Philippines: Surprises and Gratitude

Former bedkit recipient with Bill and Tom. From Philippines 2011

Our fifth day of bedkit distributions proved to be another one of surprises and gratitude.

The Jacinto Ponce Elementary School in Baliuag was the site of the distriibution because it was central to the area where the needy children lived, being only a short twenty-minute ride by motorised-trike that most take to school.

The surprise was having a twelve-year-old girl (Pictured at right.) and her mother show up at the site and approach us to say thank you for the bedkit that she had received in 2006 when she was seven years old.

She still had her woven mat, t-shirt, shorts, pillow case, and well-worn mosquito netting.

From Philippines 2011

The mosquito nets are a highly valued item in the rural areas of the Philippines where dengue fever is a common illness. There were smiles all around when we and the SCAW Overseas Volunteers realized that their hard work in organizing the distributions and procuring these quality items had paid dividends.

These items continue to be used and thanks given to the donors years later because these bedkits are so valued by the recipients. It truly does change their lives.

Monika Sergeant
for Team Philippines 2011

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