After driving south from Manila we arrived at Silang for our first of
two distributions on this our second day. We distributed 350 kits at a
picturesque location---a private school run by an order of Nuns. The
children came from the surrounding area and were definitely not able to
attend such a beautiful school other than for this distribution. The
Nuns provided us with a tour of their extensive vegetable gardens and
landscaped grounds followed by a luncheon prepared freshly from the
produce grown in their gardens.
Our second stop for the day was in
Dasmarinas where we provided another 300 kits to some very grateful
children during a warm, humid afternoon. During the day we interviewed
four parents and what incredible stories they related to us. Perhaps one
will put in proper context the plight of these children. The one fellow
was a street peddler. He has built a shack from scrap metal on a a
piece of property upon which they have squatted. It frequently collapses
upon them. The family of four all sleep in this tiny room on a piece of
foam he found, sweating in the intense heat or feeling wet when the
rains come and the makeshift rook leaks. What a difference the kit will
make to them as a family.
All in all we spent a fulfilling day, where the need of what we do here was palpable.
Team Philippines 2014