Monday, October 13, 2008

PILGRIM FOR A DAY

ONE DAY PILGRIMS

WE SEE THEM EVERYWHERE

IN PRAYER CAPITALS OF THE WORLD

WALKING

IN PROCESSION

PRAYING

WITH CANDLES

SINGING SONGS


ONE DAY PILGRIMS?

COME JOIN US


IN THE DAY CARE CENTERS

IN SCHOOLS

DOWN IN THE VALLEY

UP IN THE HILL

BY THE COAST

IN VARIOUS ADOPTED COMMUNITIES

JOIN US WITH A PRAYER

OR A SONG IN YOUR HEART

AS WE COOK EACH POT OF

ARROZ CALDO

AS WE STIR THE RICE AND VITAMEALS

AS WE FLAVOR THE POT FULL OF PORRIDGE


AS WE REACH OUT TO FILL A BOWL

A CANDLE OF HOPE IS LIGHTED

A CANDLE OF FAITH PIERCES THE DARKNESS OF POVERTY

FOR GOD IS LOVE

AND EVERY PILGRIM MANIFESTS THAT LOVE

AS HE SPENDS A DAY

AS HE VOLUNTEERS

TO FEED THE HUNGRY CHILDREN



WILL YOU BE A PILGRIM FOR A DAY?

STAND UP, TAKE ACTION, END HUNGER

STAND UP

TO ERADICATE POVERTY

STAND UP

TAKE ACTION

TO END HUNGER ...

THE HUNGER OF EVERY CHILD

THAT DESTROYS THE FUTURE

HIS AND HERS AND THEIRS AND OURS

THIS IS OUR WORLD

A BOWL OF SOUP

A CUP OF PORRIDGE

A HOT MEAL


COME

LET US FEED THEM

LET US FEED THEIR FUTURE

OUR FUTURE

NOW!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Pictures from Aklan uploaded

New pictures have now been uploaded to DMPF's Multiply site.


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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Message given during the partners meeting

THE PARTNERS MEETING HAS COME TO AN END. HOPEFULLY, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ACROSS TO YOU THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR PARTNER... ASSISI FOUNDATION. BUT MORE THAN THAT, I HOPE THAT IT BROUGHT IN SOME MEANINGFUL REALIZATIONS.

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, GOD ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP.
WE KNOW OF ADAM AND EVE...
ABRAHAM AND SARAH...
ANNA AND JOACHIM...
ZACARIAH AND ELIZABETH...
JOSEPH AND MARY...
COUPLES

WE HEAR OF JAMES AND JOHN...
SIMON AND ANDREW...
BROTHERS

OR THE WOMEN...
SALOME... MAGDALENE...
FRIENDS ?

IN TODAYS WORLD OF SERVICE IN OUR HAPAG-ASA NUTRITION PROGRAM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS.

DONOR–CLIENTS.. EMPLOYER–EMPLOYEES...RECEIVING CLERK–ISSUING CLERK...
PROGRAM OFFICER– IMPLEMENTOR... RECORDER–ENDORSER...

EACH WITH A ROLE TO PLAY, SO THAT CHILDREN IN NEED IN DAYCARES, INTERFAITH GROUPS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES ARE FED... SOTHAT THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY MAY FEEL GOD'S LOVE AND PRESENCE AND THAT WE, COWORKERS, MAY BE HOLY.

SOME GIVE, OTHERS MINISTER.
OUR SHELMED EMPLOYEES WORK SO THAT SHELMED CAN HAVE FUNDS NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR MINISTRY TO THE TEMPORAL ORDER THRU DIOS MABALOS PO FOUNDATION.

IN PARTNERSHIP WE RECOGNIZE RESPONSIBILITY IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE THE VITAMEALS OF ASSISI AND RICE AND INGREDIENTS AS NEEDED SO THAT CHILDREN CEASE TO BE MALNOURISHED, AND TOGETHER WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND PARENTS, THEY CAN REAP THE FRUITS OF A HEALTHY BODY AND AN EDUCATED MIND WITH FAITH AND GRATITUDE.


YES... SA DIOS....MABALOS

YOU MUST BE HOLY AND YOU MUST BE MISSIONARY:
NEVER SEPARATE HOLINESS FROM MISSION – BXVI...
THIS WAS A MESSAGE SENT BY THE POPE TO ALL WORLD YOUTH DAY DELEGATES AND TO US AROUND THE WORLD... IT IS A MESSAGE OF PARTNERSHIP... IT IS A MESSAGE OF FAITH AND VIRTUES .... OF
HOPE AND ETERNITY...

