Chenai Kadungure, executive director of Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario (BPAO), took action when a group of asylum seekers slept on the street in Toronto, directly helping support a 35-year-old woman in dire straits. In addition, BPAO provided health kits and health checks at Black Creek Community Health Centre with volunteer assistance from BPAO’s medical residents and international medical graduates.
We reached out to independent journalist Olivia Bowden for her to speak with Chenai and the woman to share her harrowing experience, perhaps helping others in need.
“We’re a community that’s always going to have to stand up for each other,” Kadungure said. “Because one night sleeping on the street is one night too many. We need to do something, now.”
Read the article here on CBC News and Chenai’s post on LinkedIn.