PEOPLE Employment Services oversees the new downtown Queensway bus loop washrooms and Executive Director Dhorea Ramanula said on AM 1150’s Early Edition they’ve been able to serve more than just the vulnerable population.
“This service has peer people ambassadors, as we like to call ourselves, to welcome all in a clean, fully functional, operational, in-reach services. So, there's a twist here. It's not just for the vulnerable sector, we're finding we're there for first responders, frontline workers, cab drivers, truck drivers, all of those folks who find themselves without access.”
Ramanula stated PEOPLE stands for Paid Employment for People with Lived Experience.
They provide training and living wages to street people looking to put their lives back together.
Ramanula says the group has decided to name the facilities the PEOPLE's Connect.