We just had a great time at Nuffnang and HSBC arranged visit to Gawad Kalinga Sunshineville in Las Pinas City. We were with Patty of Nuffnang and HSBC representative Abi Lim along with a bunch of happy bloggers. On our way there Patty and Abi briefed us about the "Bayong ng Kabuhayan" livelihood program for the community of Las Pinas who does bags and other home items out of (reject but clean and unused) doypack sheets of popular Zest-O fruit juices. The partners in this worthy endeavor are Maraming Bayani Foundation, Gawad Kalinga and Zest-O Corporation. We were warmly welcomed by a dedicated husband and wife team (forgot the name... sorry) along with their happy partner beneficiaries who showed us how each colored and silver masterpieces are done. They toured us to the colorful GK community and we learned that they were not spared by the recent (Ondoy) typhoon. With the resilience and very positive outlook of these people how can you resist not to be "in love" with the wonderful work of art they produce which are priced to be very affordable.
More stories to come...
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