MESSAGE BY 

MR. FRANKLIN OMORUNA
 PRESIDENT, UNIC CLUB OF CANADA, TORONTO

On behalf of all the executives, and our entire members and families, I welcome you to THIS WEB SITE. 

The members of this great Club comprises of distinguished professional men that have made a decision to provide selfless service to help the people of Edo State of Nigeria in particular and our immediate Canadian community, in general. We recognize that life is an immense mural that requires each of us to pick up the brush and paint a stroke. 

Living in Canada has given us an opportunity to have at our disposal many amenities which we can take for granted, but are a big necessity and sometimes luxury back home in Edo State.  It is our internal obligation towards our families and community not to let them suffer from the lack of  basic infrastructure and amenities when we have a chance of rendering assistance. The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better. It is better to light a candle rather than curse the darkness.  This Club has therefore focused on what we can impact and let go of the rest.

Towards this end, a few years ago, we launched Project 2000, which marked the beginning of a longitudinal service to the people of Edo State.  At that time, we were able to harness the resources around us by receiving huge quantities of medical equipment and cash donation that were used for the historic project executed by our great Club and commissioned by His Excellency, Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, the Executive Governor of Edo State, on June 1, 2001. The sign of this mammoth project is proudly displayed at the Children's Health Centre, Central Hospital, Benin City. This Centre has now been adopted for continuous improvement on an ongoing basis.  

Today, we call on all of you to support this Club that has transcended from a social club to a selfless service organization, and acting as a vehicle to be used to transfer your human kindness to the people of Edo State of Nigeria and our local community here in Toronto, Canada. Our aim is to raise funds and tap on the resources around us, to implement the establishment of clean and accessible water to our hospitals and some other strategic location in the State.  In addition to this, we are on the verge of setting up a multi-cultural, multi-purpose resource/service centre for the local communities in Toronto.  Just like the camel, the UNIC Club can do anything except back up. 

Once again I thank you all on behalf of my valued and dedicated members, for taking time to join us in making this quest for supportive and, philanthropic innovation a success. 

May God bless you all abundantly, Amen.