Ate Anna now has no electricity..

Here is a recent email from Ate Anna explaining her hardships resulting from all the medical bills she is struggling with for Glen. She has no electricity now.

hi kuya,,,
hello kuya. how r u.. ohh im so sad i cant chat in my house bec no electricity.. just only one liaghts connect for my naighbor. thats why i can use my computer.. waaaaaaaaso sad.. thats why glen and his mom i told to them to go home in mexico for awhile bec glen is not good to him dont have electricfan..waaaaaaaa
so sad dont have electricity kuya is big sacrifice to me and glen situation is not good really bad.. but dont have money..is really hurt and pain to me all this my motor i pay monthly befor is my oun title.. and is really hard for mr that my motor is pawn then i pay also interest waaaaaaaaaa.. is big sacrifice of mine.. untill when all this sacrifice kuya.. pls help us.. i dont what and when i started again for all this problem..help us..i need to pay my electric bills is 2,400pesos.. and i need to pay my motor interest is pawn is 3k.. waaaaaaai dont know what will ido.. give me strenght kuya and help me i dont know what? will i do.. love u. god bless tc always.

Please give a dollar to pitch in for Glen

Many Thanks!

This donate link above will take you to paypal where you can pay with your paypal account or use a credit card. Your gift will go directly to our WSU paypal account where it will then go to the recipient via XOOM, Western Union or by direct handoff. These services (including Paypal) charge a fee but there is no other operations fees that takes away from your gift. Our paypal account is managed by our Philippines treasurer Kaye Malibiran. Please note : World Sisters United is not yet a legal 501C3 non-profit - so your gifts are not tax deductable. The good news is that we are close to having the articles of incorporation and IRS forms ready to process. We should be a legal registered non-profit by the end of 2008

Blogging for Bunso Andrea Beccone

World Sisters United has not been doing so great lately, our members have been hit hard with grave financial and medical difficulties. The economic slump we are seeing in the US has hit hard in the Philippines and all my money has run out. WSU is currently struggling to survive on an operational budget of zero. All we have is a few cameras left un-pawned and the Internet to tell our stories. My own financial difficulties are compounded by the fact that I spent more than US$100,000 on WSU in the last three years charging up my home equity line of credit to it's max. So now I have an additional second mortgage to pay. So all that bad news aside I have to share some really great news. Andrea Beccone just graduated from her class with three honors! Bunso Andrea represents a new generation of hope. When I met her last year she was studying hard. Every now and then you meet someone you realize can do anything they set their heart on and it's rare to see that in a child. But I will bet my house that this girl does great things if she keeps at her studies like she is now.

Education is simply key for the progression of humanity and for that matter for the progression of consciousness. But unfortunately education is not free in the Philippines. I was shocked when I found this out. The Philippines has tremendous potential because the people have a great deal of natural talents and work well together. From what I have seen the schools are really good in the Philippines. But the Philippines needs to make free education it's number one priority if it wants to compete with the rest of Asia in this digital information economy. Kids need access to computers and access to online libraries. They need access to the best teachers and they need parents that provide the atmosphere conducive to learning. Andrea's parents are struggling hard to do the right thing. They deserve a big salute! Fortunately when I asked various WSU members about this lack of free schools in the Philippines they say it is a hot topic and the government is well aware of the problem. Lets hope there is quick progress towards free k through 12 education coming soon to the Philippines.

