ANCOP Canada Convenes Second National Summit

Charged with being the army of ANCOP Canada, Couples for Christ members numbering about 135 recently gathered for the second national summit in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Delegates arriving from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec were on hand to participate in the annual event. With Canada as the number one donor country, the summit helps set a clearer direction for all its stakeholders who continue to show their faith in action.

Greg Parillas, CFC Canada National Director, delivers the opening remarks. With significant improvement in the online segment, he states that ANCOP is now comparable to other organizations of its kind in terms of issuing tax receipts. 

Rene Garrucho, ANCOP Canada Training Director, opines that ANCOP is one of the largest if not the largest volunteer-based organization. He encourages participants to express the inadequacies and needs of their respective areas so that they can be addressed.

Ricky Cuenca, ANCOP Canada President, discusses the numerous improvements and successes of ANCOP particularly the clear strategic framework and direction; its vision, mission and key result areas (KRAs).

Participants listen intently as Ricky Cuenca ties evangelization with "work with the poor." He cites as example a situation where SM Cares, a division of SM Foundation Inc. that handles the corporate social responsibility programs of SM Prime Holdings, requested ANCOP to institute values formation to beneficiaries of its projects.

Larry Vickar, a Winnipeg-based businessman and philanthropist, speaks words of encouragement during the CFC ANCOP Canada National Summit. He shares that differences in religion should not be a dividing factor in helping other people. Together with his wife Tova, they sponsor and continue to support an entire village on one of the Camiguin Islands in the Mindanao region south of the Philippines.

Alwin Yambao, ANCOP Vancouver Area Coordinator, presents the strides taken by CFC in his area in relation to the key result areas. Vancouver has the most number of ANCOP-related projects in Canada.

John and Anne Braun of Edmonton report on their area's performance. Newly-installed as ANCOP Coordinators, they are an endearing example of active participation by non-Filipinos.

Joe Yamamoto, CFC International Council member, discloses that Couples for Christ work for the poor will now be known as ANCOP.

Eric Delos Reyes, a member of the CFC Board of Elders, conveys the closing remarks.

Delegates from across the nation pose at the end of the ANCOP Canada National Summit in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

The CFC Vancouver delegation joined by Ricky Cuenca and Eric & Carina Delos Reyes.