MY DEAR CO-WORKERS, LET US FEED OTHERS BECAUSE OUR GOD IS A GOD WHO PROVIDES.
LET US FEED OTHERS FOR OUR GOD IS A GOD OF HISTORY WHO MARKS THE SUNRISE
AND THE SUNSETS OF OUR LIFE BY HOW WE LOVE THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.

MAY WE DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR THIS KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH SO THAT AT THE ETERNAL SUNSET, WE CAN BE HAPPY WITH HIM AND THOSE HE BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES, LIKE ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI.

LET US NEVER FORGET IN THE WORDS OF SERVANT OF GOD, PETER JOSEPH TRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY IN BELGIUM 200 YEARS AGO...THE POOR ARE OUR MASTERS!!!

LET US SERVE JOYFULLY!!!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Message given at Ibajay, Aklan

Message prepared by Dios Mabalos Po Foundation President, Med Villanueva,
for the launching of the Nutrition program at Ibajay, Aklan.


MAGANDANG UMAGA PO SA INYONG LAHAT

MALAYO PO AKO SA INYONG LAHAT SA ARAW NA ITO

AKO PO AY NAKAUWI NA SA LALAWIGAN NG ALBAY.

PARA PO KAYO MAKARATING SA AMIN..TATAWID PO KAYO MULA SA DAUNGAN NG NEW WASHINGTON O DUMAGUIT PATUNGO SA BATANGAS O MANILA AT MULA

PO DOON AY LALAKBAYIN PO NINYO ANG 500 KILOMETRO PATUNGO SA BICOL REGION. ANG ALBAY PO AY ISA SA ANIM NA LALAWIGAN NG REGION 5.

ANG NASA IBAJAY PO AY AMING BUNSONG ANAK NA SI MARIA LOURDES KASAMA ANG KANYANG NINANG NA SI LINDA.

KATULONG PO NILA ANG AMING MGA BAGONG KA-PAMILYA AT KA PUSO...ANG ROTARY SEALS NG KALIBO NA PINAMUMUNUAN NI PETE RUIZ.

NANG LUMISAN PO SA ALBAY ANG UNANG PANGKAT NANG DIOS MABALOS PO FOUNDATION NA PUMUNTA SA AKLAN, ANG DALA PO NILA AY MGA KALDERO AT

MGA SANDOK AT KALOOBANG HANDANG MAGLINGKOD SA SINUMAN ...SINUMANG MAY BAHAY NA NAPINSALA...SINUMANG NAGUGUTOM O

NANGANGAILANGANG KUMAIN .

DIOS MABALOS PO FOUNDATION AY TUGON NG AMING PAMILYA SA MGA KABATAAN NG LALAWIGAN NG ALBAY.


IN NOVEMBER 2006, OUR PROVINCE WAS DEVASTATED BY TYPHOON REMING

100000 FAMILIES LOST THEIR HOMES, THEIR LIVELIHOOD, RICELANDS AND VEGETABLE FARMLANDS
WHEN THE HOWLING WIND AND THE POURING RAIN TOGETHER WITH LAHAR FROM THE SLOPES OF MAYON VOLCANO CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR PROVINCE. ALMOST 700 PEOPLE DIED AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WERE MISSING.

WE SUFFERED.

BAHA, HANGGING UMUUGONG, ULAN NA BUMUBUGSO, MGA TROSO AT PUNONG KAHOY NA DALA NG UMAAGOS NA LUPA PUTIK AT GUMUGUHONG MGA BATO NA PAGKALALAKI ANG NAGSIRA AT KUMAIN NG MGA BAHAY ,PALAYAN ,TANIMAN NG MGA GULAY

ANG GALIT NG INA NG KALIKASAN ANG .NAGING DAHILAN PARA MALUNOD ANG MGA TAO AT MGA HAYOP.

BUWAN PO NG NOBIYEMBRE 2006 NG NANGYARI ITONG MALAGIM NA KABANATA SA BUHAY NG MGA MAMAYAN NG ALBAY

THE FURY OF MOTHER NATURE ON NOVEMBER 2006 WILLNEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY ALBAYANOS.

KUNG KAYA HINDI PO DAPAT NIYO IKAGULAT NA KAMI AY NARIRITO NGAYON.


NAUNA PO KAMING DUMAAN SA LAGIM NG GALIT NA INA NG KALIKASAN

KAYA PO DI KAMI NAGATUBILING PUMUNTA SA INYONG LALAWIGAN

WE FELT THE LOSS ..WE KNEW THE PAIN ..TYPHOONS COME REGULARLY TO ALBAY ALTHOUGH TYPHOON REMING WAS DIFFERENT .

