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Philippine Consulate General, Toronto Participates in the Annual ANCOP Walk
2019-08-30
29 August 2019, Toronto – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto took part in the 2019 ANCOP Walk held on Sunday, 18 August 2019 at the David Pecaut Square, King Street West in Downtown Toronto. Acting Head of Post Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez was joined at the event by Consul Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza, Cultural Officer Cecilia D. Santos, Consular Officer Ramoncito A. Mendoza, and Consular Assistant Oliver H. Baranda. The Walk, which started at the David Pecaut Square, took the participants along parts of King Street West, University Avenue, College Street, Bay Street, Wellington Street West, then back to the Square.
ANCOP International Canada, Inc. (ANCOP Canada) is a registered Canadian charity organization dedicated to uplifting the lives of poor people in many underdeveloped countries. ANCOP, which stands for “Answering the Cry of the Poor”, currently funds 2885 scholars in the Philippines and is committed to grow this number as they build their support and resource base.
ANCOP Walk is the organization’s annual signature fundraising event currently held in 20 locations across Canada. Equally important is its capacity to be a venue for ANCOP Canada to tell its story, their vision and mission to transform the lives of the poor through its child education, community development, livelihood training, values formation, and humanitarian relief programs. This year’s ANCOP Walk theme is: “Light to the World. Be an Equalizer in a world gripped by poverty”. This year’s walk had 1,138 registered walkers in Toronto alone and 4,974 in the whole of Canada.
The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto participated at the ANCOP Walk and joined the many people in advancing ANCOP’s goal to restore dignity and hope to the poor by building self-reliant and self-sustaining individuals and communities. END