October 22, 2022 at Subic, Zambales, 100 indigenous Aetas children and 50 Persons with Disabilities (PWD) together with their guardians attended the different activities prepared by Kiwanis members from different Metro Manila Clubs who travelled for 3.5 hours just to be at Zoobic Safari, the venue of the yearly event.
As the volunteers to help the indigent children and persons with disabilities (PWD) from Niños Pag Asa Foundation prepared the different products to be given away to the children as gifts, the staffs of Zoobic Safari helped out also by measuring and packing the rice, putting the milk and slippers to the bag sponsored by Kiwanis Manila Bay club members.
The
members headed by Kiwanis Philippine Luzon District, Division 3A Lieutenant
Governor Grace Bondad Nicolas executed the program that includes the
following activities;
•Medical
Mission- headed by Dr. Rocaya Vanessa Sarangani Mangondato. The club of
Kiwanis Club of McKinley provided Medicines and vitamins also. They weighed the
children and performed the basic physical check up.
•Education-
headed by May Gamir who was a Kiwanian from Makati and also the Chief
Operations Officer of Zoomanity Group, the mother company of Zoobic Safari.
They presented a group of Aetas who are performing in the Themed Park and
entertained the children with different animals. The objective is to respect,
to understand more the animals and to take care of them.
•Feeding
Program- Kiwanis Club of Makati provided the delicious food for the
children ordered in advance from the restaurant in Zoobic Safari.
•Interaction—Kiwanis
Club of Reach & Beyond headed by president and division secretary Lito
Marquez invited the children in different sets to showcase their skills on
stage and gave cash prizes. Most of the PWDs joined the singing competition and
shared their talent in performing. They were very thankful and even did a sign
language song at the end. A very touching moment to those in attendance.
One
of the indigent Aeta kid competed in the contest and even cried while singing
that touched the heart of the guests.
The
different club members gave away more than Php 20K in prizes, all who
participated on stage received cash prizes.
•Gift
Giving—The children received different products from the contribution of
all clubs that attended the event which includes also the hygiene kit from
Kiwanis Club of Pasay headed by its president Daisy Anzures.
•Tour—After
the whole program, the children with their guardian received a free tour around
the theme park and even fed the animals.
The
activity became more successful because of the support of these people,
corporate companies and organizations:
Tutok to Win
Partylist
Frontrow
Mernels
Ayna Ong
Leslie’s
through Krizzy Diosa
AAA Cosmetics
Tag Media
Group
Police
officers and some members of Rotary also attended the event and assisted in any
way possible. They too received gifts from Kiwanis.
Kiwanis International is a global community of clubs, members and
partners dedicated to improving the lives of children one community at a time.
Today, they stand with more than 550,000 members from K-Kids to Key Club to
Kiwanis and many ages in between in 80 countries and geographic areas. Each
community has different needs, and Kiwanis empowers members to pursue creative
ways to serve the needs of children, such as fighting hunger, improving
literacy and offering guidance.
Kiwanis clubs
host nearly 150,000 service projects each year.
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