BITS AND PIECES: GAWAD KALINGA BUILD DAY

GAWAD KALINGA BUILD DAY

Posted by daei at 4:10 AM

In celebration of our company's 9th year anniversary, we sponsored a Gawad Kalinga Build Day last Friday, December 8, 2007 at Munting Paraiso, Trece Martirez Chapter.

Straight from our Metrobank M-Card sign-up activity and with almost no sleep at all (because we finished the sign-up activity at 2am Friday morning), me and eka headed to the Build Day site to arrange everything so that as soon as everyone arrives, everything will be all-set. Yeah, we have no choice but to do this because we were the one assigned to organize this activity. But of course, we also wanted to do this thing... we are excited actually.

Already at the site at around 8am. By that time, some of the beneficiaries are already there, some are already doing the construction works, and some are preparing for our arrival...

Our office mates arrived soon. And when almost everyone was there, Build Day activity started. Some started to lift hollow blocks, others mixing the cement, everyone started to act as "construction workers".

We also do the "hollow blocks relay" wherein we formed a straight line from the hollow blocks stocks to the area where the house is being build. We pass one hollow block to another until all the stocks are transferred. Everyone participated. Joined together. And this amazes me. I felt the "hand-in-hand" factor and it really made me feel light. Teamwork... reaching out...

After the hard works, we also prepared some food, raffle activities and some grocery items to the benificiaries...

It was such a wonderful feeling knowing that you have been part of an activity that helps a lot of people. Lending a helping hand to those in need... a feeling that i wouldn't exchange for anything...