Baby CJ has no milk - infant is on water diet!

World Sisters United is made up of many young mothers and 8 infants at this time! Baby CJ (pictured here) is son of WSU director Raine of Pangasinan. CJ's father works but only makes 2 dollars a day in his construction job. So this is not a case of dead-beat dad not doing the right thing. This is just how hard life is to get by living in the Philippines when trying to make an honest living. Please give whatever you can spare for baby CJ. We will hopefully be posting pictures of CJ drinking formula if we can rally up the funds. Please email me at larriji@gmail.com for any questions. Thankyou and Godbless!

Here is Raine with her baby at her house in Pangasinan, Philippines.

Give a dollar to help buy this baby some formula!

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

Short-term loan sought for Bunso Vangie

SEEKING $1260 short term loan for small farming business in Malasqui, Philippines.

Shown here is an estimate and spreadsheet on costs for a loan we are seeking for Bunso Vangie. This loan is needed only for 9 months. Its a loan of 51K PHP (US$1260) to prepare the present corn field for an ampalaya crop. Pictured at the top here to the left is a picture of an ampalaya vine. As you can see its a raised trellis that holds the vine. It's very expensive to prepare the field and it's 2.5 hectacre so it's very large.

The cool thing about all this is that after you loan this family the money for this small business, you get your money back and the family is left with half of their entire budgetary needs for 2008. So it's a great help for Bunso Vangie and her large extended family which numbers over 30 people.

Please contact me if there is any questions. You can email me at larriji@gmail.com. We need to get this crop in before the end of Feburary. So please hurry! Many thanks! God bless, L

Lola Veronica's nipa hut

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

Baby CJ's parent's wedding

SEEKING US$80 per month sponsorship to feed this baby:
Baby CJ needs a sponsor to buy him formula and diapers for a year. We are looking for some kind heart that can spare US$80 a month for a year. Please email me at larriji@gmail.com if you can help this newborn. Baby CJ will not breast feed. The parents can by no means afford expensive formula and diapers. It is essential infants get proper nutrition during the first year. Many thanks for your help and positive thoughts. God bless. L

Baby CJ's parent's wedding in 2007

CJ's parent's wedding in Pangasinan with members of WSU attending.
Pictured from left; Ortencia Malibiran (godmother of the wedding), Lita Verdiflor: WSU Director Samar chapter, Kaye Malibiran: WSU Director AC chapter, Bunso Krizzel: youngest WSU Director, Ate Karen: WSU Producer, Ate Anna: WSU Director Telabastagan chapter, Bride Raine: WSU Director Pangasinan chapter, Vangie Mangalang: WSU Director Malasqui chapter, the groom Ian, and myself as godfather of the wedding.

In Nov 2007 I had the great honor to be godfather of the wedding of the parents of baby CJ. It was quite an amazing experience to take part in a beautiful traditional Filipino wedding. It was an all day affair that ended with a large party where the whole village took part. Bunso Raine, CJ's mom, is one of the Directors for WSU, heading up the Pangasinan chapter.

We are looking for someone to sponsor Baby CJ for one year.

Please give a dollar now to help baby CJ

Glen sends his thanks...

THANK YOU donor S--- for giving US$376 to pay for this man's medical bills:

Great news concerning Glen. A very close friend of mine saw the blog and called me up. She was very moved by Glen's plight and paid the 15k peso hospital bill. Ate Anna and Glen were thrilled to get the news. I xoom'd the money to them the next day and Glen got to leave the hospital and return home. Pictured above is him at his parents house writing a thank you letter to the peer donor. So a simple blog like this is setting peer to peer charity into a reality. Very exciting to see this. Peer to peer charity is the future in giving. Below is the letter Glen wrote to the very kind donor. To see people helping people directly across the globe is very moving. These are the real living heroes of these times; the one in need and the giver to those. Below is Glen's letter of thanks:

L

please give a dollar towards Glen's treatment