Letter for the Alkansiya campaign

Now that I actually work for HOPE my attachment to the cause has deepened. Nakakalungkot talaga kung iisipin na once naabuso na ang bata, nawawala na ang innocence niya, and in a sense, ang purity niya. Maraming epekto ang child abuse (physical man or sexual).

I never experienced any form of sexual abuse. Grateful talaga ako that I was spared from it, but not a lot of women are as lucky as I am. I feel like I owe it to the children of today to protect them and share with them what I already know about abuse.

Sa 'Pinas ngayon, taboo na pag-usapan ang incest, molestation, paedophilia. Nakakalungkot kasi ang mga bata ang nagsa-suffer kasi hindi nila kayang ipaglaban ang karapatan nila. They need us to do the fighting for them. But not because bata sila, wala silang magagawa para protektahan ang sarili nila.

That's the point of the personal safety training. The training will teach the kids what parts of their bodies should not be touched by other people. IT will teach them to say "no" when somebody wants to bad touch them, run, and tell someon they trust.

We have to empower them, and to teach their families.

Limang piso (P5) lang to register one child for the said training. This year, we will teach 1,000,000 children personal safety lessons. You can help out by volunteering to be one of the discussion facilitators when we visit barangays. But, if time doesn't allow you to go, you can help by registering children. Every P5 pays for 1 child.

Can you imagine, your P5 may mean sparing a child from sexual abuse forever? Ano ba naman ang P5, di ba?

I'd like to share with you my personal goal. My personal goal is that by October 16 (Monday), I will start saving at least P5 per day in an alkansya. Why am I doing this? Pwede naman ako magbigay na lang ng P500 pesos di ba para hindi na ako mahirapan mag-ipon?

The point is, tuwing maghuhulog ako ng P5 (or more) sa alkansya, araw-araw, maaalala ko na tumutulong ako, one child at a time, na ma-prevent ang child abuse from happening.

You can join me friends! If you decide to do so, we can turn over the alkansya on December, together with other friends who might want to support the same campaign. You can invite your friends to do the same :)

If you are interested to know more about this cause, please e-mail me ingridc_le@yahoo.com

Ingrid C. Le