When Ate Anna ask me to give money so that Andrea could buy a graduation gown, I really didn't see the importance of it. I saw so many here in the blog who were struggling to live and some with hungry babies and others struggling to pay for food so it seemed superficial to spend money on a graduation gown. But when I saw this picture of Bunso Andrea I could see the value in her eyes. And felt such hope for the youth all around the world. This girl lives in a shack about the size of one of those sears and roebucks lawn sheds you put your riding lawn mower in. Her family struggle hard to cover the food, medical costs and to pay for her education. As written below in Ate Anna's email the family could not afford to even pay for a celebration dinner at the fast food chain Jollibees. That would cost a about 10 dollars there in the Philippines. So in this blog for Andrea Beccone I ask you all to give just a dollar to pitch in to buy a celebration dinner out to Jollibees. I will post pictures when the dinner takes place. Here is Ate Anna's email:

hello this is my niece ANDREA MECCONE she gradute kinder with 3honor in her class and also best in makabayan and best in friendship.. she gradute last march 24, and me the one who sponsor to stage to congrats her.. im proude of her. she is very intelegent girl.. but so sad her gradute bec no foods.. she ask only to eat jolibee to her parents but so sad her parents no money and no foods its true kuya.. after the gradute just only go home and sleep waaaaaaaaaa:(.. so really sad for the girl she gradute with honor no celebration.. is painfull to me when she ask we eat just only in jolibee but i dont have money.. really sad.:(

Please give a dollar to pitch in for a celebration dinner for Bunso Andrea Beccone

she deserves it

This donate link above will take you to paypal where you can pay with your paypal account or use a credit card. Your gift will go directly to our WSU paypal account where it will then go to the recipient via XOOM, Western Union or by direct handoff. These services (including Paypal) charge a fee but there is no other operations fees that takes away from your gift. Our paypal account is managed by our Philippines treasurer Kaye Malibiran. Please note : World Sisters United is not yet a legal 501C3 non-profit - so your gifts are not tax deductable. The good news is that we are close to having the articles of incorporation and IRS forms ready to process. We should be a legal registered non-profit by the end of 2008

Congratulations to Bunso Vanessa of Malasqui!!!

This blog features another young World Sisters United member as she graduates from high school. It's very exciting anytime someone reaches such a milestone as this. Bunso Vanessa graduated as an outstanding student from her school in Pangasinan, Philippines. She wants to go to nurses school but doesn't have the money. This blog is to plea for donations to help pay for Bunso Vanessa's nurses school. Any donation will help.

Please give a dollar to help Bunso Vanessa pay for nurses school.

This donate link above will take you to paypal where you can pay with your paypal account or use a credit card. Your gift will go directly to our WSU paypal account where it will then go to the recipient via XOOM, Western Union or by direct handoff. These services (including Paypal) charge a fee but there is no other operations fees that takes away from your gift. Our paypal account is managed by our Philippines treasurer Kaye Malibiran. Please note : World Sisters United is not yet a legal 501C3 non-profit - so your gifts are not tax deductable. The good news is that we are close to having the articles of incorporation and IRS forms ready to process. We should be a legal registered non-profit by the end of 2008

Blogging for Bunso Precious

Pictured here is the mother of Bunso Precious trying to start a food sales business at her home.

Bunso Precious has been working online in the cybersex industry to support her family. She recently told me how much she greatly desired to leave that kind of work and to start a food sales business. Here is a picture of her mom starting up this business selling some veggies and skewers in front of the family house. The hopes here is to raise enough money to build the family a small sari sari store where they can sale food and drinks and support themselves. This is a typical story of what we have seen in the Philippines. Young women working to support their families in the sex industry wanting to get out and start a good honest line of work. The organization I founded in 2005, World Sisters United, as been helping women like Precious to build small businesses like this. We have built 12 sari sari stores so far throughout the Philppines. Each store cost between $700 and $1000 dollars fully stocked with food. These stores can provide an extended family with income enough to put food on the table and help educate the kids. Please help out and send whatever you can. We are asking for any donations, even $1, $5, or $10 can help out a great deal. Please paypal to wsu_phi@yahoo.com any amount you can spare. Write "Precious Fund" in the comment field and we will apply the money to constructing a shop for food sales. You will be able to see pictures of the progress on this story as it developes.
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Glen's hospital bills pile up...

