donor spotlight


DONOR SPOTLIGHT


UNIFOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND


Mohamad Alsadi says the images of fire-ravaged villages in Myanmar and of Rohingya refugees forced to flee to Bangladesh were too much to bear. So, Mohamad, who is a member of Unifor,


the country’s largest private


sector union, decided to turn the organization’s concerns into action.


The Unifor Social Justice Fund, of which Mohamad is director, donated $50,000 to UNHCR towards the in


emergency Bangladesh,


desperately


response which


needed effort provides protection,


shelter, food, water and sanitation to Rohingya refugees.


“We are absolutely proud as a union to stand up for people who are facing injustice and unfair treatment.”


– Mohamad Alsadi


Unifor is a long-standing partner of UNHCR and supports refugees both at home and abroad. In 2015, the Unifor Social Justice Fund and the national union helped fund the resettlement of five Syrian refugee families in Canada. The Social Justice Fund also donated $160,000 to UNHCR to aid Syrian refugees living in Jordan.


BCCB MONTREAL


Showing support for refugees was worth the journey for a trio from BCCB Montreal group, which represents and


Canadian-Bangladeshis


BCCB Montreal


(From left to right:) Mohammad Jannatul Ferdous Rupom, Shahab Kazi and Riaz Faride of the BCCB Montreal group drove from


Montreal to UNHCR's Toronto office to hand-deliver a cheque in support of Rohingya refugees.


STOP FAMINE IN SOUTH SUDAN


More than four years since the outbreak of civil war in South Sudan, a group of


concerned Canadians


Bangladeshi-Canadians in


Montreal. They drove from Montreal to UNHCR's Toronto office to hand- deliver a cheque in support of Rohingya refugees.


Mohamad Alsadi


of the Unifor Social Justice Fund which donated $50,000 to UNHCR for


Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.


Unifor


“As fellow Bangladeshi Canadians, we were deeply concerned about the influx of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh caused by ethnic cleansing in


Myanmar.” – Representative Riaz Faride


20 / UNHCR CANADA


is working to help end hunger in the African nation. Stop Famine in South Sudan has organized several fundraisers to raise awareness and funds for those devastated by the four-year conflict. «


“We decided on UNHCR [as a charity] because of its wide reach in the country. . . . UNHCR is the best fit for our initiative.”


–Organizer David Majok


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28