Blogging for Bunso Lita's CR in Samar

It's hard to really see what this is especially if you live in an industrialized nation that is materially endowed. In the Philippines this is called a "CR" or comfort room. But we would know it as a bathroom. This particular bathroom is at the home of one of World Sisters United Directors Bunso Lita, who lives on the island of Samar. For those familiar with the USA's history of intertwining with the Philippines you will remember the important role the island of Samar played. This is the island where the USA lost a key battle when we were at war with the Philippines. (This is something our history books seem to over look.) Also the place Leyte is near Samar. Leyte is where Gen Douglas MacArthur made his famous return there on the shores of the beach where that famous photo was taken. The people of Samar are descended from a spirited and independent meltdown of several tribes that were mostly fishermen. Today Samar is off the main beaten path for tourism but does draw an occasional surfer or naturalist interested in the lovely waterfalls and tropical foliage. The main problem with Samar today is simply there is little money making opportunities and therefore it has a very low standard of living (by western standards). This CR pictured here is the bathroom for a large extended family. The one bucket serves as a toilets and the other holds your shower water. We are trying to raise up the standard of living for our World Sisters United Directors. So we seek 5000 peso (US$120) to renovate this bathroom and put in some proper fixtures. Please contribute any amount you can and help us to turn this hole into an actual bathroom. Please contact me for more details at larriji@gmail.com.

Give a dollar and help to add some comforts to this comfort room in Samar!

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