28 May 2014- Carrefour des communes, an independent French organization of councilors, turned over a check worth €20,000 to French non-governmental organization (NGO) Electricians Sans Frontières or Electricians Without Borders in a simple ceremony at the Philippine Embassy in Paris on May 27.

According to Mr. François Pelletant, Mayor of Linas and President of Carrefour des communes, his organization had called on its members to raise funds for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

They wanted to find an organization which could turn their small donation into concrete action so they turned to Electricians Without Borders, a French NGO which sends volunteer electricians to areas without electricity.

Electricians Without Borders was one of the first French NGOs to respond in the wake of the typhoon. They sent 21 persons to provide 96 power generators, 650 street lights, four evacuation centers and several bunkhouses in Guian, Samar.

Philippine Ambassador to France Ma. Theresa Lazaro thanked both associations for their assistance to the Philippines and invited them to visit the areas they helped rehabilitate.

In view of the additional assistance, Electricians Without Borders will be sending a new team back to the Philippines in the middle of June. END