ISANG BATA sends out a call for books to build a library for elementary school children. Donations will go to Cabasagan Elementary School in Lanao del Norte. The books will be turned over on April 26, 2011. The school doesn't have a library, doesn't have one decent book. It's a run-down school damaged during conflict in 2008. Cabasagan is a remote barangay in Lanao.
Believe me, getting some help to the children there is a RARE opportunity.
If you need more details, please email me, Ime, directly through blubitel@yahoo.com or text me through 09179378617.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
A Mini Library of 100 Books for the Children of Gutted (and Demolished) Community in Navotas
Yesterday, March 22, the sun shone at its fiercest. Representing Isang Bata, I went with Akap Bata on their feeding/gift-giving mission for the children of Kadiwa, Bgy. San Roque, Navotas City. Akap Bata is a progressive sectoral organization that advocates the rights of Filipino children. Thank you to Arlene Brosas, Secretary General of Akap Bata, for inviting me/Isang Bata to be a part of this activity.
Never in my whole life had I seen children line up under the scorching sun just to get their names listed for a chance (a chance!) to get one children's book. Some of the children who fell in line didn't even know how to read!
Last Christmas, Isang Bata received book donations from children's book author Heidi Eusebio Abad. These were the books I distributed to the Kadiwa children yesterday. There were only around 47 books, but the number of children was way more than that. So we tried various strategies in distribution: siblings were to share, even cousins had to share, and the younger ones who couldn't read yet didn't get copies of the book.
Aside from the 47 books, I also gathered the books donated to Isang Bata last year so I could come up with a 100-book mini library for the Kadiwa community. The collection was turned over to NASAKA (Nagkakaisang Samahan sa Kadiwa), the local residents association in the area, for safekeeping and guardianship. I would like to thank Candy Villanueva Lykes, Lalaine Yanilla Aquino, Dino Narciso, Sara Denise Mendoza and May Tobias Papa for these books.
Isang Bata plans to work with Akap Bata again next month to launch a reading/storytelling project for the children in the area. Possibly, a literacy workshop might be conducted as well. Aside from living in poverty and unsafe conditions, some children were traumatized after a huge fire burned down their houses last January 29, 2011, killing 12 people including 5 children. A week after the fire, a violent demolition/dispersal was carried out by the City Engineering Office to relocate the residents to another area. Click to view Tudla Productions' video of the violent demolition and dispersal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWtrOYpw41Q
Get in touch with me, Ime, through 09179378617 or blubitel@yahoo.com if you want to help the children of Kadiwa.
Making a list of children who will get books
Swedish volunteer, Cecilia, reading to the children
Lining up in the sun for a signed copy of Abad's books
A long, long line it was
Who wants a book?!
Giving out the books
So happy to receive a copy
You could see that they were excited to read (or look at the pictures)
Akap Bata volunteers came up with a system to distribute the books to the children
Another Swedish volunteer, Amanda, played and sang with the children of Kadiwa
Fil-Swedish volunteer Marie playing games with the children
Cecilia had a full repertoire of children's action songs!
Amanda makes them listen to music on her iPod
Akap Bata's Secretary General Arlene Brosas: Gigibain ang bahay nyo, papayag kayo??
Akap Bata's Gift Giving and Feeding Project
Some of the children of Kadiwa, Barangay San Roque, Navotas City
Little girl amidst the rubble
Engrossed
New widow with her 1 year old Andrei
Talking to his father's picture (Antonio Homo, NASAKA's campaign officer, was gunned down last March 16, 2011 inside the NASAKA office)
With Akap Bata's Arlene Brosas and my newfound friend, Chloe aka Shembot :)
Never in my whole life had I seen children line up under the scorching sun just to get their names listed for a chance (a chance!) to get one children's book. Some of the children who fell in line didn't even know how to read!
Last Christmas, Isang Bata received book donations from children's book author Heidi Eusebio Abad. These were the books I distributed to the Kadiwa children yesterday. There were only around 47 books, but the number of children was way more than that. So we tried various strategies in distribution: siblings were to share, even cousins had to share, and the younger ones who couldn't read yet didn't get copies of the book.
Aside from the 47 books, I also gathered the books donated to Isang Bata last year so I could come up with a 100-book mini library for the Kadiwa community. The collection was turned over to NASAKA (Nagkakaisang Samahan sa Kadiwa), the local residents association in the area, for safekeeping and guardianship. I would like to thank Candy Villanueva Lykes, Lalaine Yanilla Aquino, Dino Narciso, Sara Denise Mendoza and May Tobias Papa for these books.
Isang Bata plans to work with Akap Bata again next month to launch a reading/storytelling project for the children in the area. Possibly, a literacy workshop might be conducted as well. Aside from living in poverty and unsafe conditions, some children were traumatized after a huge fire burned down their houses last January 29, 2011, killing 12 people including 5 children. A week after the fire, a violent demolition/dispersal was carried out by the City Engineering Office to relocate the residents to another area. Click to view Tudla Productions' video of the violent demolition and dispersal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWtrOYpw41Q
Get in touch with me, Ime, through 09179378617 or blubitel@yahoo.com if you want to help the children of Kadiwa.
