Donation drives and other initiatives are underway in Quebec to help Moroccans after a 6.8-magnitude quake toppled buidings and killed nearly 2,700 people, as of Monday.
. Many survivors spent a third night outside Sunday, their homes destroyed or rendered unsafe. The death toll had climbed to nearly 2,700 as of Monday.Time running out in frantic search for Morocco quake survivorsCBC's Chris Brown, reporting from a devastated village in Morocco, says rescue crews are hoping for signs of life, but the window for saving people from the rubble is narrowing.
About 81,000 Canadians from the Moroccan community live in Quebec, and nearly half of that population is in Montreal. "This is a hard time for all of us, so if I can help by just giving some clothes and stuff, I'm going to do it," she said. Enkila, founder of the Quebec Moroccan Festival in Quebec City, which saw its second iteration of the event last month, was able to keep in close contact with her husband, who told her that the Moroccan people remain united despite the disaster.
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