Major push to get Glen Coronary Angiogram

Glen is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Ate Anna has made an amazing push to raise the funds to get Glen his much needed coronary angiogram. All we need to raise is US$338 and he will be in Manila within a day at a highly acclaimed heart clinic. This is really very encouraging. Please help Glen now. Even a dollar helps. Just click the "donate" button to direct deposit into the World Sisters United Filipino bank account. Our Treasurer Kaye Malibiran will then expedite the money immediately after it clears and hand it off to Ate Anna for the medical bills. We will be doing daily updates on Glen's progress. Help now! Thank you and God bless! Here is the latest email from Ate Anna about the recent donation drive:

hi kuya this pix i send it to u is the some people donate and help me to raise money for glen coronary angiogram.. is this 1st pix is marygrace she live at marisol angeles city i tell that we need money for glen in his coronary angiogram and she help me 1k.. the other 1 pix the short hair dress a daster she is my best friend name gay concepcion is friend of mine everytime glen in hosapital she visit and give vetables and fruits she always help in a little things but now she donate me 2k..and my kuya arnold also give me 2k and the one pix is romnick father is name dave quiambao he give also 1k and the last pix is name ferdinand is a bussiness man he donate 4k.. the others donate 5h, 2h.1h..thats why i fine money and all i money i have now is 26k so i need kuya 14k.. bec my auncle is not there.. so maybe i go back later if he donate also.. bec he said he give 2k but is not there.. all i ask help to u kuya is 14k so complete the 40k to do the angiogram of glen..help us kuya maybe the 2k give my auncle is for the transfortation we can use and for foods for go to manila in heart center..i need it soon kuya the 14k.. plsssss.. just that money to complete the money.. so we knows what glen problems and if have a good operation for him.. how wish all this is finish very soon and glen is become normal again.. i pray alot and wish.. thank u to all people give future again for glen.. tnx alot.. and kuya thank u.. may god bless us..

These are just a few of the friends, family and neighbors of Ate Anna who have donated all totalled now 26,000 peso (US$628). We still need 14,000 pesos (US$338) to pay for the coronary angiogram.

This is very exciting that we are at a point where the possibility of getting Glen the treatment he needs. It's been a long struggle for Glen and Ate Anna. For over a year Glen has suffered.

Please give a dollar to help Glen!

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

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..

Blogging for Bunso Francen

Francen Kane Tuazon needs therapy for her eyes. She was born cross-eyed. The therapy is 4k ($98.20) per month for five months. All she needs is a little help from some kind soul out there to get her past this disability so she can live a normal life. Talking about a gift that keeps giving! Help this girl out now and she will be forever grateful that somebody cared enough to really do something. We are talking about a $500 investment in someone who deserves the chance to see straight. Please help Bunso Francen out. Contact me at larriji@gmail.com for more details.

Seeking anyone to help us get this child eye therapy. Send a dollar to help!

Blogging for baby Ashley Nicole

When I recruited Jhen for WSU she was working online in the Cybersex sweatshops and she was only 15. She is now struggling to survive free of the sex industry. Two years later and Jhen is now a mother of beautfiful Ashley Nicole. Jhen's husband works in the construction business and as a welder but work is very sporadic. Baby will not take natural milk from the mother so formula is needed. This is a serious issue in the Philippines. Formula is exrememly costly and many babies will not take natural milk. (is this a trend? what's the reason for this one must wonder). We are trying to find a sponsor or one time donations to help baby Ashley Nicole get some formula. Please paypal to wsu_phi@yahoo.com and put Ashley Nicole Fund in the comments. Any questions email me at larriji@gmail.com many thanks and God bless. L

Pictured here is Bunso Jhen, proud new mother of Ashley Nicole and up and coming Director for World Sisters United in the Philippines.

Please give a dollar to help baby Ashley!