Making a list of children who will get books
Swedish volunteer, Cecilia, reading to the children
Lining up in the sun for a signed copy of Abad's books
A long, long line it was
Who wants a book?!
Giving out the books
So happy to receive a copy
You could see that they were excited to read (or look at the pictures)
Akap Bata volunteers came up with a system to distribute the books to the children
Another Swedish volunteer, Amanda, played and sang with the children of Kadiwa
Fil-Swedish volunteer Marie playing games with the children
Cecilia had a full repertoire of children's action songs!
Amanda makes them listen to music on her iPod
Akap Bata's Secretary General Arlene Brosas: Gigibain ang bahay nyo, papayag kayo??
Akap Bata's Gift Giving and Feeding Project
Some of the children of Kadiwa, Barangay San Roque, Navotas City
Little girl amidst the rubble
Engrossed
New widow with her 1 year old Andrei
Talking to his father's picture (Antonio Homo, NASAKA's campaign officer, was gunned down last March 16, 2011 inside the NASAKA office)
With Akap Bata's Arlene Brosas and my newfound friend, Chloe aka Shembot :)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Please help baby Job
A few days ago I received an email from Bowi's pediatrician when he was still a baby (we go to a different pedia now). She is asking people to help Job Tyrese Feliciano, her 7 month old patient diagnosed with Biliary Atresia shortly after birth. He will need a liver transplant at the soonest possible time in Taiwan. The family will need anywhere from 3 to 4 million, an amount they cannot afford at this time, but a liver transplant is Job's only chance at life.
What you can do: Please pray for Job and his family, first of all. If you have the capacity to give, please do so. Or you can share this note with your contacts so we can reach more people. If you know of any organizations, corporations, socio-civic groups who's willing to help, please let the family know ASAP.
Website: http://hopeforjob.blogspot.com/
Here is the solicitation letter that Job's parents have written:
HOPE FOR JOB: A CHANCE TO LIVE
Let me have a little time out of your day to read this earnest plea for help and spread the word
Dear _____________________________
Job Tyrese Feliciano, our first baby, was born in June 6, 2010 with BILIARY ATRESIA--a fatal, serious and rare liver disease that affects newborn infants (1 out of 15,000).
At seven months old, Job Tyrese's liver--and life--is at risk. His disease is caused by his liver not having bile ducts. The bile ducts should help the liver drain out bile to pass it on to the intestines for digesting food. As a result, the bile is trapped inside his body and this will cause liver scarring and loss of liver tissue/Cirrhosis. While the cause is still unknown, this disease is destroying his liver. Our son is jaundiced or has yellowish eyes and skin, his tummy is noticeably bigger than a normal baby, and his stool/poo is pale-colored. His digestion is poor that’s why he doesn’t gain weight that much.
At a tender age of two months, Baby Job already underwent Kasai procedure (Hepato-portoenterostomy)--a surgical procedure that temporarily provides a passage way of bile out of the liver. Unfortunately, the procedure was a failure. As a consequence his liver will eventually be damaged.
The solution the doctors came up with is through LIVER TRANSPLANT. The only curative management for Biliary atresia. The only option for baby Job. Unfortunately, the procedure can only be done in a hospital in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and USA. More importantly, the operation costs some P3 million to P4 million specifically in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan.
It's a huge amount which our family does not have at this moment.
Myself and Thristian, my husband, are newlyweds and are earning just enough as nurses to support our daily needs and baby Job's medications. This is why we appeal to your kind consideration. Please help us raise funds for our son's liver transplantation. We will appreciate any amount from your kind heart. You can help us through donations:
BDO BANK PESO SAVINGS ACCOUNT: (Ortigas Ave. Branch)
Account Number: 1550156754
Account Name: Job Tyrese D. Feliciano
Swift Code: BNORPHMM
BDO BANK DOLLAR SAVINGS ACCOUNT: (Sta. Lucia Mall East-Felix Branch)
Account Number: 6310088717
Account Name: Raymelia D. Feliciano
Contact Information:
Please contact us for any help you may extend to our young family and we will forever be thankful and will pray to God to bless you for your compassion and generosity.
Thristian John Esperancilla Feliciano (Father) Raymelia “Sweet” del Rosario-Feliciano (Mother)
E-mail Address: jay_onaicilef@yahoo.com
Email Address: raymelia_badilla_delrosario@yahoo.com
Telephone number: (02)477-67-26
Telephone number: (02)477-67 26
Cellphone number: (+63)916-6369363
Cellphone number: (+63)927-6138727
For more information regarding Job Tyrese and Biliary Atresia, Please visit:
http://hopeforjob.blogspot.com/
Http://www.liftbabies.org/
What you can do: Please pray for Job and his family, first of all. If you have the capacity to give, please do so. Or you can share this note with your contacts so we can reach more people. If you know of any organizations, corporations, socio-civic groups who's willing to help, please let the family know ASAP.