Here is the hospital bill for Glen's latest draining bill. Please send whatever you can, $1, $2, $5, anything will help - - -paypal to wsu_phi@yahoo.com any questions please email me at larriji@gmail.com. If any of you are medical doctors in the Philippines are travel there and can help as well. We could use some advice as to what is the best way to procede here with this kind of chronic medical condition. Please read some of the earlier posts on Glen for the whole story. Thankyou, L

hi kuya! sorry sorry pls i need ur help,.. we need to full out in hospital glen.. and the bills is here i send to u.. but his father just fine only 5k he barrow.. so we need 7k more pls kuya send me to pay tyhe bills of glen.. sorry pls kuya help me barrow u then if any people give donation for the plog pls get the 7k u send it.. pls we need ur help now. pls txt glen on his phone.. bec i dont have phone pls waiting ur reply as soon kuya pls i dont have fine money sorry u the only one help right now bec we cant do the promosory notr now bec we have balnace the last hospital kuya. pls help me really really need u pls txt glen for his phone so we now.. pls u now his # right.. is 09285449050 kuya txt glen pls wait ur txt. help us pls so we can go home soon this day.. god bless us we love u

More pleas from Ate Anna for Glen...

Some recent emails below from Ate Anna pleading for money to pay for Glen's medical bills. We have not really been able to raise any more recently and Glen's bills just keep piling up. We are starting to ask people to just paypal any small amount they can. $1, $5, $10 any amount will really help a lot. And the combined help may very well save Glen's life. Please paypal to wsu_phi@yahoo.com email me at larriji@gmail for further questions. Many thanks. L

hi kuya i just here not at internet cafe.. i was crying true im trying to recover what i do.. bec. kuya i need 2k just yesterday so glen do the darin is really sad and lonely see glen how hard and hurt he felling bec the pain he encounter. he can sleep and he can and the pain is terrible to see.. kuya i want to pix glen here at hopsital but i dont have cam.. and i need to pay 2k any time so do the procedure to drain glen.. just for the medicine so his blood plesure become high i need to buy his medicine to do the drain.. but still dont have money pls kuya his father ask me he barrow for u 5k plsssssss bec dont have choice he sales his motor.. but still buyer bec he need to get first his paper,.. so kuya glen father pls he try to barrow 5k to u this day pls so do the drain for his son pls reply me plssssssssss kuya..god bless.. reply me where here again and again in hospital. wa:((

sorry for tagalog words.. i want to share what felling i have.. but hard to translate in ingles what i want and i fell......kuya hinde ko na po yata kaya.. sa araw arw ginawa ng diyos para saken buhay lalo nagpapahirap sa akin ang lahat.. hirap po akong mag alaga ng may sakit. na nakikita ko minuminuto ang paghihirap nya..nakikita kung gaano kasakit ang nararamdaman nya.. minuminuto sumisigaw siya sa sakit. wala akong magawa kundi araw araw maghanap ng pera parasa gamot nya pero hinde sapat ang gamot para maibsan ang nararamdaman nya paghihirap.. hinihingi ko na kay lord gumaling siya kahit kunin nya ako i swear kaya ko ialay ang buhay ko para po kay glen.. dahil may anak siya na gusto pa makita ang paglaki ng anak nya.. kailangan po nya ng operation pero sa gamot lang hinde na kuna matustusan operation pa kaya.. kailangan nya nagyun madala uli sa hospital dahil malaki nanaman ang tiyan nya kuya pero may utang apa ako sa mga doctor nya at higit sa lahat wala me na mautangan.. kuya kahit hinde mo maintindihan to. gusto ko lang m,ailabas ang sakit dito sa puso ko at hirap na hirap na po ako at c glen.. ano po kaya dapat kong gawin sa totoo po gusto kunaaaa rin mamatay para hinde ko makita ang lahat ng ito promise poh.. kala nila matapang ako na harapin ang lahat ng ito. hinde po wala lang akong mapagsabihan lahat ng nararamdaman ko., pero hinde ko na kaya kuya.. pagod na pagod na po ako.. love u po kuya larry. ingat po lagi.. its me anna salamat sa time at sa lahat.

hello kuya! i know is really hard to u all this like this problem.. thats why i pray for the plog of glen they so many people wish to donate.. so u can help glen right now to get out in hospital..i hope and i wait ur txt kuya... bec we need to go home now... but still no money waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:((... plsssssssss help us... thank u and may god bless u kuya..

