Quebec s Burkinab community is coming together to support the families of Burkina Faso immigrants who were aboard Air Algerie Flight AH5017 when it crashed on Thursday.
Five Canadians and several Canadian permanent residents all from Quebec were among the 118 people on the plane which was flying from Burkina Faso's capital of Ouagadougou to Algiers when it went down over northern Mail.
Air Algerie Flight AH5017 crash Plane 'disintegrated ' say French officials Mamadou Zoungrana of Gatineau believes family was on board Canadian family of 4 on board planeAccording to the Burkinab Association of Greater Montreal 11 members of Quebec's Burkina Faso community six adults and five children were on board.
Association president Mahamadi Savadogo said his community is doing what it can to help support those affected.
We put in a crisis unit to support the families he told CBC's Daybreak.
The association has also set up a fund to raise money for the families and is organizing a candlelight vigil tonight at 8 30 p.m. ET at Marie Victorin Park in Longueuil.
Is it safe to fly Crashes accidents extremely rare statistics show Airline safety Is it safer to fly drive or take the train Passengers from Longueuil SherbrookeFour of the five Canadians on board Air Algerie Flight AH5017 were members of a Longueuil family Winmalo Somda his wife Angelique Kpoda and their children Arielle and Nathanael.
Winmalo's brother Wilfried Somda was also on the plane.
The family members were on their way back to Montreal after attending a wedding in Burkina Faso.
Wilfried Somda's pregnant wife and their three year old daughter stayed behind in Longueuil.
Something that is important to have in this situation is to have a human presence and morally support them Savadogo said.
Isabelle Pr vost of Sherbrooke Que. was on board the Air Algerie flight that crashed over northern Mali. (CBC)
Isabelle Pr vost of Sherbrooke Que. was also travelling with the Somda family.
Her partner Danny Frappier said Pr vost was on vacation. She is survived by three children aged five seven and nine.
Mamadou Zoungrana a permanent resident who lived in Gatineau lost his wife and children.
Gatineau Que. resident Mamadou Zoungrana's wife and two sons were on Air Algerie Flight AH5017. (CBC)
Zoungrana and his family had been living apart for the past two years.
His wife Salimata and sons Brice 6. and Ars ne 13 were supposed to land in Montreal this week to join Zoungrana for a new life in Canada.
Jonqui re man loses Canada bound wife and sonBassirou Yameogo who lives in Jonqui re near Saguenay lost his wife Kadidia Koanda and 15 year old son Aboubacar.
A teacher back in Burkina Faso Yameogo came to Canada in 2012 to establish himself before sending for his wife and son to join him.
I hadn't seen them for 29 months. I came here to give them a better life. Now they'll never see Canada never know that life and I'll never see them again he told CBC News.
Yameogo said that he spoke to his wife and son before they boarded the Algiers bound flight and set his alarm for 2 30 a.m. to talk to them once they landed in Algeria.
He said he began to worry when there was still no word from them by 5 a.m.
That's when his younger brother called him from Burkina Faso to tell him of local reports that the plane was missing.
I think about how they suffered before they died how my son cried for his mother and how she might have cried for him he said.
Yameogo's son was registered to start high school in Jonqui re in September.
Mother coming to meet her new grandsonQuebec City resident Moise Sandwidi lost his mother Martone Sandwidi on Flight AH5017.
The 57 year old wife and mother of five was embarking on her first trip to Canada to visit Moise who moved to Quebec in 2005 as a student and now works for the province's health insurance board.
Martone Sandwidi was coming to meet her latest grandson.
She was a strong jovial woman who was always there to help others and listen. She loved and didn't expect anything in return her son told Radio Canada.
The Burkinab Association of Greater Montreal is asking people who want to help support the families affected by the Air Algerie crash to phone 514 999 5992 or email tresor abgmca.org.
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