October 17 marked the special day when my husband and I went to Reach Youth Foundation’s office and later joined two of their volunteer workers, Jennifer and James for an outreach program at Bakawan St., San Antonio Village, Makati City.
While Jen and James were armed with their powerful and unique weapon – a Bible, and a soup ladle (for the street bible study and feeding program), my husband Al & I came with our yellow plastic bag filled with used toys, handmade cards and goodies from the children in our own community in Western Bicutan, Taguig City.
We visited a small community at Bakawan Street, particularly near the humble homes of several families residing in close proximity to a creek; hence they too were swiped with floods from the Ondoy typhoon. The floods have subsided now and some of the children are actually at school for a series of Saturday make-up classes due to the week-long suspension of classes during the heights of flooding in the metropolis. Just the same, we continued with the toy donation and had a bit of fellowship, singing and dancing with the children.
Thanks heaps to the toy donors, children volunteers, benefactors, Reach Youth Foundation, and Nanoaid!