Glen leaves hospital - new medical bills to pay!

Pictured here is Glen as he is about to leave the hospital. He has just gotten drained again. A donor gave money for part of the bill but the rest is due by March 30 as told in the note below Ate Anna sent in a recent email to me. Please help us pay this bill. Glen has no money and neither does Ate Anna or our organization World Sisters United. We seek donations of any amount. Please send paypal to wsu_phi@yahoo.com. and leave Glen Fund in the comments area. Email me at larriji@gmail.com for any questions. God bless, L
note from Ate Anna:

hello kuya this is pix of glen in hospital still in hospital.. wa:(( bec i buy medicine lately for the money u send for me.. is cost 1k.. so i need to fine 1k tom. morning so tom maybe we go home kuya.. but thank u.. need also the the signature of doctors bec we have a promosory notes that i pay the balance in hospital and for the fee of the doctors.. so we need the doctors signature tom.. the promosory notes kuya is pay untill end of march hope befor the date of march 30 have donation in plog of glen so we can pay.. i hope and pray... and did u see the pix kuya the last i pix to glen.. i told to him that he smile.. lol see his smile is not good.. lol hahahah but is cute.. hehehe. tnx kuya tc. god bless us.. we oove u so much.

$100 dollars needed by March 30 to pay hospital bills for Glen!

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Glen back in the hospital - Donor pays part of his bill!

Glen is back in the hospital getting drained again. But miracles do happen, someone came through and has paid for the bill enough so he can go home! Thanks so much! to the anonymous donor for the 5k php to pay for the hospital bill. This is amazing when people send to help! Giving really does improve the lives of others. Glen will now go home and get back to fighting to stay alive. Here are some recent emails from Ate Anna: march 4:
hope u see some of pix of glen kuya in hospital... and i pray that so many donors to him bec he need help kuya bec i swear kuya i dont have also money.. and is hard for u and me fine money.. and i dont have any things i sale... thats why i pray a lot and get more pix to glen so many people see him is really need help others.. hope u fine money for him to get out in hospital kuya,... plsssssssss
march 4:
hello kuya! how r u..kuya see he drain glen.. so see his stomach but he is not sleep well. dont know why still sick is stomach.. but thank u again bec he start drain bec i buy the medicine he needs.. so we need to go home tom kuya.. i wish so many people see glen and give donation so u can send me money so we can go home.. so the bills not become high.. sorry kuya bec really hard for me right now bec i dont have solution now how i can get in hospital.. bec untill now i cant get my motor is in pawn when last drain.. so right now is really sick my head when we get again money so we can get out in hospital.. wa:(( pls help us.. we need 15k again so ew can go home..i really wish and pray alot that like befor give donation for the plog of glen..and kuya his medicine is JETAFAR50MG is on liver and HELACRINFORTE is also in liver and LANONIX is in heart ALDOCTONE50MG and DIUMADEKEY is on for pee of glen and MORIAMINFORTE and CAPTOPRIL.. ALL THAT IS HIS MEDICINE so all in all of his medeicine kuya is 2,200 is one week.. cost all the item of his medicine is 2,200 a week.. pls kuya help for the bills so we can go home tom.. god bless us. love u kuya..tc always
march 5:
hello kuya! i know is really hard to u all this like this problem.. thats why i pray for the plog of glen they so many people wish to donate.. so u can help glen right now to get out in hospital..i hope and i wait ur txt kuya... bec we need to go home now... but still no money waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:((... plsssssssss help us... thank u and may god bless u kuya..
march 6:
hi kuya pls see glen how difficult his sickness.. kuya see the pix of glen. kuya i need really help u plssssssss.. kuya help us.. we need to go home so the bills is not become big.. i send the bills tom kuya i scan tom so u can see pls... send me kuya for the hospital bills help in the doctors fee i tell to the doctors that i pay stallment again like lasy glen drain.. but still we need money for the hospital bills kuya pls help me so we can go home glen still in hospital bec need to pay and diposit in hospital all pay all the bills so we can go home.. plsssssss kuya understand me i need ur help.. txt me pls so im online pls god bless u kuya
another from march 6:
hello kuya this is the bills in hospital that we need to pay kuya yesterday just only in hospital kuya the doctors fee is not added.. but the important kuya we pay for the hospital.. so we can go home. the doctors fee just pay stallments is ok pls kuya help me for the hospital bills.. in doctors i pay it stallment plssss.. kuya just 5k send me so i cant pay the partial bills... pls kuya help me.. reply me pls.. i wait ur txt now plssss kuya.. my head really sick bec of this..wa:(( pls kuya send me 5k plsssssssss... may god help us.. love u kuya txt me pls..

