Wednesday 22 July 2015

Where are the Syrian refugees?


The CBC's Ontario Today aired an interesting show today about what it takes to sponsor refugees, featuring the efforts of Lifeline Syria, a group that is trying to get 1000 Syrian refugees into the GTA, and others. Our very own Raghu called in and voiced some of the frustrations our group is facing:

Where are the Syrians on the sponsorship list? Why are there  bottlenecks to find sponsorship agreement holders? Why does the Canadian government make it so difficult for a motivated group such as ours to sponsor refugees?

Listen to Ontario Today: What it takes to sponsor refugees




4 comments:

  1. Heard about your group on the CBC. Was hoping to get in touch. No contact information anywhere.

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  2. I live in Vancouver, but would like to help your group. What can I do?
    Do you need financial assistance?

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  3. Hi anonymous1, you can get in touch with us through the following email address: info@theeastgallery.com. We are only a private group of sponsors, however. Please find links to refugee sponsorship resources on the right-hand sidebar of this blog. Anonymous2, thanks so much for your offer to help! We will let you know as soon as we start fundraising.

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  4. are you accepting any donations as yet, could you please let me know where i can forward it to on the web? thankyou. ps your organization is doing a wonderful thing! Unfortunately i am unable to personally assist as i am a disabled retired man on a fixed income but i wish to contribute in the only way i can by offering a donation to your morally and rightful cause.

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