Ate gets PHILHEALTH setup....

I was very fortunate to sell a piece of gear on ebay. I sold my SONY DSR-45P. An amazing PRO DVCam that I used in my studio where I work on documentaries. It was hard to sell the deck but it is serving a different purpose now. The person buying it has no idea the benefit others will be recieving as a result of this sale. Read here to catch just one immediate beneficial results Ate Anna is recieving from this:

hi kuya.. hello...kuya i just wanna say thank u bec my philhealth is already cridit now we can use any time soon kuya.. thank u so much.. u know kuya is really hard for me always in hospital and have some one love is really seriuos sickness really hard and hurt of mine.. the truth im really shy to u kuya that i always asking help to u.. but i dont have choice bec here. just only once give help.. then 2nd time is nothing.. sorry but pls understand me kuya.. sorry i never thinking u have a tree of money.. u know kuya when u telling me like that im hurt so much and if u see me in person i need to cover my face:( bec. im really shy.. but i dont have choice to tell to u what i have problems, but i tought in my self im being crazy..:((..im hurt and shy to u always. but still to face it what i need to do..sorry kuya.. but i really need u so many times.. most of all not for my own self is glen sick.. just for him..:( pls understand me.. and plss dont give up to help me bec is not my own needs all u help me right know everything have something to in porpouse..thank u so much. and we love you.. plssssssss kuya understand me and dont give up to us.. and dont get mad at me.. im really sorry but is hurt for me too kuya.. may god pay all this.. and god love us.. tc always kuya cost i care alot for u..bec we love u so much.. your big big part of my whole life..thank u so much.. and sorry too.. love u. tnx 4 everything..pls dont give up.. and help me for glen.. plsssssss thank u..:(

Please give a dollar to pitch in to help Ate Anna with raising money for 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

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

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 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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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 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!

Bunso Jessa's family needs a house

Bunso Jessa is one of World Sisters United up and coming Directors. She lives in a squatters village in Manila. One that was hit very hard by the big typhoon a year ago where many lost their houses or roofs. This squatters village is very near and dear to my heart. We have three WSU directors from there and whenever I visit this place I get nothing but amazing hospitality and great times from the people living there. The picture above shows the WSU crew with tripods and camera cases all walking into this squatters incampment. Bunso Jessa is looking back waiting for me, because the cat walk you see goes on for half the length of a football field and I usually have near-death experiences when I traverse it because the boards are so rickety and the bog you have to walk over looks like it could easily contain toxic death waste water. Although I'm told it's just sewage run-off mixed with basic watershedding.

It's hard to believe this squatters village is in the middle of such a large urban area as Manila. When you get past the vast series of moats surrounding the village you could be on some removed island anywhere. Jessa's family lives in a house that is exremely small for ten people. I paid for them to build a small eatery that is next to their house. The eatery is typical construction for the Philippines, poured concrete floor, concrete cinder block walls and corrugated tin roof. The total cost of the construction for the small eatery (10' x 8') was us$750. But their house is in dire need of construction so we are trying to raise the funds to build one. Their current house is one very small room with a small sleeping space you climb up in to. The wall pictured below (behind where the family stands) is the only legitimate wall of the makeshift building and it's actually just the wall of the neighboring house. The rest of the house is just cobbled together with scrap material and bamboo. It has dirt floors and water runs through the floor when it rains. (which it does a lot in Manila). The last typhoon completely ripped off the roof leaving the family without housing for some time. (the eatery wasn't yet finished)

Bunso Jessa got her uncle and father to put together a list of the costs for building out their house to give it a proper floor, walls and roof. The total with labor and all came to us$1500. So we are setting up a fund to raise that money. So join with us in some international barn raising and give what you can. Email me at larriji@gmail.com or you can paypal directly to wsu_phi@yahoo.com - please put Jessa House Fund in the comments for paypal. Any amount will help and 100% of any gifts go directly to Jessa to build their house. We will be following the progress with this and documenting the results of gifts so all can see the results. Many thanks to all for your support and kind words. Please give even a dollar! God bless L

Bunso Jessa, WSU Director, in one of WSU's Sari Sari shops, picture taken in 2007

Seeking donations for the Jessa House Fund - us$1500 needed to build her family a house.