Filipino

Jonathan

Jonathan Banzuela moved to Canada from the Philippines when he was 17. He lives in Oakville, Ontario where he volunteers with ill and dying migrant Filipino workers. He was drawn to this work after his wife died suddenly of a brain aneurysm.

I want to be buried back home

Jonathan describes an insurance program that covers the funeral and returning a body to the Philippines. (01:52)

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