Blogging for Bunso Lita

Bunso Lita was one of the first World Sisters United recruits that I made. She hails from the Island of Samar in the Philippines. Lita was raised in a family of fishermen working the waters around Samar Island using a traditonal outrigger boat. Her father passed away a couple of years ago after a years of poor health. This led to hard times for Lita and her family. I paid for a Sari Sari shop for Lita's family and that has helped provide them with a steady income but it's not enough. Lita's older brother (pictured below by the boat) has been trying to raise the money to buy another boat after loosing the first one to hard times. So we are trying to raise the money here for a new boat. They found this boat (below) for sale for 10k php (US$245.70 @ 2/11/08 exchange rate). This boat will provide the family with all their income needs. This is not a lot of money to make such a difference. Please help out Lita and her family now. Even a dollar helps!

STILL NEED US$245.70 to help Bunso Lita buy this boat for her family!

Please give a dollar to help Bunso Lita!

Glen really needs help now...

SEEKING US$120 to pay the deposit on this man's immediate medical bills:

We are desperately asking for some money to help Glen. I'm getting frequent text messages and emails from Ate Anna now for 5K peso (US$120) for a deposit for the next draining of toxic fluids for Glen. His breathing was apparently so irregular that he had to go back into the hospital to go on life support. This is a very bad turn of events. Even though the draining is keeping him alive it is ultimately not progress because its just treating the symptom and not fixing the root problem. This is the conundrum we are facing. What Glen really needs is a coronary angiogram (costs US$1000) to narrow down the specific issue causing his liver and kidneys to fail. Then this test should tell the doctors what is wrong with his heart so they can operate (costs unknown). Specialists in the Manila heart clinic that examined Glen ran enough tests to see that the root problem is in his heart but he needs the angiogram before he can be operated on. But the bottom line is none of this can happen without assistance from our friends. Glen comes from a poor family and there is no money at all. Please email me if you can help in any way; larriji@gmail.com . If any readers out there has any medical connections in the Philippines who can help, please pass it on to us, it might very well save Glen's life.

Meanwhile WSU members are still documenting Glen's story to get the message out there. Our chief director Kaye is going to be video taping Glen again after we lost the last footage due to the tape malfunctioning. Here is the latest email from Ate Anna:


this is pix of glen hope this pix is help for donation people... really tired every mints every our every day.. but i have nochoice.. kuya i need ur help a lot.. kaye txt me the video of glen is gone she dont know what? happen:((... video is big help i dont know what happen kaye for the video... kuyA i need money what will i do here... pls help us.. god bless us.. we love u.

STILL SEEKING US$1000 to pay for angiogram for Glen. Even a dollar can help. Through microgiving we can get Glen the tests he needs. Please give a single dollar now!

Glen is back in the hospital...

Glen is back in the hospital to get drained again. We are desperately looking for someone to help us with another 15k peso (US$370 at today's exchange rate) Here is the latest email plea from Ate Anna:

hello kuya!! this is the pix of glen plssssssss help us... we need money.. just for now we need to deposit 5k then if we go home the 10k.. pls kuya help us... may god bless us.. wait ur txt i told to management untill tom. i pay the 5k... help us.

STILL SEEKING US$1000 to pay for coronary angiogram for Glen. Please give a dollar to help Glen now!

Bunso Vangie text messages about Lola Veronica...

THANK YOU anonymous donor for paying US$45.5 to buy medicine for Lola Veronica!

Pictured above is Lola Veronica with her family in 2006 before she got sick with throat cancer. In the center is Bunso Vangie (Lola Veronica is to her right).

Received some text message conversations from Bunso Vangie on 1/12/08. Vangie needs 1845 peso (US$45.5) for medicine for her Lola Veronica. WSU funds are depleted and so are mine so we are seeking help from our friends. Using paypal and xoom we can get the money to the Philippines almost instantly. Please contact me at larriji@gmail.com if you can help Lola Veronica, who desperately needs a throat operation. We are also looking for a free clinic in the Pangasinan area. Thank you for caring. Below is the transcription from the text messages:


Sent: 1/12/08 6:29 PM
From: Larriji
Hi bunso? How r u? Hw is lola? Im nt online nw. I blogged 4 ur lola. Send more updates in email ill chek tonight. Much lov to u N family. Godbless muahh! L


Sent: 1/12/08 6:40 PM
From: bunso VANGIE
she they Same Situation Kuya:((,kuya I Ned Ur Help N0w H0pe U Can,i Ned t0 Buy Medecin F0r My L0la..asap..kuya I send U M0re Pix Later,tc


Sent: 1/12/08 6:41 PM
From: Larriji
Hw much medicine bunso?


