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Y4U iTrip 2010 (12 photos)
Ringing in the new year with Y4U, 13 youths from different faiths (and nations!) gathered last January 9th, 2010 (Saturday) in the afternoon to hangout, chillax, meet, have fun, and plan activities for iTrip program of 2010.
The Peacemakers' Circle interfaith dialogue center played host to Y4U's first gathering for the year which started with interfaith prayers from the Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Shumei, Hindu and Earth faith traditions. It was indeed a colorful and diverse group not only in terms of religious affiliations, but because the youths came from different cultures as well-- Indian, Japanese, Indonesian, African, Mexican, Brazilian, aside from the local Pinoy!
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Y4U ushers 2010 with iTrip gathering
--- On Tue, 19/1/10, Youth for Unity (via Multiply)
Peacemakers help in Ondoy & Pepeng victims
Last October 2, the Peacemakers Circle and its youth arm Youth 4 Unity joined forces to bring relief goods and aid from friends and donors to 500 Muslim and Christian families affected by Super Typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana) last September 26 in Tala, Caloocan City, Philippines. Noted as the worst flooding in the country with more rains dumped than Hurricane Katrina, Typhoon Ondoy brought about almost 300 dead and thousands displaced.
With eager anticipation, affected community members waited at the basketball court for the relief goods to be distributed. Macklis Bala of the Muslim Christian Peacemakers CC assisted in the relief distribution by calling out the names of the families needing aid.
Donations of food - noodles, crackers, juice, milk, and basic toiletries were distributed in packs for each family to help them go through immediate recovery while they rummage through
whatever they can revive from their damaged homes, furniture and appliances.
Because of the clear sign of climate change as cause for the extreme weather that caused the flooding, an orientation about how to segregate the wastes was given before distributing the goods in plastic bags, one of the main causes of pollution and climate change. Plastic bags were required by the National Disaster Coordinating Council which is why donated goods came in them. Waste from donated goods will be transformed into resource through funds to be generated from collected bottles, aluminum from canned goods, and paper from boxes, and residual plastics. Funds raised will be used to repair the damaged Mosque and Chapel in the
community.
Despite the grief, the members were still able to smile in between, a unique cultural character of Filipinos - always resilient despite all the natural and economic hurdles that come their way.
To read more about the stories of the community members of their experience of the flood, visit Marites Guingona Africa's blog on this link: http://uriseap.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-river-flowed-through-it with photos on: http://uriseap.ning.com/photo/albums/typhoon-ondoy-affects-tala
Her account on the felief and aid at Tala on October 2, 2009 by the Peacemakers Circle Staff, Members and Friends can be read on this link:http://uriseap.ning.com/profiles/blogs/peacemakers-circle-gives-1 with photos on: http://uriseap.ning.com/photo/albums/peacemakers-circle-tala-relief
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