"Every Christmas, we hold a Christmas EB (eyeball) for friends and acquaintances to celebrate the season. But this time, I thought why not use this opportunity to do something for the kids of Haiyan survivors here in Metro Manila.
The students, professionals and start-up entrepreneurs who responded, made Christmas day happier for the kids of Yolanda survivors at the evacuation site also known as “Tent City”, at the Villamor Air Base Elementary School.This initiative was able to:
- Raffle cash and benefited 7 of 27 families at the evacuation center.
- Cater a McDo meal w/ toy for the kids at the evacuation site.
- Each kid also received another toy, a set of toiletries, and a kiddie book
- Aside from the cash raffle, families also received a wall calendar
At the end of the event, we still have 2 large bags of gifts, and as agreed, have turned these over to Cathedral of Praise, who have an ongoing relief operations and can bring the toys and kiddie books, along w/ other relief goods, to Visayas.One of our objectives for this initiative is to impress upon the kids young mind the Christmas message, and the dance activities we had is a subtle reminder that they are not on their own as they face the future. Here’s one of the dance activities we just did."
- We also gave gifts (diaries, planners, memo pads, toiletries) to social workers
Courtesy of asksonnie.info
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