Conquer COVID-19
Conquer COVID-19 was a Canadian non-governmental organization based in Toronto, Ontario. The group was founded in 2020 to raise funds to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) to front line workers. As of September 2020, the group had raised $2.38 million.1)
Affiliations
The initiative was acknowledged by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March 2020.2)
Leadership
This list includes members from the original 2020 team, as well as later additions.3)
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Sulemaan Ahmed | - |
| Yusuf Ahmed | - |
| Dr. Ruby Alvi | - |
| Andrew Branion | - |
| Khadija Cajee | - |
| Aman Chatha | - |
| Fatema Dada | - |
| Laurie Dillon Schalk | - |
| Jodi Echakowitz | - |
| Khalid Elgazzar | - |
| Reza Fakhraei | - |
| Chris Houston | - |
| Nafisa Kassam | - |
| Nadia Malik | - |
| Guri Pannu | - |
| Dr. Kashif Pirzada | College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario |
| Haafid Rahman | - |
| Dr. Jeremy Rezmovitz | - |
| Gregg Tilston | - |
| Hayley Wickenheiser | - |
Funding
Individuals who donated to the initiative include Tobi Lütke (founder of Shopify) and Ryan Reynolds.
Organizations who donated to the initiative include Best Buy, Canadian Tire, Cloudflare, Coinsquare, GlobalMedic, Helping Alberta, Huawei Technologies, Hubspot, International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF), Klick Health, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Montreal Impact Foundation, Ontario Medical Association, Procter & Gamble, Purolator, Ryan Reynolds, SafeCare BC, Salvation Army, Slack, Sportsnet, St. John Ambulance, Thistledown Foundation, Toronto Zoo, TSN, United Way, and Volvo.4)
1)
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Conquer COVID-19 Wraps Up Operations After Getting More Than 3 Million Items of PPE into the Hands of Frontline Workers. (2020, September 2). Conquer COVID-19. https://www.conquercovid19.ca/wrapup/
2)
Sulemaan Ahmed (@sulemaan). (2020, March 31). Thank you for the kind words PM @JustinTrudeau. Our volunteer group @conquercovid19 will keep working w/ partners such as @toysruscanada @babiesruscanada to source various equipment for healthcare workers. Any Canadians who want to help should visit http://ConquerCovid19.ca. [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20220304072417/https://twitter.com/sulemaan/status/1245013894197895177?s=20
3)
Meet Our Team. (2020, May 6). Wayback Machine; Conquer COVID-19. https://archive.ph/kCG1S