LAHAR, BOULDERS . AND THE MASSIVE DEBRIS FROM THE SLOPES OF THE MAYON VOLCANO WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE.

NINAIS PO NAMIN DALHIN SA INYO ANG PANANAMPALATAYA AT

PANALANGIN NA KAYAHIN NINYO ANG PAGSUBOK NA ITO NA DALA NG HANGIN AT ULAN AT BAHA .


MOVED BY COMPASSION, DRIVEN BY FAITH AND CHALLENGED TO PAY IT FORWARD WE CAME TO YOUR PROVINCE.

ANG HAPAG ASA ....ANG MESA NG PAGASA AY DINALA NAMIN SA AKLAN PARA MABAWASAN ANG PAGAALALA NG MGA MAGULANG SA PANGANGAILANGAN NG
KANILANG MGA ANAK.

SA PAGKADAMIDAMING PROBLEMA DAHIL SA BAHAY AT ARIARIAN NA NAGKASIRASIRA KADALASAN AY DI MARAMDAMAN NG MGA MAGULANG.ANG GUTOM .

NARITO PO KAMI SA ORAS NG INYONG PANGANGAILANGAN SAPAGKAT NAKATANGGAP RIN PO KAMI NG TULONG SA ORAS NG AMING PANGANAILANGAN


WE CAME TO SHOW YOU THAT HAPAG ASA IS A TABLE OF HOPE...A SHARING OF SIMPLE MEALS TO PREVENT MALNUTRITION THAT COMES WITH DISASTERS.

WE CAME BELIEVING THAT SHARING FROM THE POTS OF VITAMEALS AND VARIOUS ARROZ CALDOS OR CHAMPORADOS WE CAN JOURNEY WITH YOU IN THE

NEXT 6 MONTHS TOWARDS SUSTAINED HEALTH.

HINIHILING PO NAMIN NA TAYO AY MAGTULONG TULONG SA PAGHAHANDA NA PAGKAIN NA MAY VITAMEALS NA PUNO NG MICRO NUTRIENTS AT MACRO NUTRIENTS PARA PO MAKAIWAS SA SAKIT AT MATUGONAN ANG SAPAT NA PANGANGAILANGAN NG ATING MGA KATAWAN

MGA GURO AT MGA MAGULANG ..SA ISANG MASIGASIG NA PALAKPAKAN IPAABOT NATIN KAY MAYOR LULU ANG PASASALAMAT SA PAGBABAHAGI NG BIGAS NA KAILANGAN SA HAPAG ASA NUTRITION PROGRAM .

LET US NEVER FORGET THAT THE FEEDING PROGRAM IS AN INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR OUR CHILDREN. HEALTHY CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOMS WILL BE MORE PARTICIPATIVE. HEALTHY CHILDREN CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER ECONOMY FOR THE HOMES AND THE COUNTRY.

ANG VITAMEALS NA IBINABAHAGI NAMIN SA INYO AY NAGMULA SA PONDONG PINOY AT CARITAS AT SA ASSISI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, MGA KAPWA NATIN PILIPINO NA NANINIWALA NA ANG KULUSUGAN AY KAYAMANAN. HUWAG TAYONG MAKAKALIMOT NA MAGPASALAMAT SA BIYAYA NA ATING NATATANGGAP MULA SA MGA TAONG DI NATIN KILALA NGUNIT NAGKAKAISA NA MAKATULONG SA MGA NANGANGAILANGAN.

HINIHILING NAMIN SA INYO NA PAALAHANIN ANG MGA BATA NA BAGO SILA KUMAIN AY ISIPIN NILA ANG MGA MAGULANG NA NAGHANDA NG PAGKAIN, ANG KANILANG MGA GURO NA TUMUTULONG SA PROGRAMMANG ITO ANG MGA PINUNO NG INYONG LALAWIGAN AT BAYAN, AND LIDERES AT MGA KASAPI NG ROTARY CLUB NG KALIBO AT ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS SEALS NA KASAMA NAMIN SA PROJECT NA ITO.


SA BIKOL PO KUNG KAMI PO AY NAGPAPASALAMAT ANG AMING SINASABI AY DIOS MABALOS PO. ITO PO AY DALANGIN NG PASASALAMAT NA PAGPALAIN NG PANGINOON ANG SINUMANG TUMULONG SA AMIN


FRIENDS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HONORABLE MAYOR LULU,VICE MAYOR,MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN AS WELL AS SUPERVISORS AND PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN IBAJAY, DIOS MABALOS PO FOUNDATION THANKS YOU ALL

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU AT THIS TIME OF NEED.

