tandag, surigao del sur — a not so “distant” memory
August 23rd, 2010 by rictandag.My main blog is http://InternationalAidAdvocate.com
The following is from http://ricktandagvegas.blogspot.com/
when i was amongst the poorest of the poor that i found in a very poor community of Tandag in rural, remote Mindanao in the Republic of the Philippines almost 30 years ago… i tried the best i could to help… because those rural filipinos only could “afford” to give me their HEARTS because, otherwise, they barely could afford the tattered shirts on their backs. i learned to love them because all they could do was to love me … they essentially could only “give” what they had to share. and, they invariably told me essentially that they knew their lives would be short and somewhat harsh, so they implored me to try to help someone else instead. i guess that must be the TRUE spirit of life, not only that of Gawad Kalinga… and the true spirit of humanity, not just that of the filipinos…..
Here is a YouTube Video from Cebu artist Riki Vega who really touches the spirit of my Peace Corps Experience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m4KpojSJwI
Here is Gawad Kalinga’s tribute to Cory Aquino:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUawQq8yCVw
All of the above helps to “explain” my passionate and compasionate advocacy for Gawad Kalinga. Learn more at http://www.gk1world.com