Here is the hospital bill:

Please note we still need 4k peso! (about $100 us)

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Pix of Bunso Jean at her debut - party is over

This is Bunso Jean - Director for World Sisters United in our Manila chapter. This picture was taken the night of her 18 year debut party. An amazing event and I was lucky to witness it. But now there are no more parties in this squatters village. The sari shop is empty and money has run out. We are trying to find people to help this family restock so they can get a steady income flow going again. Any donations are welcome. Please contact me at larriji@gmail.com for details.

SEEKING MONEY TO RESTOCK STORE IN MANILA SQUATTERS VILLAGE

Help us return this Manila Sari Sari shop back to profitability.

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Blogging for Bunso Vanessa

Bunso Vanessa needs money for cancer operation - please help now!

Bunso Vanessa is the cousin to WSU Director Jessa from a squatters village in Manila. Bunso Vanessa is seen here immediately after having a cancerous tumor removed from her neck. A few days ago Bunso Jessa contacted me and was frantically asking for $3oous for an urgently needed operation. She told me that the doctors said if she didn't have the operation the 14yr old would die. I didn't have the money to send her but I told her to borrow the money in any case and go ahead and get the operation. So now we are asking you to help us return this debt for this operation. Thank You - God bless
Please help us raise $300us to pay for the debt of this neck cancer operation.

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Blogging for Bunso Jean

What you are seeing here is an empty sari sari shop owned by World Sisters United and run by bunso Jean. Seeing it in this state makes me want to cry. A good sari sari shop in the Philippines can be like a central nervous system of a small town or village. Lots of people hanging out, eat, drinking, laughing and having good company. This particular shop I paid to have built about a year ago. It cost about $1100us for this shop built in a squatters village in Manila. As you can see this shop is now empty and lifeless. I have bought stock for this shop three or four times now, I can't actually remember how many times. We can't keep the shop in stock cause the mother of Bunso Jean is so kind she simply gives the stock away to all her neighbors who are also her relatives. So the shop is now empty again and I'm completely broke. We are seeking some kind soul out there that can help us out with a donation to restock and try to jump start a small family with the business that put food on the table. We are working on a new approach with rules such as "no free food". Hopefully that will help keep a basic flow of stock going. We have seen this location very active and profitable. It's just that the mother of Bunso Jean is very kind hearted and doesn't think like a mercantile minded person. She just wants to give it all away. We will try to keep her focused on being the wonderful host that she is and leave the money management to others. This is an honest request coming on behalf of really really good honest people. I can personally vouch for Bunso Jean and her family. Contact me at larriji@gmail.com

Seeking any donations to help buy food stock for Bunso Jean's
sari sari shop.

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