JOSH Project

05/18/2026

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05/17/2026

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It’s a beautiful day to get out there, enjoy that sunshine and do some boating with our residents.
Have a great day everyone!! ☀️

Thank You ALL for the support.

04/23/2026

It will get hard and it might seem impossible but don’t give up on your dreams!! Keep going❤️

When I started 12 years ago and was going out at night helping the homeless, I never would have imagined that it would have led to running homeless shelters, to feeding 200-300 , , and families every day to now having a therapeutic community on a farm where those experiencing homelessness can get the help they need to overcome their or challenges.

It’s funny how life works sometimes. I had many people try to stop me over the years or tell me what I was trying to do was a just a dream.
I didn’t have any money and all I had was determination and the love in my heart to help others.

I surrounded myself with like minded people, set goals and work each day until I hit those goals.
I am not writing this post for a “pat on the back” but I am simply writing it for the person who is reading this and has dreams of their own.
DO NOT give up!!! You can make your dreams a reality. Surround yourself with the right people, work each day towards your goals and keep pushing forward.

I have seen people laid out on a sidewalk, completely blue from overdosing who almost died because of their addiction who are now sober, seeing their kids & families, working jobs and living on their own again. It wasn’t easy for them but it was worth it so don’t let anything stop you because your dreams and goals are possible.
Keep dreaming and keep moving forward!!!❤️

THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has helped me build the dream of helping our community. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
People helping people is what it's all about.❤️
Have a great day everyone.✌️

Thank You ALL for the Support.

04/19/2026

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“I didn’t draw for 5 years. The drugs took away all my creativity and I couldn’t get out of my own head.”
One of our residents who has 4 months in sober has just drawn this.
I would say his creativity is flowing again.✏️

Thank You ALL for the support.

04/08/2026

Thank You!!! 🏃‍♂️ ❤️

A lot of our residents in recovery enjoy working out daily. What a great donation, especially when the weather isn’t the best and you still want to run or walk every day.
Thank You so much Carrie Leblanc & Alyssa Rawline for this amazing treadmill with a built in fan and Bluetooth speakers for our residents who are working to overcome their or challenges.👏👏👏👏👏👏
People helping people is what it’s all about.❤️

Thank You ALL for the support.
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03/05/2026

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Today we celebrate something truly powerful. 21 months of sobriety and a brand new beginning.

After years of homelessness, addiction, and battling mental health challenges, this incredible soul is stepping into their own place and starting life over. That’s not just a milestone, that’s a miracle built on courage, resilience, and relentless hard work.

Twenty one months ago, the road ahead may have felt impossible. There were cold nights, hard days, setbacks, and moments of doubt. But there was also determination. There was the choice over and over again to keep going. To choose recovery. To choose hope. To choose life.

Now, with keys in hand and a place to call their own, this moment represents more than housing. It represents stability, safety & dignity.
A fresh start. It’s proof that healing is possible, that people can rise from their lowest moments, and that no one is defined by their hardest chapters.

Sobriety is not just about what was left behind, it’s about everything being built now: routines, responsibility, self-worth, and a future filled with possibility.

Here is to 21 months strong and to every new morning that follows. The best chapters are still being written.

We are so proud. So inspired. And so grateful to witness this transformation and wish you all the best in this next chapter of your life Kevin. We Love You!!! ❤️

Thank You everyone for the support and for helping make this happen.

03/02/2026

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Meet Walnut, the newest addition to our farm.
When I asked the previous owners why they named him Walnut, they told me that his father’s name was Walley and he came from his 🥜’s.
I think we will keep the name. 😂
Have a great day everyone!!✌️

Thank You ALL for the Support.

02/06/2026

We need more support for people or they will continue to die.💔

Oh Canada 🇨🇦 Harm reduction in Canada was never meant to stand alone but that’s exactly how it’s been implemented.

Over the past decade, policies like supervised consumption sites, safe supply programs, and decriminalization efforts have been rolled out as headline solutions to the overdose crisis.
In theory, harm reduction saves lives by meeting people where they are. In practice, without the proper supports wrapped around it, it has proven deeply ineffective and in some cases, harmful to both users and communities.

Harm reduction only works when it’s part of a full continuum of care. That means accessible detox, long term treatment, mental health services, housing, income support, and meaningful pathways to recovery.
In Canada, those supports are underfunded, wait listed, or simply unavailable. We’ve focused on keeping people alive day to day, while failing to help them build lives worth staying alive for.

Supervised consumption sites can prevent overdoses, but they don’t treat addiction. Safe supply can reduce poisoning from toxic drugs, but without medical oversight, counseling, and exit options, it risks entrenching dependency.
Decriminalization without treatment doesn’t remove harm, it just shifts it into public spaces, leaving users stuck and communities frustrated.

The result is a system that manages decline instead of promoting recovery. People cycle through emergency rooms, shelters, jails, and the streets with no clear off ramp. Families watch loved ones survive overdose after overdose, only to be told there are no treatment beds available.
Frontline workers are burned out, trying to fill gaps that policy refuses to acknowledge.

Criticizing the way harm reduction has been implemented is not the same as opposing compassion. In fact, it’s the opposite. True compassion means refusing to accept a status quo where survival is the only goal and recovery is treated as optional or unrealistic.

Canada doesn’t have a harm reduction problem, we have a support problem. Until housing, treatment, mental health care, and recovery services are built at the same scale as harm reduction policies, we will continue to fail the very people these programs claim to help.

If you think people deserve, and your community deserves better, then share this with every politician and person you know because nothing changes if we stay silent and keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. Peoples lives depend on it.
People helping people is what it’s all about.❤️
Much love everyone!! Stay safe out there.

Charles Burrell
Founder
The Humanity Project for Social Solutions Inc.
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01/28/2026

Sad day on the farm. We love you Brutus❤️

We lost a huge part of our farm family.
In July 2022, we lost our friend David Windle. He was a good man and would drop anything he was doing at the time to give you a hand.
He was kind, he was funny and he was a staple of our downtown.
David worked for many years downtown and when he wasn’t working he would always be walking around with his best friend Brutus.

After 11 years together, Brutus had to say goodbye to David and came to live with us at the farm.
We were not sure how he would transition from the streets to living on a farm but this dog was the BEST dog ever!!!!
If we could clone him we would. The guys and girls at the farm absolutely loved him and he was so good with all the other animals.

It’s ironic that we took Brutus to help give him a good life since Dave was no longer here, and yet Brutus has helped make life so much better for everyone on the farm.
We Loved this dog so much, THANK YOU Dave for giving us one of the best gifts ever and may you rest in peace because your best friend is on his way to see you again. 🐶
❤️We Love You Brutus❤️

Thank You ALL for the support.

12/26/2025

What a great 🎄

It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas!!!
Just waiting for our residents to get up so they can see what Santa brought them. 🎅
Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄

12/22/2025

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This will help move people forward in life and help feed people.
Thank You so much to folks at Moncton Lions Club for donating $1000 to The Humanity Project to help us feed our city's less fortunate and $1000 to the JOSH Project to help people overcome their or challenges.
People helping people is what it's all about. ❤️

Thank You ALL for the support.