THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF METRO TORONTO AND THE PCCF PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CANADIAN FORCES (DART) DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM

Emailed for posting by Jaime (Jimmy) Marasigan
Toronto-Canada
July 5, 2014



The Filipino Community of Greater Toronto and the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation (PCCF)  paid a formal tribute to the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on June 28, 2014 on their courageous humanitarian task in the Philippines last year when the deadliest natural disaster and devastation occured in the Visayan Provinces.

The deployment of the Canadian Forces rapid-response team sent by the Canadian Government during the Typhoon Hainan was an enormous humanitarian achievement applying the team's logistical expertise on relief operations and exceptional ability to execute such time-sensitive mission.

The Disaster Assistance Response Team primary contribution which include the distribution of the much needed purified water, treated thousands of medical patients, clearing critical roads and addressing the immediate delivery of tons of foods in remote areas using their own air assets were so much valued and appreciated by the Filipino people.  

The presentation was witnessed by Senator Tobias Enverga, Vice Consul Bolivar Bao of the Philippine Consulate in Toronto and the members of the Filipino Community in the Greater Toronto Area.