INC's humanitarian efforts in Canada

“The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) has set its sights on the global campaign against poverty. It’s a cause we’ve committed to champion and sustain as a church.”

This was the remark of executive minister Eduardo Manalo after the INC conducted its most recent outreach activities in various Canadian cities, further describing them as “much bigger than our initial Aid to Humanity efforts last year in North America.”

The church provided assistance to marginalized groups in Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver last month through the worldwide

Lingap program of the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation.

INC general auditor Glicerio Santos Jr. noted that “we’ve heightened our assistance efforts for immigrants, indigenous peoples, female lone-parent families, members of racialized groups, persons with disabilities, and other sectors where poverty incidence is higher based on Canadian population statistics. Our focus, like before, is on the needy and vulnerable.”

Aid recipients also received checks on top of packages which had fleece blankets, socks, hats, mittens, gloves, bath towels, soaps, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, combs, ponchos, granola bars, canned foods, noodles and ready-to-eat meals.

“These activities fall under the umbrella of our Lingap sa

Mamamayan program. Our executive minister Eduardo Manalo strives to make our North American humanitarian presence stronger and more responsive. His singular vision of alleviating poverty in various parts of the world is what drives and inspires us,” Santos Jr. explained.

The general auditor announced that more aid activities are planned soon.