PIDC Supports the Jocelyn Dulnuan Fund

TORONTO -- Jocelyn Dulnuan, a Filipina housekeeper of a multi-million dollar mansion in Mississauga, was murdered on Tuesday October 2nd

Her sister in law Regina Kinnud said that "the police came to our door and started asking questions about Jocelyn. When we asked why, they said that she was dead". Shocked by the news, Regina said that Jocelyn was "quiet and happy person".

Jocelyn came to Canada under the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP), a federal government program that allows Filipinas to come as nannies, housekeepers and caregivers. In this program, she was required to live in her employer's residence.

"That is the inherent problem in the LCP program" said Sol Pajadura, coordinator of Migrante-Ontario, an advocacy group that supports caregivers and other migrant Filipinos in Ontario. "Under these conditions, live-in caregivers are vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and to something like what happened to Jocelyn," she added.
Regina and the agency that found Jocelyn the current job went to the Philippine consulate to ask for help

Jocelyn came from an indigenous farming community in Ifugao province north of Manila. She went to Hong Kong with her mother to work as a domestic worker. After working there for a year she came to Canada hoping to be able to work and sponsor her husband and 4 year-old daughter to join her. That will never happen anymore.

"It's really sad to hear what happened to Jocelyn. Like me and many others she left the Philippines to get a better job," said Michelle Gose, a member of migrant organization Siklab. "Not only did she suffer a violent death, she was also a casualty of our government's program that pushes us out of the country to work and be separated from our families," Michelle added.

Along with Ms. Pajadura, Michelle and other migrant workers' groups and concerned community organizations have started collecting all the information that they can get to provide news to Jocelyn's mother in Hong Kong and to ensure that body will be brought back to their hometown.

Spearheaded by Imee Belanger a board of director of PIDC, a Jocelyn Dulnuan Support Committee was formed to provide assistance to the repatriation of the Jocelyn's remains and to support the family. The committee are in the process of opening a trust fund on her behalf.

For those who want to make immediate contribution to the Jocelyn's trust fund please follow this link :

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