Later this month, William Leung and Melissa Amelot will travel to Cuba for a holiday with a pile of luggage.
Almost everything is full of Storm medical supplies
The devastated island nation
Liang Zhenying and Amelotte are among dozens of local tourists who not only join the army with tourists --Ottawa, a not-for-
Profit groups that rely on overseas vacationers to ship medical supplies to remote clinics.
Liang Zhenying, 32, said: \"The country needs help: it has been hit hard
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Liang Zhenying and his girlfriend are planning to take six suitcases with donated medical supplies to Valero, Cuba, on Tuesday. 25.
They will also carry school supplies, diapers and children\'s clothing.
He said: \"Everything we need will be in our backpacks and we will go there anyway, so we think we should bring a bunch of supplies and take a few days to ship them.
\"The Ottawa chapter, which is not just a tourist, is arranging supplies to reach medical clinics in the northern part of Cuba, besieged by Hurricane Irma.
Hurricane 5 landed in Cuba on Tuesday. 8.
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The coordinator of the Ottawa chapter said that most of the donated medical supplies came from home care customers in the area and that they could not use all the materials delivered to them. (
In May, the responsibility for family and community health care is transferred from the community care service center to the Champlain Local Health Integration Network, the regional health authority. )
Chen ail, 69, said: \"We are transferring very valuable items from landfill: too much waste . \" He is a retired technical translator who not only works with tourists --
This has been the case in Ottawa since his wife, Mary Metcalfe, founded the group in 2005.
Preparing to travel to Cuba, Metcalfe read a Reader\'s Digest story about the original group in southern Ontario, and decided that Ottawa should use the same clever plan to ship supplies overseas.
She reached out to her friends and family and recruited some nurses from the Ottawa Hospital.
Volunteer organizations have been developing steadily since then and are now shipping thousands of kilograms of medical supplies and equipment each year: walkers, wheelchairs, hospital beds, artificial limbs, surgical instruments, respirator, bandages, syringes, antibiotics, anti
Inflammatory Drugs, asthma inhaler, and test gloves.
Tourists who want help can carry things as small as a self-sealing bag, or like 23-
Kg suitcase
Transat Airlines, Air Canada and WestJet Airlines have all provided excess baggage exemptions to travellers carrying humanitarian supplies.
Initially, most of its suitcases were sent to Cuba, but its international influence has expanded as the organization\'s visibility has increased.
Not just tourists.
Ottawa has shipped supplies to 90 countries and 15 containers to wartorn Syria.
Some of the materials came from local hospitals, clinics, retired dentists and doctors, and one of them donated items from his entire office.
Volunteers in Ottawa areaordinate pick-And delivery.
The equipment is stored in the basement, garage and spare bedroom until travelers like eleung and Amelotte can classify, pack and ship it overseas.
Liang, who heard about the organization from a friend, said: \"As Canadians, we have more than most countries, so we should help as much as we can . \".
Not only is the original chapter of the tourists established in the medium term1990s by a St.
Dr. Catherine.
Ken Taylor and his wife Dennis were shocked by what they found at the Cuban clinic.
The organization has set up seven chapters in cities across Canada.