WE THANK YOU FOR ENABLING US TO MANIFEST OUR GRATITUDE

TO THOSE WHO HELPED US BY PAYING IT FORWARD AND HELPING YOU.

WE BELIEVE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE LIKE MIRRORS.

THEY REFLECT OUR ATTITUDES IN LIFE.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU WE PROCLAIM AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE.

WE WISH FOR YOU WHAT WE WISH FOR OURSELVES.

THE CAPACITY TO DREAM OF A BETTER TOMORROW

THE COMMITMENT TO WORK FOR A BETTER A TOMORROW

AND THE PASSION TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER FOR A PEACEFUL AND HEALTHY PHILIPPINES.


THANK YOU PO... SALAMAT PO... DIOS MABALOS PO!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Dios Mabalos Po Foundation Inc.

DMPFI is a non-stock and non-profit organization whose purpose is to

1. Engage in philanthropic, humanitarian and charitable purposes, for the particular benefit of the Province of Albay as well as generally, the Bicol Region;

2.Spearhead the comprehensive, holistic, integrated and sustainable rehabilitation and redevelopment of disaster-affected and impoverized areas in the Bicol Region, particularly in the Province of Albay, that may likewise provide a useful disaster-response template that may be applicable to the rest of the country, through concerted multi-sectoral action and initiatives characterized by unconditional giving and pay-it-forward spirit in order to build faith-centered communities bound by an abiding respect for the dignity of every human being and committed to the responsible stewardship of all creation;

3.Undertake campaigns, programs and projects that apply the 6Rs strategies to disaster response of relief, repair, relocate, rehabilitate, re-green and re-unite to ensure the attainment of the eight (8) critical components of redevelopment in the Province of Albay, namely, NGO-Government partnership, ecologically balanced industries and eco-tourism, western-seaboard growth opportunities, reliable electric power services, leadership capacity-building, bayanihan-inspired home building, agro-industrialization, and youth-led volunteerism;

4.Actualize in all its campaigns, programs and projects the attitude of gratitude and the core values of malasakit, bayanihan, fairness, generosity, drive for excellence, spirituality, responsibility, integrity, transparency, and honesty that will promote values-formation and character-building amongst its members as well as in communities in the Province of Albay and the Bicol region as its contribution towards nation-building; and

5.Perform all and everything that is necessary and proper for the attainment of the above-mentioned purposes.

Appeal for aid

"If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one." Mother Teresa.

And yet out in Aklan, such a challenge is too ordinary. For out there, where 12,239 families lost
their homes or where 25,320 families have partially damaged houses, to attempt to feed a hundred is in itself a call that everyone has started to respond to.

In far greater measure, Dios Mabalos Po Foundation, a not for profit, non stock, non government
organization, in partnership with Assisi Foundation, has committed to feed as many as are cold,
wet and hungry throughout the province of Aklan.

The implementation of the Hapag Asa Integrated Nutrition program was born due to a recognized need for assistance of the children of Albay. When typhoon Durian (Reming) devastated Albay, it became a top priority program of DMPF.

In 2007, Dios Mabalos Po Foundation fed 47,000 children from Albay, Sorsogon, and
Catanduanes through its partner organizations. This year, while preparing for its partnership
meeting, the call to heed the cries of the Aklanons was heard by DMPF.

With 340 packs of vitameal (a micro nutrient package) worth about half a million pesos from the
Assisi foundation and rice and ingredients that are provided by donor and benefactors, DMPF
staff leave Albay for Aklan bringing with them their pots and ladles and some initial sacks of rice
to feed a targeted 10,000 young and old residents in need daily.

We write to request your assistance in the form of cash or kind to support our community kitchen. Ten thousand persons to be fed require us to prepare rice and ingredients amounting to no less than Php 50,000.00 daily.

We acknowledge that some GIVE to the persons in need thru MINISTRY and yet others Minister to the persons in need through GIVING. Some have asked to join the community kitchen volunteer group. We welcome them. Others have offered rice, canned good, tarpaulins and mosquito nets and have asked that we pass them on to those who are in need. We are grateful for their generosity.

Whatever you find in your heart to donate is welcome. The feeding program will last for the next
45 days until August 15th.

Kindly call... 639065795093 (Badeth) or (052) 4833505 (Beth) for instructions regarding your donations or inquiries.

Dios an magbalos po saindo,
Med V. Villanueva
President