Lotta Hitschmanova - Ottawa, Ontario
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This plaque, in tribute to Lotta Hitschmanova, is located on Sparks Street, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMF3AF
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/15/2012
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The text on the plaque reads as follows:
"1909-1990 - Lotta Hitschmanova
Founded USC Canada on 10 June 1945
Unitarian Service Committee of Canada"
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"Lotta Hitschmanova was a Canadian humanitarian. In 1945, she helped to found USC Canada as the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada. USC Canada is an international development organization that started as a small group of aid workers sending supplies to war-torn Europe for relief and reconstruction.
Attired in an army nurse's uniform and military-style hat, she travelled yearly to strife-torn and poverty-stricken parts of the world searching out towns and villages in need of Canadian assistance to recover from drought, war, disease and poverty."