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Philippine Consulate General in Toronto and Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)-Toronto Jointly Assist Filipinos Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-04-15
PR No. 22-2020
Toronto, 15 April 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto is pleased to inform that it assisted today in securing food supplies from the Food Bank in Scarborough the 2 stranded Filipino students from the Centennial College in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; and a Filipina Temporary Worker (Overseas Filipino Worker/caregiver) in Toronto stricken with cancer. The OFW stopped working in November 2019 due to her sickness and she is being assisted by Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)-Toronto on her application for the CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefits) and EI (Emergency Insurance) benefits. She is also being assisted for medical assistance from OWWA.
ATN (Assistance-to-Nationals) Officer Dennis Escobedo assisted one of the students in receiving the food bags from Filipino-Canadian Kirsten Wilson of the Agincourt Community Services Association in Scarborough, Ontario. Filipino-Canadian Jamillah T. Mananghaya-Poernama, RSW and Manager, Newcomers’ Centre and Settlement Counselor of the Association is one of the partner settlement counselors of POLO. Ms. Mananghaya-Poernama informed POLO and the Consulate General on the availability of the food supplies from the Food Bank for indigent and distressed Filipinos in the Toronto area. Ms. Ella Tan, another partner settlement counselor of POLO is also assisting the sick OFW.END
