BULALAKAW - Pandan Antique Newsletter
Official Publication of
Pandan Antique Foundation and Pagtatap Foundation, Inc.
A PART OF THE LEGACY
By Mitzi G. Alojipan, Philippines
Photography by Chinkin Coruna Continuation... from page 3

I learned so much about the realities of life through the mission and savored every minute of it. I felt privileged to be a part of a team that devotes its time and services to the less privileged people every summer, for free. The experience affected me greatly that I told Tatay that I was willing to do it all over again, in a heartbeat, and would join the mission the following year. I promised him that I would contribute more than my man-hours each time I joined so I could further justify my presence in the MANGGYAN mission.

And so I did. I joined again in 2003. In 2005. And once again this April 2006.

Photography by Chinkin CorunaIn the few years that I had been with MANGGYAN, I helped out on the same thing, and each year since 2002 to 2005, I made sure that I shared something more than my man-hours during the actual mission itself. I involved myself in light pre-mission preparations like organizing a student-based medicine and toothbrush-toothpaste donation and pledge drives to aid the MANGGYAN's medical supplies campaign. I was a student then, and my concept of involvement was limited to "what I can do while I was studying." It was only during the preparations for the 2006 mission, when I joined the organizing team, that I realized the meaning and gravity of the mission. I couldn't help but be amazed and awestruck at what people, like my Tatay, have to go through to pursue their dreams of helping the less privileged in their medical needs and make things happen for them and others. Photography by Chinkin Coruna

Now it's the April 2006 medical mission. Our main impression-what we usually see of the MANGGYAN Mission — are the 4 days of actual volunteer work in Pandan, Antique. I have come to realize that the real work of the MANGGYAN mission is in its planning and preparation, but those four days that the people see and experience are the culmination of everything that's real and meaningful.

It has indeed been a literal sweat of blood and tears for twenty, but productive, years.




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