Remembering the storm victims 3 months later

It’s been nearly three months since tropical storms ripped through the Philippines and Indonesia. The victims of those natural disasters have fallen off the media radar but they haven’t been forgotten by many in our Catholic family.

Last week, the membership of the Kalayaan Cultural Community Center presented ShareLife executive director, Arthur Peters with a cheque for $7,000 to assist relief and reconstruction efforts in the Philippines – the result of the generosity of several KCCC members and local businesses.

KCCC members presenting Arthur Peters with their generous donation

Then, this week, the members of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association, Toronto presented us with a second generous contribution to the relief effort from its members – an additional $7,500, added to their previous donation of the same amount.

On behalf of the Caritas Internationalis network and all of us at ShareLife, thanks to all who have contributed to this and all the humanitarian relief efforts currently under way.

Check out http://www.sharelife.org/humanitarian.html for more information.