Sent: 1/12/08 6:48 PM
From: bunso VANGIE
1845..kuya,wat wil I D0 s0 We Can Raised The M0ney Kuya,?i realy Mis U Kuya


Sent: 1/12/08 6:50 PM
From: Larriji
Bunso all i can do now is blog :( Ill do update n ask for the money for medicine. Misss u too bunso. Hang in there n have faith. Ok? Tc much lov. Muahhh! L


Sent: 1/12/08 6:57 PM
From: bunso VANGIE
Kuya H0pe U can Help Me N0w Pls,my L0la She Realy D0nt Have Medecin Kuya pls Help Me N0W


Sent: 1/12/08 9:56 PM
From: bunso VANGIE
Kuya,pls Help My L0la F0r Her Medecin She Realy Ned C0ntinue Her Medecin,she d0nt HaV Med.n0w Kuya Pls Help Us.asap


Sent: 1/12/08 9:59 PM
From: Larriji
Honestly bunso i dont have money! :( i can only ask others. Hav faith. Ill pray. Lov u L


Sent: 1/12/08 10:23 PM
From: bunso VANGIE
Waaa:(i Understand U Kuya,its Ok Im Tryng 2 barr0w t0 My Friend..l0v U Kuya U Tc Always,g0d Alway be Here F0r Us..muahh

Lola Veronica in 2006 with her beloved family

STILL SEEKING US$250 to pay for a throat operation for Lola Veronica.

Please give a dollar now!

Ate Anna updates on Glen...

Ate Anna sends a new email explaining the need for money to buy medicine for Glen. If you or anyone you know has some money to help out this 30yr old man in the Philippines please contact me at larriji@gmail.com and I can give you more details. This blog is the beginning of a peer to peer giving web portal. Already someone has read Glen's story and given 15K peso (US$376). This money paid for Glen's hospital bill and allowed Glen to go home. Here is Ate Anna's email describing the medical expenses:

hi kuya!! im not sure in i get the video now for glen.. but kuya he wants to do that bec.. he needs ur help a lot.. but he dont have strong bec. he cant sleep for the whole nyt.. the problem for glen now is not sleep.. and he dont have any medicine.. bec. is lock of money.. thats why his stomach become bigger and bigger again.. and his stomach is full thats why he cant eat and he cant sleep..the big problems of mine is where we i get the the money for everyday life of glen... and kuya he need to test again his protien, NA, SODUIOM, and many more for his blood is all cost 4,145.. and u know just i told you everyday medicine is cost 400per day.. where we get that money everyday... but he need to maintain is medicine for life.. really really broke now and dont have any medicine he take up,.. thats wht maybe is body cant move can sleep.. plssss any people have extra money and have big heart for all people like glen.. pls help us.. kuya i need ur help really badly pls help us... i need buy medicine and get the test for his blood..hope u can send money for him.. tc always god bless u always... thyank u for everything.

STILL SEEKING US$1000 to pay for coronary angiogram for Glen.

Please give a dollar now to help Glen!

Blogging for baby Rhiann Nicole

STILL NEED US$376 to pay this newborn's medical bills:

Baby Rhiann Nicole was born on December 14 of 2007 to WSU member Maryann Asis, Director of our Biliran chapter. She was born premature and has a congenital heart problem. The baby is seen here in an incubator where she still must stay. But the doctors say that the premature baby needs to go to a better hospital in Tacloban some hours drive from Naval, Biliran where the baby now resides there at the public hospital. We are asking our freinds out there to please help baby Rhiann Nicole. Her mother, Maryann, is a single mother (the father abandoned the mother and baby) and she lives in a nipa hut on a squatters village on the Island of Biliran. There is no money in the family and no support to be found so far. Since all the WSU funds and my own funds are depleted we need extra help. Please contact me here if you can help. (larriji@gmail.com) We can easily paypal or xoom the money to our WSU account and get the money to Maryann immediately. This money may save this babies life. We are asking for 15K peso (US$376) to pay for this babies hospital bills and to transport the baby to a better hospital where they have the facilities and expertise to find everything this baby needs to survive. Below is a note Maryann has written in Tagalog to tell her story:

