Philippine Asian News Today Vol 20 no 19 | Page 21

October 1 - 15, 2018
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
VP Robredo Visits..
sinks, and toilet bowls for 1,868
individuals and 725 families; and families
affected by various natural calamities.
Angat Buhay was also able to help
3,646 indigent patients get assistive devices
and free health services, while 935 women
were able to attend product development
and marketing workshops, gender and
development planning, Violence Against
Women orientations, and courses on
hairdressing and cosmetology.
Robredo said that the Senate had
increased the OVP’s proposed budget for
2018 by P20 million to help fund the Angat
Buhay program, a big help for more families,
but she continues to appeal to kababayans
all over the world, to help her next project,
Angat Kabuhayan.
“We hope that you can support us in this
work that we do, so that marami pa tayong
matulungang kababayan,” she adds. “We
know that you can help them because you
have the means to do so,” Robredo adds.
Robredo also told the guests that she has
a brother in Calgary, so her visit to Canada
is not new, but this is the first time that she
stayed in Vancouver. She mentioned that
she visited Stanley Park and Granville Island,
and was able to interview some OFWs for
her program on Angat Buhay before the
gathering in the evening.
The PBABC celebrated their anniversary
in time for Robredo’s visit, and president
Danilo Reyes and its members, were very
honoured to have her grace the event. She
was presented a plaque by the organization
for their visit, and Jun Cunanan of the
Cunanan family presented a painting he
made of Robredo with Vancouver in the
background.
Several members of the Catanduanes
International Association as well as the
PBABC choir presented some songs,
while Rosario Strings led by Kimwell Del
Rosario, serenaded the guests and Robredo
with Filipino kundiman songs as well as
contemporary music.
Photo credit: Raymund Correa/
Reyfort Publishing.
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