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by jayr_patron | October 11, 2008 at 01:32 am
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October 11, Manila, Philippines - More than 1000 volunteers from 30 organizations got their hands dirty in participation to Hands On Manila's Servathon 2008.
From public schools to indigent communities around the metro, the participants offered half their day for the disadvantaged sectors--with various activities including tree planting, mural painting, home building, and community clean ups.
The event culminated at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Philippines, where corporate volunteers and sponsors were honored for their utmost participation. Celebrity volunteer, Marc Nelson, hosted the lunch engagement.
This year's Servathon 2008 chairperson, Gina Roxas, was elated with the growing number of organizations participating in the event.
"With a growing number of participants, we may be able to fill the Araneta Coliseum next year," Roxas quipped.
The Hands On Manila Servathon is a day that combines service, and relevant activities that are fun. It is also a fund raising event which substantially helps contribute to the running of its year-round programs.
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at 04:55 on October 11th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. I do wish communities everywhere cleaned up their baragays, its not so bad here in Negros Oriental but in Cebu and Mactan there are big problems especially near tourist destinations. There seemingly is a habit where citizen sweep out their nipa huts or any form accomodation and leave their rubbish out side. With people dumping rubbish in un-used lots.
The cleanup needs to be scheduled at least every week and the new RP law concerning rubbish needs to be imposed firmly. The enviroment where I live is kept clean it does not take much effort or money, we do it ourselfs. Cleaness is next to Godlyness its time the Church took an interest in this great countries main enviromental issues a few words at the pulpit to make the guilty listen would do wonders.
Cleaning up ones own litter and throwing it away in a rubbish bin or bag is really an easy task. Keeping local rivers and drainage systems clean could be done by citizens that cause minor local minor offences such as driving without a helmet etc.
As a long stay visitor to your country (Sibulan Negros Oriental near to Dumaguete City) it pains me to see enviromental problems that could easily be solved by patriotic responsible citizens to show how nice the philippines could be without the litter. Much has been done here on Negros especially in the less rural areas of which is why this is becoming the number one tourist attraction of the Philippines. I moved here from Cebu and I can say that I will never regret it. Bayawan being one of the cleanest and beautiful Philippine towns I have been to. The people really care about their local enviroment.
at 08:07 on October 11th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:16 on October 11th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
As a Filipino, I'm proud.
at 22:19 on October 11th, 2008
You have a right to be proud especially if your involved in such events, but I really wish that more Filipino's made a bigger effort in caring for their enviroment and such events as this where implimented everywhere in the Philippines, it only takes the richer member of this society to start the ball rolling many of your visitors such as my self would only be to please to donate money and time as well.
Many of us visitors infact get involved in helping the disavantaged we join groups such as the rotatarians or belong to a religous group that place money and time giving aid, but we see very little being done by those 6% of the richer members of this society that hold most of the Philippines wealth.
at 08:55 on October 11th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff. What a great idea.