heloo to all of uss..ako poh c mary ann b. asis naka tira sa brgy palanay caibiran biliran.. 20yrs old..isa akong memeber nang wsu.. nais ko sana eh share sa inyo ung problem ko.. ako poh ay isang single mom ang baby ko poh ay eh sinilang ko nong december 14 2007 pero hindi ko pa judit nyan dapat eh si2lang ko sya ngayung jan 14 pa pero eh sinilang ko sya nang ma aga or premature xa... na admit m sa hospital nong dec 13 tpos lumabas ako at ang baby ko nong dec 23 malaki ginastos namin sa hospital kasi na incubate anak ko dahil premature nga sya nsa 60thow yong gastos namin sa akin at sa anak ko nag bigay nang tulong sakin ay si kuya larry na maka labas kami sa hospital.. sa ngayun ung anak ko ay na admit ulit or na incubate xa ulit dahil hirap xa hominga at my problema xa sa heart nya dito kami ngayun sa naval hospital... kina usap ako nang doctor nang anak ko na kaylangan namin lumipat sa prvt hospital pero do ko magawa kasi wala na akong pera kaylangan ko nang 30k pra lumipat sa prvt hospital.. at kaylangan ko pa nang 15k para sa bill namin sa hospital dito sa naval bago kami lumipat sa tacloban city or in prvt hospital... ang hinihintay ko lang poh sa ngayun ay ang pera para na kami maka lipat sa prvt hospitl kasi sabi nang doctor hang gang monday nlang kami dito sa naval us soon us possible dapat maka labas na kami... sana poh ay ma tulongan ako sa prob ko.. sna makalipat na kami sa monday.. yan lang poh.. maraming salamat poh........ frome: mary ann b. asis......Jan 10, 2008

Please send a dollar now for baby Rhiann Nicole

Lola Veronica is home not doing so well...

SEEKING US$250 to buy a throat operation for this elderly lady:

Lola Veronica is in need of a throat operation. She lives in a small village outside of Malasqui in the Philippines. She has throat cancer and recently left the hospital because of lack of funds to operate. We are desperately seeking US$250 to fund her operation. At present she cannot talk at all and is a great deal of pain. If you have any funds you can spare please message me and I will see to it that the funds go directly to her for the operation.


God bless.

L

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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

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Lola Veronica struggling to talk

This photo I took in Nov 2007 in Pangasinan. Lola Veronica was struggling to tell me that she lost her voice. Just the year before in Oct 2006 Lola Veronica had sang some old Pangasinan folk songs only she could remember. We are desperately trying to raise 12K peso (around $250US) for her to get an operation on her throat.

anyone who has some extra funds please paypal anything you can spare to: wsu_phi@yahoo.com and write "Lola Veronica Fund" in the comments. WSU members will make sure the funds get to Lola Veronica. Please message me telling me of your donation. Please note we are not a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit yet. We are working on getting this set up. But until then the donation is not tax deductible.

Many thanks!

Please give a dollar now to help Lola Veronica!

Blogging for Lola Veronica

Pictured above is Lola Veronica at the WSU sari sari shop in Malasqui. I first met Lola Veronica in 2006 at her home in the Pangasinan province on the island of Luzon. She is the great aunt of Vangie, WSU Director of Malasqui chapter. Lola Veronica is now in the hospital in Pangasinan with throat cancer. She is struggling a great deal suffering a great deal and the doctors give her a 50-50 chance to live. We are trying to raise 12K(about $250US) peso to pay for a throat operation that might save her.

All WSU money is depleted at this time. So anybody out there that has some extra money please message me. You can paypal direct to our WSU bank account in the Philippines. email address: wsu_phi@yahoo.com Please put in comments Lola Veronica Fund. Our 501(c)(3) registration is still in progress. So this is not a tax deductible donation. But none the less its a worthy and desperately needed donation. Thank you for all the positive thoughts and words of support.

Peace in 008

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