linsi wrote:

QUOTE:

hello everyone

the philippines now is in such a mess due to
corruption charges against Arroyo, but our small group
who refuse to be identified in any way did something
to alleviate sufferings of some of our countrymen
in three districts in metro manila and we distributed
christmas bags in these depressed areas-

the mothers requested not fancy gifts, they wanted rice and noodles to last even three days after christmas,

and coordinators did their best to come up
with more than that-

toys and basic necessities were given out
and i know that with our little resources
we made a difference=

just happy to share all our asian friends
about changing a bad situation with our best

here is one photo:


<br><br>Post edited by: linsi, at: 2008/02/18 07:22

hi linsi,

more and more Filipinos should start forming small groups and bring much needed help.

i think small groups are more powerful than big organizations in making direct changes to the lives of our fellowmen.

Dear Linsi,

Here's something about Professor Fred Hollows which I've pulled off from their website. I suggest that you look at their website for a complete picture.

Quote:

Fred Hollows (1929-1993) was a passionate ophthalmologist who became known for his work helping restore the eyesight of countless thousands of people in developing countries around the world.

Fred held a special place in the hearts of many. According to Gabi Hollows, Fred's widow, he meant many things to different people. He was a husband, a father, a friend, a skilled ophthalmologist and, for a few politicians and bureaucrats, an irritating thorn in their side.

But above all else he was a humanitarian, which made him a terrific doctor. He truly believed it was the role of the doctor to serve, to help those in need.

Today, The Foundation is proud to carry on Fred's legacy, delivering sight-saving care to those most in need.

Unquote:

I was listening to someone from Nepal whom Professor Hollows have trained describing how a young mother cried when after the operation she was able to see her three year old son for the first time after he was born.

The foundation has a number of programs which I'm sure you'll be interested. What I like about it was for a mere amount of $25 can give someone so much joy.

I hope you can find ways to make the world a better place to live. I've got a good advice from one of my teachers who taught us that whatever we do we should always try and make it better than when we found it. He lived by his teachings as well. However late he may be, he would never leave the class without wiping the blackboard clean for the other teacher.

Regards

developing self-supporting skills for some of the locals in Myanmar


For instance we buy them a piglet and they rear it to maturity to sell at a profit and buy another or two piglets and so on.

Another example is we buy the bible school a candle making machine and they go out with the candles to sell to the residents, befriending them and creating opportunities for sharing the good news too.




We just don't stop and read how evil progresses in the world
there is also one force doing things to change worse situations-
this is one instance for Burma-
http://www.blogpastor.net/2007/01/

MISSIONS TO MYANMAR

as the junta continue to do their business within their business
in Myanmar, and the world seems to stand still=

some people do their best to change the situation
in their own little way-





The volunteers, who pay their own way on the missions, treated about 300 people in the free Aloha Medical Mission clinic from Oct. 20 to 27, Lum said.

Some volunteers who were on the Aloha Medical Mission's first visit to Myanmar last year also noticed there were fewer monks on the hospital grounds.

The volunteers said they were told that many monks went back to their home villages until they felt it was safe to return to the monastery.


http://starbulletin.com/2007/11/11/news/story01.html

YANGON, Myanmar - From shopkeepers handing out free rice porridge to medical students caring for the sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping in to help cyclone victims as the military regime severely restricts international aid.

Taxi drivers, factory owners, college students, teachers and other Yangon residents — many of whom lost their own homes — are among those organizing grueling trips into the Irrawaddy delta, the hardest-hit region.

"They are true humanitarian heroes," said Bridget Gardner, International Red Cross representative in Myanmar, after touring an area where volunteers were giving first aid to the injured.




I have noticed that Burmese people are resilient people
they can survive even in the midst of unthinkable cruelty
and poverty gripping the nation due to its military government

but inspite of it all they made a choice to help
their fellowmen to make the place even a little better
for others-

they are changing the situation in the most humble way
they can. they have thousands of unsung heroes
serving as hope and light for the next generations.

admiration
linsi
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24655522

Phymean Noun is helping give Cambodian children a chance at a better life.



I must do something to help these children get an education," she recalls thinking. "Even though they don't have money and live on the sidewalk, they deserve to go to school."

Six years after that incident, Noun is helping many of Phnom Penh's poorest children do just that.

Within weeks, she quit her job and started an organization to give underprivileged children an education. Noun spent $30,000 of her own money to get her first school off the ground.

In 2004, her organization -- the People Improvement Organization (PIO) -- opened a school at Phnom Penh's largest municipal trash dump, where children are a large source of labor.

Today, Noun provides 240 kids from the trash dump a free education, food, health services and an opportunity to be a child in a safe environment.

Heartbreaking situation but this woman made a differece and changed
things, turned it around and gave humanity hope-!

Heroes in Burma

ordinary people can make extra-ordinary events
and make the difference.

Click the image-







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CNN:
Binggirl Clemente has worked in environmental advocacy in the Philippines for the past eight years. Today, she leads a project to recycle old billboards into bags backed by local NGO, the Earth Day Network.


CNN: What's the message you're trying to say with this project?




Clemente: What we're actually doing is information and we teach and campaign for a clean environment. We are teaching people to manage their waste so it will not create garbage. When you start mixing your waste, it will become garbage, it will be rubbish, but when you segregate it, it will be a resource.

People will have to start thinking that we need to recycle our waste, we don't just have to dump it. That's the main lesson we want to share with the whole world that when you're done with one thing, please don't throw it away, save it, it could be useful to some other people, it could be useful to your future needs. The more you save it, the more you're saving resources, you're saving it for the future needs.


http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/eco.billboards/index.html#cnnSTCText