February 5th, 2008 by Remcyl
Here ye! Here ye!
My birthday is just right around the corner and I need to make a shout out this early to make my plans possible.
I’ve been having my duty at the Missionaries of Charity in Lucao which I’ve been helping out for the past years, and I now have fully assessed what they need, and what needs to be accomplished.
Two days was all I needed to get to know the wonderful people in the area and several different stories have touched me differently. Most of them coming from old ladies suffering from physical disabilities.
One of them, who we will just call Mama Gina, who is unable to walk without the aid of a, what else, walker. Hails from Manila but somehow happened to have wound up here in the little city of Dagupan. She is a woman of wisdom and humor bubbled into this likable aura. Most of her clothes are stolen by a kleptomaniac patient which makes her sew her own clothes just so she could wear something for the next day.
Another was an old lady living in the house for more than 3 years already. She mentioned to me about her sister who visits her during the first year of her stay but stopped months after. She patiently waits for her to come and visit her again, or at least a letter from her she’s been waiting for since September last year. When I asked my instructor about her relatives, she broke the news to me that her sister declared her abandoned. Lola isn’t aware of this. In the Missionaries of Charity, once a child or a senior is declared by their relatives abandoned, visits are prohibited unless their relatives takes them back themselves.
And last but not the least, was a young boy on a wheelchair aged 17 who couldn’t move any part of his body but from the neck up. There was only one radio available for the entire geriatrics area which is more often than not used by the females. His birthday turns out to be the same day my sister celebrates hers, so as a gift, I want to give him a radio of his own which he would be sharing with the rest of the guys.
I only want these people to at least have something on my birthday to give them hope. Hope that there is help. The kind of hope that only prayers could furnish.
I personally would appreciate any kind of help you could give to the children and the aged.
For all your cash donations, we accept G-CASH deposits which are available at any Globe Business Center. Clothes are very much appreciated (most preferably sized large) and so are foods.
Just send them all through the following details:
G-CASH:
Abraham Viloria
Arellano Street, Dagupan City
Mobile number: +639165344450
For the sending of clothes/food:
Abraham Remcyl L. Viloria
Blk 7 Lot 9 Sunrise Subdivision, Arellano Street, Dagupan City
Mobile number: +639165344450
From the bottom of my heart, Thank you!
Over and Out!
Okay, don’t go gaga over the title’s color theme. I just photoshopped it because the BIG news are in!
