Free cleft lip and palate surgery for children

Start:	May 28, '08
End:	May 30, '08
Location:	Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel

If you know children with cleft lip (no age limit) or palate (till 12 y/o), send them to SOFITEL HOTEL to pre-register for a free surgery. Contact CAROL TAMPUS at 551-5555 at HRD for pre-screening on May 22, 2008.

Free surgery is sponsored by CARITAS and OPERATION SMILE. Actual operation is on May 28-30, 2008. Kindly inform others. Thank you.. Pass Around!

Exhausted...

British photographer Tim Hetherington has won the World Press Photo top honor for 2007. "Exhausted," his photograph of a US soldier in the Korengal Valley in the Eastern province of Afghanistan beat more than 80,000 other images submitted this year.

Here's a quick look at the winning images of World Press Photo awards for the year 2007.

Judges described the World Press Photo of the year by Britain's Tim Hetherington for Vanity Fair magazine as an image that shows "the exhaustion of a man - and the exhaustion of a nation".

"We're all connected to this. It's a picture of a man at the end of a line," jury chairman Gary Knight said.

"There's a human quality to this picture," said juror MaryAnne Golon.

"It says that conflict is the basis of this man's life."

World Press Photo is held every year since 1955 and has been regarded as the "world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest". A travelling exhibition around the world is also held in line with the organization's concern with "stimulating developments in photojournalism and encouraging transfer of knowledge" initiatives.

Ayala Museum and SM Malls played host to the exhibition for the past two years. Unfortunately, a review of the World Press Photo website showed the Philippines has been excluded for this year's exhibition.

Visit www.worldpressphoto.org for more information. Photos and information from BBC and Australian Broadcasting Company websites.

REALIZING NEW POLITICS with Gov. Grace Padaca, Gov. Ed Panlilio and Nicanor Perlas

Start:	May 16, '08 6:00p
Location:	PETA Theater Center 5 Eymard Drive, E. Rodriguez, Quezon City, Philippines (behind Quezon City Sports Club)

REALIZING NEW POLITICS
with Gov. Grace Padaca, Gov. Ed Panlilio and Nicanor Perlas


P100 (P50 for Students)

"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out."

~ Vaclav Havel







Is new politics in the horizon? How did it come about? Why is it finally on its way? What are the driving forces behind it? Why does it have a possibility to emerge in 2010?

The struggle for a new Philippines has to take place in the areas of culture, politics, and economics. We come together to focus on the turbulent and highly charged area of politics and ask our burning questions.

www.pagasa.net.ph

phone: +639175251924

Crayon Forum for kids of Quirino Avenue

 

"Enweys, gusto ko lang sana kayong yayain na magvolunteer sa isang writing workshop para sa mga batang nakatira sa ilalim ng tulay.  Sila ay part ng community ng ATD Fourth World check out their site http://www.atd-fourthworld.org/. Di pa namin naseset ang exact date pero malamang Sabado gaganapin to. 

 

Karamihan sa mga batang 'to yung mga namamalimos sa kalye, di makapag-aral kasi walang pera ang mga magulang.  Karamihan sa kanila ang daming galis sa katawan kasi hindi naarawan at nakakaligo kasi yung perang pampaligo nila nilalaan na lang nila sa pagkain nila.  Karamihan sa kanila yung mga batang madudungis na iniiwasan natin sa kalye. 

 

Ang ATD ang isang movement na tinataguyod na magkaroon sila ng dignidad kahit na mahihirap sila.  Madami silang volunteers na nagbibigay ng mga arts and crafts workshops sa mga bata.  Iba't ibang forums naman para sa mga magulang nila. 

 

Hindi pa daw sila nagkakaroon ng writing workshops.  Nakakapanghinayang kasi nung minsang naobserbahan ko ang mga batang kasama sa community nila sobrang creative magdrowing.  Malaki ang chances na hindi pa lang natatap ang imagination nila.

 

Sa ngayon, tatlo pa lang kaming nagcoconfirm dito sa workshop na to.  Pagmimeetingan pa namin ko pano ang modules at kung pano ito ipiprisinta sa mga batang gutom sa kaalaman.  Pero nakapagdesisyon na kami na sa buwan ng Mayo namin gagawin ang event.

 

Kaya hinihikayat ko talaga kayo na tumulong.  Di kailangan na writing workshop din kayo.  Puwedeng arts and crafts.  Puwedeng photography.  Puwedeng basahan niyo sila ng libro.  Puwedeng kahit ano.  Di naman tayo magtatagal.  Isang oras lang naman yun.  Sa may Pandacan o sa kalye dun sa may Quirino Avenue (lugar ng mga holdaper, hehe).

 

Puwede rin namang perang pangmeryenda ng mga bata at gamit para sa workshop (ayan kinakapalan ko na mukha ko). 

 

Sa mga interesado, puwedeng puwede niyo akong i-email: rnavarra@gmail.com.  Puwede rin sa e-mail na ito.  Sa ngayon puro mga kaopisina ko pa lang ang nayaya ko.  Pero iwewelcome rin kayo ng mga batang to. 

 

Salamat!!!"

 

 --Ruth

 

 

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redmark says: Makibahagi tayo, volunteer na!