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Little box for a big cause
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Posted on Feb 24 2006
A little blue box has been placed at the receiving counter of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration office in the Nauru Building to enable the Commonwealth’s Overseas Filipino Workers to donate funds to help victims of the recent landslide in southern Leyte.
The OFW Support Group has launched and is now spearheading the fund drive for the families affected by the landslide last week.
In a letter signed by the support group officers, it said, “We are appealing to the generosity of all Filipinos in the CNMI and their friends for support of this project.”
Chairs Gabriel De Guzman, Daniel Nicomedes, Mario Aquillo, Ignacio Banadera Jr. Ofelia Lopez, and Tina Marie Alverio signed the letter of request for assistance last Tuesday.
The group said the collection from the fund drive would be remitted to the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council for purchase of food and other emergency needs of the affected families.
The donations will also be used for the food and other needs of the members of the Volunteers Aid Workers, who are extending helping hands to the victims.
“It is usually in times like this that the Filipino people are united in helping one another. Let us therefore unite as a Filipino community and give our share for the emergency and rehabilitation needs of the families affected by this tragedy,” said the letter.
The fundraising project is in collaboration with the OWWA office and the Philippine Consulate Office, both located in the Susupe landmark.
For more information on how to extend assistance for the affected families in the tragedy, donors can visit the OWWA office located at the ground floor of the Nauru Building in Susupe.
