It was the first time event for the Aeta children and their parents to have this type of Western cultural event, yet they were very happy wearing Halloween costumes.

President Raymund of the Rotary International Multinational Manila (RIMM) participated by committing to the 20 PDLs wishlist letters he got from their Christmas Wish tree during his first visit there with the District several months ago.

RIMM gave rice, assorted canned goods, a pack of biscuits, noodles, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush body soap and earbuds.

RIMM also brought a variety of bread for 150 inmates for snacks during the event.

The 20 PDLs thanked RIMM for fulfilling their Christmas wishes.

The beneficiaries were the PDLs in General Trias City Jail, Cavite composed of 1,156 male and female PDLs.

The District event aimed to cover the 7 Areas of Focus of Rotary.

The Rotary International Multinational Manila (RIMM) co-hosted the event along with other 50 plus clubs.

The District donated sacks of flour and rice, assorted canned goods, biscuits, coffee, school supplies, hygiene products, towels and cans of paint.

During the event there were other free services for the PDLs namely:
– Dental Extraction
– Pap Smear Check Up
– Optical Check up
– Seminar for the 3 R’s (Re-use, Reduce and Re-cycle)

District 3810 also assisted in the installation of a water pressure tank and motor pump to maintain hygiene among the prisoners and cleanliness inside the prison camp.

The event was sponsored by the District 3810, District 3830 and the Rotary Club of Makati.

The event was attended by selected needy 1,000 elementary school children and their parents.

Assorted school supplies, reading materials, hygiene kits and grocery packs were distributed to the participants.

There were key speakers who shared their insights on the “7 Areas Of Focus” of Rotary.

The following free-of-charge services were offered at the site:
-Medical Check-up
-Dental Check-up
-Cervical and Breast Check-up
-Bone Screening
-Random Blood Sugar Testing
-Pangkabuhayan (Livelihood) Seminar
-Reading Glasses
-OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) Help Desk
-Soroptimist Help Desk
-EMI Kalikasan (Environment) Green Desk

However, his security guard license was expired 10 years ago as he has not had enough money to renew it. The agency has taken an advantage of it and keep delaying in paying of his salaries, sometimes for 3 months. It makes his family in a difficult situation. However, he cannot argue much as he is not currently licensed.

His wife, Elvie works at Academy of World Healing Foundation (AWH) as a part-time housekeeper. Since she only works every other day, her income alone does not fully support the family.

On February 22, 2023, Our club, Rotary International Multinational Manila (RIMM), decided to provide a financial assistance of P7,000 to him for the renewal of his security guard license, so that he can select a good agency and be competitive.

He will start the renewal process including Philippine National Police (PNP) Intelligence Clearance Certificate, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance Certificate, and so on.

With his security guard license renewed, he will be able to apply for another security agency who will pay his salary on time and give employee’s benefits such as Social Security, Philhealth (health insurance), and Pagibig (home loan program).

He will keep our club informed on the renewal progress.

Update on April 14, 2023

The security agency at Camp Crame in Metro Manila recently mailed his licensed card and Dionisio finally obtained his renewed and valid security guard license.

Update on May 25th, 2023

Dionie visited our HQ on May 8, 2023 to show his security guard license card.

He was accepted to work at a bank in Tagaytay City with much higher salary rate and better benefits than before, when he did not have the active license.

The donated educational toys included the followings:

• 7 cans of building blocks
• 10 sets of wooden shaped puzzles
• 7 sets of wooden Alphabetical learning panels

On January 15, 2023, past presidents Casey and Raymund, our club Rotarian Maki Nakajima from Japan and three guests from Japan (Ken Yamamoto, sports doctor Yusaku Iwai and Momo Kikuta) visited the daycare center. The teacher, Jane arranged a special class on Sunday and 15 daycare children greeted us.

The teacher oversees 15 children per class, 4 classes per day in the morning and the afternoon, totaling 60 children at the facility.

April of the Alfonso Municipal Mayor Randy’s office and the barangay Sicat educational councilor also joined the event.

A Certificate of Appreciation was handed to RIMM.

The main livelihood of the indigent camps (Usting 1, 2 and Camp Hope) are selling balut (incubated duck egg), taho (a sweet snack made with soft tofu, sweet syrup and tapioca balls). Many fathers of these indigent families selected for the events are construction workers.

Each indigent family received 2 bags of rice (10 kg/family). We prepared a total of 300 bags (1.5 tons) of rice, including allotments for CICL (Children In Conflict with The Law) and the staff.

Past President Casey went to Divisoria, Metro Manila and bought 150 backpacks for students, 300 pairs of slippers for children and more than 1,300 toys in different varieties.

The total cost spent for the events was nearly P120,000. AWH and RIMM shared the expenses. President Don Shields of our sister club, Rotary Club of Geelong Central, Australia, also personally donated for the events.

Our club president Lito Mondejar, Gina of the Municipality of Social Welfare and Development of Alfonso (MSWD). Anna of the Commission on Population (POPCOM), the Barangay captains, as well as several members of the Alfonso Women’s Council (AWC) joined the events. We invited 3 CICL in custody of MSWD to assist the events, so they would get involved in serving the community.

While we tried to make children happy, it was not our intention to encourage the families making more babies. Anna of POPCOM shared information on responsible parenthood and family planning to the mothers who have basically not had such education due to poverty.

The children were excited over their assorted toys and backpacks and sang Christmas songs.

Updates on December 25, 2022

Giving toys to children continued on the Christmas Day.

There were a number of toys still left from the preceded events. So we have decided to distribute them to any children passing by near our club headquarters in Alfonso, Cavite.

Small children gathered to receive the toys, and elder children received 20 peso bills.

Such activities have mostly been reactive to the events that have happened, such as providing aids to damaged areas by natural disasters, ending polio, etc.

Now, Rotarians are stepping forward and challenging to create a new format of society.

We can see that the existing consumerist format of society is a dead end. As the result of pursuing profits of a few people, groups or corporations, there are dire poverty, wars and destruction in nature. Even mainstream mass media are control by them and the truth has been hidden. They do not tell us that there are unstoppable climate changes, but we have already seen or experienced them.

We people have to rise and unite. We need to voice that we want to end this consumerist society and create a new society that belongs to people and is organized directly by people.

Such movement has already been active. Please see the Creative Society format.

Pres. Lito & PP Raymund attended the event with Julie Ann and Katrina.

A variety of fresh vegetables, rice, assorted canned goods, trays of eggs, noodles, condiments, packs of coffee and creamer, sweet pineapple, supplements, face shields and masks were distributed to over 250 needy residents of Brgy. Sicat.

The above items were donated from individuals and the Luksuhin Market Association.

We saw residents of Camp Hope (nearby indigent setlers) who lined up early with their ecology bags so they can bring food for their families.

RIMM donated 50kg of rice and 4 trays of eggs.

The Brgy. Sicat Captain Arnel Caisip was grateful to RIMM for contributing to the Community Pantry event for the second time. Gina Vedan of DSWD along with Len Reyes, President of the Alfonso Women’s Council (AWC) who were present in the event were also thankful for the participation of RIMM.