The
Youth for a United World (Y4UW) of the Philippines is organizing a solidarity
run named WARAY ngaRUN (after a local phrase from the dialect of the
Taclobanons “waray ngaran” which means nameless) for Tacloban City, a town in
the Philippines badly hit by typhoon Haiyan last year. The event will be on
June 28, 2014, in time for the celebration of the fiesta of Tacloban City,
Philippines.
WARAY
ngaRUN,
derived from a waray-waray phrase “waray ngaran” which means “nameless”, is a
solidarity run event, open to all (Filipinos and nn Filipinos), designed to (1)
Commemorate the lives of the many nameless victims lost to the typhoon
Haiyan/Yolanda, (2) Honor the unsung heroes, the many groups and individuals
who helped and are continuously helping the survivors, (3) Bring continuous
awareness to the needs of various devastated areas, (4) Strengthen people’s
spirit to start again and keep moving forward, (5) Involve the youth as front
liners in the rebuilding of people’s lives.
This
is a whole day Solidarity Event that is commenced by WARAY ngaRUN at 6 in the
morning followed by exhibits and fair all day, the Solidarity Street Fest, and
capped with a Solidarity Night event in the evening. We will be gathering
inspiring experiences from different personalities and groups who in one way
have been heroes in their own right during and after the typhoon. We are also
expecting the different stakeholders of the city to attend: waray artists,
waray bands and other talents, the students, teachers, private and government
individuals to take part in this solidarity event.
All
proceeds of the event will be donated to the START AGAIN PROJECT, a project of the Y4UW, which aims to help
rebuild the spirits, lives and communities of the typhoon struck areas in the
Visayas regions with a 7-point plan: (1) roofing for schools, (2) school
supplies drive, (3) Yolanda memorial, (4) potable water systems, (5) higher
education programs, (6) soup kitchen (7) medical mission.
How
did this idea come up? It was a fruit of our Gen Rosso experience that
made Jesus in our Midst really strong.
When
Start Again Project arrived to help different parts of Leyte including the
community in Tacloban, we felt strongly the need to reciprocate this love we
feel from them by doing a concrete activity that will help continue fund the
different projects of Start Again, thru this, we feel we really are now part of
the project and no longer recipients. The upcoming Fiesta in Tacloban was the
best time to do an activity to gather crowd and raise red where proceeds will
go straight to the different interior areas of Tacloban far-reached by help.
When
One Philippines was first introduced to the gen, we first thought of it as an
impossible dream because of the distance and language barriers. But because of
the different activities we had like the National Youth Camp in Tagaytay
followed by the Dula ta Bai Sportsfest in Dumaguete, we realized how this dream
is slowly coming true. We saw how the fire the gen have is becoming stronger
with this newfound unity.
Given
this, we ask for your help, prayers and unity for this noble event,
particularly for the following: helping us spread the word of the event to more
people and looking for kind individuals and groups who can sponsor a runner by
paying for their registration, inclusive of a singlet, which costs Php 400 or
10USD.
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