Pictured is Lola Veronica's nipa hut in Pangasinan, Philippines. This is a typical type of hut that you see extremely poor people living in. It's raised to prevent flooding from heavy monsoon rains and typhoons. It's built of materials from the immediate area. Even though it looks like a small barn out building it's actually Lola Veronica's home. The kitchen, pictured below, is mostly outside. This nipa is in a cluster of huts that a large extended family lives in. The area around them is beautiful rice and ampalaya fields. The area is 10 miles from Malasqui which is 45 minutes from Pangasinan city.
Lola Veronica is in desperate need of $250 for a throat operation. She has throat cancer. She is 89 years old and would love to be able to just live in her nipa hut for a few more years to enjoy her family. Pictured below is Lola Veronica two years ago with her great grand children. I met Lola in 2006 during the WSU summit in the Philippines. WSU is organizing to find people like Lola Veronica who need a little help. We are creating a peer-to-peer charity web portal to accomidate this function. Please help in any way you can. Lola Veronica needs medicine everyday that she can't afford and she really needs this throat operation that should add some years to her life. Otherwise she is fading away rapidly and can't really eat. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.
pictured here is Lola in 2006 in her kitchen with Vangie, Director for World Sisters United in Malasqui.
Please help Lola Veronica by sending a dollar now!
Thank you and God bless
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