POWER UP CUBA!
For over 67 years, Cuba has given the world teachers, medical workers, and hope that another world is possible.
Now it’s time for all of us to add our POWER to the Cuban struggle to resist the latest attempts by the Trump administration to suffocate the Cuban people.
Donate Today!
This past January, President Donald Trump formally cut off Cuba’s external oil supply through an illegal oil blockade enforced by extraterritorial violence and kidnapping, high-seas piracy, and coercive threats of tariffs on countries that formerly supplied or could have supplied oil to Cuba. This is all on top of the 64-year-old U.S. embargo on Cuba. As a result, the Cuban people, including our union partners, are being hit with extreme shortages of basic goods and energy which threaten their very survival.
But we aren’t powerless here in Canada. Through participating in the Power Up Cuba! fundraising campaign, you will help empower Cuban union members to resist these U.S. attacks against their sovereignty and human rights. Your funds will be used to purchase emergency items that our Cuban union partners have requested, including:
Solar panels
Solar-powered generators
Solar-powered charging stations
E-bikes
Portable phone chargers
Rechargeable light bulbs
Flour, grains, cereals
Toothpaste
Over-the-counter medicine
Powdered detergent
And much more!
HOW TO DONATE:
CoDev members, individual union members, and the broader public may donate to this fund through this link.
Organizations, such as unions, may donate via Electronic Fund Transfer to CoDevelopment Canada or by cheque made out to CoDevelopment Canada (memo: Power Up Cuba!)
Mailing Address:
CoDevelopment Canada
#260-2747 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z8
TIMELINE:
Time is of the essence! Given the urgency of the moment, we are simultaneously collecting funds and purchasing much-needed items from suppliers both inside and outside of Cuba.
UPDATE: Numerous orders of solar power equipment and food items were distributed during the spring and summer of 2026. In addition, CoDev’s program directors took several suitcases full of medical supplies and electronics to Cuba as part of CoDev’s annual May Day delegation. Supplies will continue to be ordered and delivered to our Cuban partners as funds come in.
OUR CUBAN PARTNERS:
Power Up Cuba! is a union-to-union, worker-to-worker campaign. CoDev stands in solidarity with our partner Cuban labour organisations as they continue to support their members across the island despite a lack of fuel, food, and many other daily essentials. Our partners are:
National Union of Education, Science, and Sport Workers (SNTECD)
National Union of Public Administration Workers (SNTAP)
Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC).
Power Up Cuba Action Guide.
Banner photos: CoDevelopment Canada
