In order to help, Crawford wants to train to become a counsellor, so he can help people deal with their frustrations. "I want to build their confidence up. They can work things out. They don't have to get frustrated."

From there, he says, people have to learn how to work for themselves. "What we've really got to do is push people, motivate them to learn, and then they can go on."

"If they really want to learn, they have to get out to a literacy program, to have a tutor one-on-one. From there, they can read and write, and get a job they have no problem doing. That's how I learned. That's why I'm working out of ERS."

People must be patient. "It doesn't happen all in one night," he says. "It takes time. And time I have. I want to teach them I care."

Profile quoted from:
Randal McIlroy (Ed.). Beyond Words: The Book. Winnipeg, MB: Association for Community Living - Manitoba, 1995, pp. 27-28.