After months of being dormant, Davao once again felt our presence through a simple gift-giving event in Bangkal Davao City.
What Has Been
The last week of 2017 was a tough time for all Davaoenos. On Dec 22, Tropical Storm Vinta ravaged Mindanao and left massive floods in the streets of Davao. Residents in low-lying areas of the city had to spend Christmas in evacuation centers but still grateful that no harm has come to them; thankfully, there were no casualties.
Then on Dec 23, Davao's home-grown mall known as NCCC caught fire, claiming 38 lives. The whole city was in mourning. Mayor Sara Duterte postponed the scheduled festivities and called upon everyone to empathize to those who were affected by the storm and those who lost their loved ones and their jobs to the fire.
Difficult as it may be, bouncing back has been a way of life in Davao. The success of the city today only shines brighter because of its dark history.
In 1970's Davao City was dubbed as the Philippines' Murder Capital; dissension in the city was severe and murders were committed in the streets. The locals persevered and even formed vigilante groups aiming to rid the city of the elements who caused the the conflicts and finally, hope came in 1985. The city recovered and is now considered one of the most important cities in the Philippines. It was a tedious job but it got done with the locals and the government doing it hand in hand. That's how it was then and that remains to be now.
In the spirit of bouncing back from what happened in 2017, we joined the Children's Ministry of Bangkal in a simple gift-giving event in a challenged community in the city. The small gathering was supposed to be a Christmas party for the children but because of the storm, they had to cancel, and was instead held yesterday at 3pm in the hall of Leon A. Garcia Sr. Elem school. 36 kids enjoyed the spaghetti, fried chicken, lumpiang shanghai and cake that were served after some fun and games. They later on had a discussion on lessons from the bible with the pastor that was present in the event and brought home some toys and goodies.
What Will Be
We are not stopping there. It's just the beginning of the year and yet we already have a big project coming up in April. We were made aware about the plight of some students of Libertad National High School in a remote area in Samal Island, Davao del Norte. The post Project Proposal | SteemPH in Libertad National High School tells us how some of the students eat rice with sea salt for lunch, something they won't have to do if they know how to grow their own food. So in April, we are visiting the school in Samal, Davao del Norte aiming to impart basic knowledge on homesteading and provide basic tools necessary to start a vegetable garden in their own backyard. We will also be allotting some time to speak with the educators about Steemit and how the platform may impact them and their teaching.
In the coming days, we will be sharing updates on the developments of the project and post about the homesteading techniques we will share during our visit to the school.
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Hello, your post was nominated for an upvote by a fellow within the Sndbox incubator. Thank you for sharing your outreach and philanthropic work in Davao @steemph.davao! Sending well wishes your way. Steem on :)
You guys are awesome. Thank you for the support, @sndbox!
Wow: your city's been through a lot of bad times. Nice to see it's recovered so well.
Thanks for helping out!
It's an honor to be able to do this and it's all thanks to this wonderful platform, and of course to people like you. Massive thanks for your support, @nxtblg!
I can't click the discord link on mobile browser. I didn't know there is a steemit community here in Davao. Haha. May I join you? I hope you will invite me if you decide to hold activities like this in the future. I'll surely find time to join you despite my hectic schedule. I'm from Davao City, living in the downtown area, and working in Marco Polo. Hope I'll get to know you soon :)
Here is the discord access for Steemit Philippines server,
https://discord.gg/SbctSSP
Thank you for the invitation! 😊
yw..there's a general and a davao room, mag-ingay ka don☺
Hahahahah Okay po :)
Thank you for this lola!
yw ate😄😄
Hi, @caratzky! We're thrilled to know you're interested to join us! We'd love to have you in our events!
Thank you very much. I'll be waiting for you to beep me in the discord chat. God bless you!
Thank you for serving your community.
Much love and blessings to you and the people of Davao. I can already see 2018 being a huge year for you all.
Thank you for the love and support, @bearone!
God bless to you @steemph.davao
Creating and building more compassionate world for them!
Thank you, kuya @dante01!
Hi @steemph.davao! It was a great come back to all of you :)
Perfect way to start a new beginning.
By the way, I'll be visiting Davao this coming Feb 11-15, hopefully you could tell me or advise me where to visit. haha
Anyway, Steem On and continue to inspire everyone ^_^
Hi, @queenjventurer!
I'm so excited that you're visiting Davao soon! Are you in Discord? Maybe you can say hi to us in our Davao channel; I'm not in Davao but there are other Steemians in Davao who might be able to join you in your Davao adventure. =D
Me too, super excited :)))
Yes yes, will do that and ask them where to go and of course not to mention their delicacies and for pasalubongs. Hehe
Thanks much!
Oh, too bad for all davaoenios .. I feel it, the life experiencing this natural calamaties because SAMAR also hit by the different tyohoons especially yolanda.. Thanks God for having this platform that anyone can help in one way or another.
Keep helping to others!
Love
@micch
Yeah. It's becoming more frequent too. About a decade ago, typhoons were unheard of in Davao City. I'm glad you got through Yolanda. Steem on, @micch!
Yes especially last year, typhoon are are always hit some areas of the Philippines, yes thanks god I'am a yolanda survivor!
Thank you @steemph.davao
Congrats for the successful project @steemph.davao God bless you all!
Thank you, @tpkidkai!
Sharing good deeds is one of our greatest call and challenge to serve others. This is one of the example, humanity speaks in action more than words. God bless to the group @steemph.davao and to all the contributor of the said project!
Thanks, @steemasia!
Very well done @steemph.davao! Makaproud kaayo mo 😊
Aww. Daghang salamat, @appleskie!
Way SApayan :)
Go for it @steemph.davao
Thank you, @trydaily!
Awesome!