Military provides free haircut and legal services to community

good eyewitness post

Yeah, because its a poor community.  Ordinary haircut cost 40 pesos per person. Families there got an average of 5 kids. It would enable them to save the 40 pesos per person for their daily needs such as food for their family or for school allowance of their kids.

It cost 25 Peso's out here in the Provence Roald, But I tip well and give the barber 50 peso's. which then relates to the lose of earning to the local barber.  it would of been best to give food and rice. In my opinion as its also bad to hurt the small micro businesses.

I am always suspicious of intentions of the military when I hear barber shop. Being a military intelligence gather for a period of time in the military.

My thought go to where the best source of information come from:

Bars and clubs

Barber shops?

Lawyers offices?

But I am sure this is not a military exercise but a case of winning hearts and minds near and around where the legal beavers are stationed. This is very close to Manila the capital where the only real trouble would be the price of dried fish or a loose coconut falling on one's head.

But as I have said in comment earlier its best to give out food than cut hair as the poor old barber will go with out food for a week or so, that's unless they employed the barbers to cut the local folks hair. 

Well done the Filipino army its good to see photo opportunities showing you care about the citizens you serve. Lets hope it was just not a photo opportunity. But tins of sardines and sacks of rice next time please. Then I would clap you more.

I see the haircut thing as a morale and self esteem booster. You can give someone 50 pesos or a 50 peso haircut. The haircut makes him feel better about himself and maybe more apt to be hired for a job.

That being said, wise up, people. a  pair of electric clippers with the little comb attachments is $20 here in the US and they last practically forever. Women, sometimes their hairstyles need professional care.  For males, you really have to be stupid to not figure out how to cut hair, especially your own. Use the combs for length, you only need the mirror to trim the ear areas.  I started cutting my own around 1997, I guess that's $15-20 a month x 12 years...   unless you're scared or have too much money or something, get on it.

Let us just do our own little way to serve humanity.  Acta non verba.

Yes, this is just one of the different community outreach programs that we undertake. We also do free medical operations to indigent people in the mountains where there is no doctor and hospital available. we also conduct free livelihood training and education programs for the underprivileged.  In some areas, we help build houses, teach them how to farm and construct bridges and other infrastructure developments.  In times of disasters and calamities we provide relief goods and put up mobile hospitals to take care of their needs.

Do not worry,  those we catered are people who cannot afford to regularly pay for their hair cuts.  Having their hair cut is already considered luxurious.  They do not pose a threat to the local barber shop, that I assure you.  Thank you for your concern.

Your Armed Forces are all here ready to serve you in whatever capacity.  We work hard for you to be able to sleep soundly at night.  Let us all work together and make this country a happier place to live in.  Thank you so much. Mabuhay!

I am not Filipino Roald but thanks for the honor of thinking I was as this has become my country and home. I am a British national retired and living in Philippines since year 2000. Though I have become very integrated into Filipino culture.

I would of still supplied food and rice, lol.

As meal time is the joy of all filipino's and I like Filipino's, invite people to my table, however I can afford much more hospitality. But theirs is more worthy than mine even when they can not afford they share. They can not share a hair cut, lol

We do what we can and afford to help...

Batvette

Its hard to get a job where these people live and you need to at least have graduated at high school to achieve a better chance the hair cut is no good with out the education.

When I help here I concentrate on the education of kids and on helping those that also can help themselves if given the funds to do so. The soldiers are not well paid and have offered help in a way they could afford it by offering talent and their time.

I was pulling roald's leg, as he is a local Filipino and I think he is serving in the Filipino military reserve.

I live here on a wonderful Island called Negro's its beautiful the people here are wonderful and its a shame most live in poverty. Most of my ex-pats friends help in their small ways mainly helping sending kids to school and books and things we also give out rice at Christmas and small presents, we do what we can afford.

People in USA that can afford a holiday could do no better than visit the Philippines and spread a bit of money around the small micro business whilst enjoying the great culture the wonderful Filipino food and watching the sun go down in the cool of the evening like I regularly do. See the wonderful festivals and sample the great hospitably then feel good of what you have seen and done when (if) you go home. I stayed here I don't want to go home, lol     

This is interesting, I think it is a great initiative.