When you are given the opportunity to lend a hand, grab it. This is the same thing I am tasked to do. Someone with the heart for those in need offered his help to reach out to the victims of tropical storm Ketsana through me.
I am one of the lucky few who was given the challenge to think of ways to extend help to the Filipino flood victims. Such a privilege.
One way I know how to help is to provide the people in the evacuation centers their basic needs like food, safe drinking water and medicines. I am going to make use of the money he offered to cook meals for the hundreds of children and old people in the area. They need nutrition more. Drinks and medicines will also be provided.
More and more donations are being received by big and influential companies, especially, the media. They receive huge amounts of funds and they can encourage people to volunteer. We don’t really need to be part of them. We can act and help in our own little ways. With our own best efforts.
No need to risk our own safety and health. If you know anyone who lost everything, why not offer your house, your clothes, your shoes, your food and whatever else you can share? Start with these people and feel the joy in giving and sharing.
This is the best time to show that we are involved. We’ll never know when we are going to be in the same situation. It’s when we are already experiencing the same that we will realize how comforting it is to know and feel that people care. There is no need to wait for that time to realize this. Let’s act now. We can do something.
Tags: flood, Ondoy, Philippines, Tropical storm Ketsana