PrintUNA donates $10,000 to Philippines typhoon relief
United Nurses of Alberta has donated $10,000 to OXFAM Canada to provide humanitarian relief to victims of last Friday’s devastating typhoon in the Philippines.
The donation matches identical contributions from the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions and Saskatchewan Union of Nurses. Other Canadian nurses’ unions are expected to make similar contributions.
The typhoon has been reported to be the most powerful storm to ever hit the planet in recorded history, leaving thousands dead in its wake and as many as five million people homeless.
UNA President Heather Smith urged UNA members and other Canadians also to make personal donations so that aid agencies can respond quickly to the crisis.
Thousands of Filipino and Filipina nurses work in Alberta and Canada and the thoughts of all UNA members are with them and their families at this time.
Individual donations to OXFAM Canada’s Philippines Typhoon Emergency Fund made before December 9, 2013, will be matched by the Government of Canada. Click here to make a donation.
