and partner relationship-building
Northern Youth Abroad is a registered charity (charitable registration number 86530 5791 RR0001). Email us to talk about charitable tax receipts for gifts made directly to NYA.
Email usGive your time & more
There are other ways we could use your help.
- Volunteer your hands, skills or know-how
- Offer goods, services or expertise
- Write a letter of support
- Record a short video about what NYA means to you
- Share NYA is Home with your networks
Donate securities through CanadaHelps
Donors can give stocks, mutual funds or other securities through CanadaHelps and choose Northern Youth Abroad as their charity.
Give through the GCWCC
Federal public servants and retirees can support NYA through the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign (GCWCC) by choosing Northern Youth Abroad (86530 5791 RR0001) as their charity.
Why a home, and why now
A home of our own would be an investment in our future, and a milestone for a little organization with big dreams and a willingness to work hard for those we serve.
Founded in Nunavut, expanding to the Northwest Territories in 2005
From one program and 10 youth in our first year, to multiple programs and almost 1,000 youth served each year
of combined service from our staff and board
What a permanent home makes possible
Owning our home gives NYA stability.
The office space our staff need to keep serving Northern youth.
Where we can host our Participants and share with partners and community.
A place where youth living in Ottawa for school can study, receive tutoring, or have a meal.
Gardens where food and medicine can grow, and a quiet place to escape.
A place of love and laughter
For 15 years, our annual Orientation and Re-Orientation were held at a camp east of Ottawa, with a tiny kitchen and no electricity in the sleeping areas. What stands out is not the rough edges. It is the bond that all of us who spent time there felt with that place: Participants, volunteers and staff. It was a place of love and laughter. That bond to a place, to the land and to a shared space is what fires our passion to give NYA a home of its own.
Tell us how you’d like to help.
As a small charity, this is a significant decision for us, and one we are very committed to. Get in touch and we will talk through the best way for you to be part of NYA is Home.
Donations through GoFundMe get an official donation receipt from PayPal Giving Fund Canada.
Charitable registration number: 86530 5791 RR0001
311 Richmond Road, Suite 308
Ottawa, ON K1Z 6X3
613-232-9989
nyahome@nya.ca
www.nya.ca
