Sharing your love this Christmas

BY: ELAINE NEO

Filipino children, who escaped after their village was allegedly attacked by armed rebels, wait for social workers in a safe area of the super tyhpoon-devastated town of Tacloban

Photo: DENNIS M. SABANGAN/EPA

“The last time I looked, my mother was just beside me, but when I looked again she was gone.” 15-year-old Shylyny Therese Negru.

Typhoon Haiti has killed an estimate of 6000 lives, causing loss in homes, food and even their family members…

The typhoon happened in the early November, leaving people feeling lost and devastated over the loss of their family member. Many children suffered in this disaster, the luckier ones manage to stay by the side of their family, and the less fortunate ones become an orphan.

In this Christmas season, many people may be happily celebrating with their family and friends, having plenty of gifts from your relatives and classmates.

We are fortunate, but what about the misfortunate children in Haiti? They have suffered enough, is it time for us to give a little helping hand and make those sad faces turn upside down?

But you may think how? It may not be easy due to the high number of orphans in Philippines, with about 1.5 million orphans in Philippines, where do we start from? Why don’t we start from here?

With the constant increment in orphans, we may not be able to help all of them. However, we will definitely be able to help a few with that few dollars that we save up each week. It is all about helping people and making their world a better place. Even if we can’t help all, at least we are helping one.

It may be baby steps towards making the children have a better childhood, but it will work and they will remember that when they were young, someone was actually nice to them. It is a cycle, those kids will grow up and they will be adults that will eventually contribute back to the society.

Imagine the children that will receive your grace, imagine seeing those smiles again, those smiles that were flush away by the horrifying typhoon.

Join us this week, as we help kids that suffered from this misfortune, give them a little something and please help to brighten their day.

Visit www.Helpinghow to help them!