While we can produce list after list of things to give to your loved ones this holiday season, we personally feel that this is the only list that really matters.
This holiday season, we urge you not to just think about those who may already have a lot, but instead take a second glance at those with the least. As the song goes, give love on Christmas day—and here are the perfect ways to do just that:
- Save the Children’s Lahat Santa campaign invites everyone to wear a Santa hat, donate P100, and do fun and creative fundraising activities to address malnutrition of babies from low-income families, provide them vaccination and medicines, and give books, art materials and toys.
Midland Building, 1040 EDSA Magallanes Village, Makati City
(+63 2) 853 2142 <savethechildren.org.ph>
2. Tahanan ng Panginoon Education Assistance Program provides assistance for high school and college students as part of a holistic approach to improve the lives of those in marginalized communities through livelihood generation, values formation, education and training.
Trans Access Corp. Penthouse 1, Gold Loop Tower A, Amber Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
(+63 2) 633 8553 <welcome.to/tahanan>
3. Caritas Manila is the social services and development ministry of the Catholic Church that empowers the poor towards human development by building caring communities among families and particularly the youth through an integrated academic and leadership development program.
202 Jesus Street, Pandacan, Manila
(+63 2) 563 9311 or 564 0205
Email: donorcarecaritas. [email protected]
4. Unicef is helping children in Marawi, who are displaced by the conflict, to heal by providing child-friendly spaces in evacuation centers, where they can play and receive psychosocial support through supervised activities like arts and crafts workshops and sports to help them recover from their experiences.
31/F, Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza, 6819 Ayala Avenue corner Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City (+ 63 2) 758 1000 or 758 1442 <[email protected]>
5. MovED supports early childhood education for children in marginalized communities. Besides donations, MovEd provides volunteer opportunities to become a teacher, a storyteller, or a chef for the day.
Move Org Foundation Inc. Room 806 Vicente Madrigal Bldg. 6793 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
(+63 2) 552 7006 <[email protected]>
6. Make-A-Wish Foundation makes dreams of children afflicted with life-threatening illness come true. Volunteers contribute to wish-granting events for children aged three to 18 years old. For a list of upcoming events visit their Facebook Page. Be part of the events by sharing talents as part of the entertainment.
2610 Raf es Corporate Center, F. Ortigas Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
(+63 2) 989 2859 or mobile (+63 917) 506 5063 <makeawish.org.ph>
7. S.O.S. Children’s Village provides family-based care to children who have been orphaned or abandoned, or to children whose best interests is to no longer remain with their families.
National Office, Mindanao Drive, Ayala Alabang Village, P.O.Box 196, 1780 Muntinlupa City
(+63 2) 867 7800 or 867 7888 <[email protected]>
8. He Cares helps extremely poor street children in Metro Manila by providing food, clothing, education and medical assistance, as well as spiritual support.
#9 Mines Street, Project 6, Quezon City
(+63 2) 928 8910 <hecaresfoundation.com>