Website: http://hopeforjob.blogspot.com/
Here is the solicitation letter that Job's parents have written:
HOPE FOR JOB: A CHANCE TO LIVE
Let me have a little time out of your day to read this earnest plea for help and spread the word
Dear _____________________________
Job Tyrese Feliciano, our first baby, was born in June 6, 2010 with BILIARY ATRESIA--a fatal, serious and rare liver disease that affects newborn infants (1 out of 15,000).
At seven months old, Job Tyrese's liver--and life--is at risk. His disease is caused by his liver not having bile ducts. The bile ducts should help the liver drain out bile to pass it on to the intestines for digesting food. As a result, the bile is trapped inside his body and this will cause liver scarring and loss of liver tissue/Cirrhosis. While the cause is still unknown, this disease is destroying his liver. Our son is jaundiced or has yellowish eyes and skin, his tummy is noticeably bigger than a normal baby, and his stool/poo is pale-colored. His digestion is poor that’s why he doesn’t gain weight that much.
At a tender age of two months, Baby Job already underwent Kasai procedure (Hepato-portoenterostomy)--a surgical procedure that temporarily provides a passage way of bile out of the liver. Unfortunately, the procedure was a failure. As a consequence his liver will eventually be damaged.
The solution the doctors came up with is through LIVER TRANSPLANT. The only curative management for Biliary atresia. The only option for baby Job. Unfortunately, the procedure can only be done in a hospital in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and USA. More importantly, the operation costs some P3 million to P4 million specifically in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan.
It's a huge amount which our family does not have at this moment.
Myself and Thristian, my husband, are newlyweds and are earning just enough as nurses to support our daily needs and baby Job's medications. This is why we appeal to your kind consideration. Please help us raise funds for our son's liver transplantation. We will appreciate any amount from your kind heart. You can help us through donations:
BDO BANK PESO SAVINGS ACCOUNT: (Ortigas Ave. Branch)
Account Number: 1550156754
Account Name: Job Tyrese D. Feliciano
Swift Code: BNORPHMM
BDO BANK DOLLAR SAVINGS ACCOUNT: (Sta. Lucia Mall East-Felix Branch)
Account Number: 6310088717
Account Name: Raymelia D. Feliciano
Contact Information:
Please contact us for any help you may extend to our young family and we will forever be thankful and will pray to God to bless you for your compassion and generosity.
Thristian John Esperancilla Feliciano (Father) Raymelia “Sweet” del Rosario-Feliciano (Mother)
E-mail Address: jay_onaicilef@yahoo.com
Email Address: raymelia_badilla_delrosario@yahoo.com
Telephone number: (02)477-67-26
Telephone number: (02)477-67 26
Cellphone number: (+63)916-6369363
Cellphone number: (+63)927-6138727
For more information regarding Job Tyrese and Biliary Atresia, Please visit:
http://hopeforjob.blogspot.com/
Http://www.liftbabies.org/
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Isang Bata's STORY THERAPY Part 2
These are pictures from Isang Bata's Story Therapy Part 2 which happened on Christmas day at the Philippine Children's Medical Center in Quezon City.
The volunteer storytellers visited wards on the ground and second floors to tell stories to the patients. Everyone's favorite magician, Ton Delgado, also performed pocket magic shows in several wards. The children also received gifts: storybooks, fruits, toys, and more.
Isang Bata would like to thank May Tobias Papa, Irene Chia, Jes Aznar, Ton Delgado, Arlene Brosas of Akap Bata, Betty Uy-Regala, Opaline Santos, Justine Santos, Joanne Santos, Veronica Uy and Jojo Vitug together with their children Tring, Tyago and Kulas, Raffy Lerma of PDI, Jennifer Bautista, Jubelle Bautista, Merdin Mojica, Daxx Bondoc and Tito Bobbi. Thank you also to Miss Grace, social worker from PCMC for making the necessary arrangements for the event.
Photographs by Irene Chia, except where she's in the picture of course :p
The volunteer storytellers visited wards on the ground and second floors to tell stories to the patients. Everyone's favorite magician, Ton Delgado, also performed pocket magic shows in several wards. The children also received gifts: storybooks, fruits, toys, and more.
Isang Bata would like to thank May Tobias Papa, Irene Chia, Jes Aznar, Ton Delgado, Arlene Brosas of Akap Bata, Betty Uy-Regala, Opaline Santos, Justine Santos, Joanne Santos, Veronica Uy and Jojo Vitug together with their children Tring, Tyago and Kulas, Raffy Lerma of PDI, Jennifer Bautista, Jubelle Bautista, Merdin Mojica, Daxx Bondoc and Tito Bobbi. Thank you also to Miss Grace, social worker from PCMC for making the necessary arrangements for the event.
Photographs by Irene Chia, except where she's in the picture of course :p
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