A journey that has already seen people walk 800 kilometres from Norway House to Winnipeg started again Monday as six walkers set out on foot from Headingley bound for BC’s north coast.

Among the walkers is 25-year-old Vince Keesic who plans to make the trip to honour his sister.

“I’m really proud of him,” said his mom Leona Keesic, “I’ll be thinking about him along the way.”

The walkers plan to raise awareness about the issue of missing and murdered people, a heartbreak Keesic’s family feels every day.

"My daughter was murdered in 2001,” said Leona Keesic, speaking about her daughter Charity. “She was 19. She was badly beaten. She was raped and murdered."

Walking from Norway House, the group stopped in the Winnipeg area before setting out Monday from Headingley.

Their route will take them through Saskatoon and Edmonton before the final leg through British Columbia to Prince Rupert on the north coast.

They plan to arrive on September 25, and by then they will have walked more than 3,500 kilometres.

"Along the way there's a lot of people that are willing to help. And I'm really grateful for that,” said Brenda Osborne, who’s walking for her daughter Claudette who went missing in 2008.

The walkers will take turns driving the support vehicle and plan to camp along the route.

They hope people in the communities they pass through will join them for anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

They plan to share their personal stories and address the violence that plagues many of the communities they come from and plan to pass through.

"We aren't disposable,” said Osborne. “We're all human like everybody else. We all hurt the same like everybody else."

Along the way, the walkers hope to have chances to educate people about the issue of missing and murdered people, particularly the vulnerability of indigenous women.

"We are not those stereotypes,” said Althea Guiboche, who plans to walk with the group as far as Edmonton. “We are not those stigmas. We are people. We are mothers. We're daughters. We have families that love us and wait for us to come home."

Along their journey, the group hopes people will donate food and supplies.

They also have a GoFundMe page where people can make monetary donations.