It is well known to everyone how Super Typhoon Yolanda has brought devastation
to our country especially in Samar and Leyte last year. The calamity caught the attention
of the entire world. The worldwide media has focused its attention particularly
in Tacloban City where thousands of
people died and properties were heavily destroyed due sudden storm surge. In
its aftermath the city lay flat in total ruins. People everywhere in the area were crying not knowing how to pick up the rubbles and start their life anew.
I remember in April 1988 when I first set foot
in Leyte to attend a Christian Leadership Training Seminar-Workshop hosted by
the Community of God’s Little Children (CGLC) in Sitio Soliman, Tacloban City. When I was
about to go home, I discovered that I ran out of cash allowance for my
expenses in going home but the community allowed me to stay for further
immersion in their community life; and after more than a week, they generously
provided for all my necessary expenses plus pasalubong in going home.
This is now the moment that I wish to come true with the help of Globe Telecom: to pay back to the people of Tacloban City for that unforgettable good deed I have received from them more than 2 decades ago. I would like Globe Telecom to help CGLC in rebuilding or improving their Foundational Center and their community school St. Therese Child Development Center located along Real Street just across the Sto Nino Church. Furthermore, a cash/check or in-kind gifts be donated to the social action service ministry of the Community of God’s Little Children in order to augment their outreach project/program of putting up livelihood to help the Yolanda victims.
This is now the moment that I wish to come true with the help of Globe Telecom: to pay back to the people of Tacloban City for that unforgettable good deed I have received from them more than 2 decades ago. I would like Globe Telecom to help CGLC in rebuilding or improving their Foundational Center and their community school St. Therese Child Development Center located along Real Street just across the Sto Nino Church. Furthermore, a cash/check or in-kind gifts be donated to the social action service ministry of the Community of God’s Little Children in order to augment their outreach project/program of putting up livelihood to help the Yolanda victims.
The fall and rise of this city is going to symbolize
the fall and rise of our country. Tacloban City in Leyte province is now projecting
to the world what the real situation of our country is. Any future development
of our country will be in vain without the recovery and restoration of this
city at least to its old glory. Livelihood must be mobilized to inspire the
residents and gain their confidence to rebuild their own city and make it even
better than what it used to be. Providing assistance to whatever projects the
CGLC in Tacloban City can be a ripple to spark hope for the Yolanda victims to
work together for their own recovery.
The goal of the CGLC has always been for the total development of a person and it will surely be achieved if we support them in their mission. Thus, Globe Telecom's support for the realization of the CGLC mission in
Tacloban City is my gift to the Philippines. And as Gen. Douglas McArthur fulfilled his promise to return when he landed in Leyte during World War II, so I wish also to return and visit Tacloban City with my family to witness how my dream project is implemented by #GLOBEProjectWonderful2014.
My dear readers, I encourage you to share your own
gift or wish to the Philippines in the comment box below by answering the question “If there is one thing you can give to the Philippines, what is that gift?”. Who knows your wish
will be realized sooner than you could imagine. If my wish comes true then
you’ll win an iPad Mini 2 courtesy of Globe Telecom.
