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Fight child Hunger!

August 1, 2007

          One of the happiest days of my life was hosting the Walk-the-world concert at the SM Mall of Asia last sunday, July 29. It is an event set up by TNT, the delivery service in cooperation with the United Nations world food programme to help fight child hunger. The concert was just a small way of thanking people who walked the world and also to raise awareness that such a problem does exist not only in places like Africa but even in our very own Philippines.We told people, bystanders and concert goers, how they can personally help out. I don't know who gets to read this blog but I am hoping that if you are reading this right now, you can help out in your own little way as well. How you may ask? 

1. Log on to www.fighthunger.org and click on the link that states "feed a child". Just by clicking on it, you already get the sponsors to donate 19c to feed a hungry child. That is all you did! Clicked on the link! Just direct your mouse and click and one child is fed. No money out on your part.

2. Help sponsor through donations. One way is to get a shirt of walk-the-world. Just 200 pesos. text 0918-9000-852 and send in your full name and landline number. They will call you up, ask your shirt size and deliver the shirt straight into your doorsteps. They are after all a delivery service (TNT)! You can get an oversized shirt to sleep with or get your size and use it on a daily basis. You are also helping out just by wearing it and becoming a walking billboard. Help out as much as you can. If it isn't you, maybe you can tell someone about it! :)  

          What saddens me about the whole thing though is that there were artists who participated in the event and still insisted on getting paid for it. I am sure they have their reason for it, and its probably a good one but it was sad hearing from the organizers that they could not get many because they insisted on a high budget! For a charity event?!! What is up with that? There was even one local "rock" band that encountered technical difficulties and ended up storming out after their 2nd song! Not a "hi" or a 'thank you" or "help their cause and fight child hunger". Nothing like that, and to think they were getting paid anyways. When I summoned them up on stage, thinking that they were ready, like the director motioned to me, it took them another 5 minutes or so to do a sound check and the vocalist, a little bit more before coming up. Do I hear, DIVA!!!! The thing that really ticks me off is that it was not like their music was ruined by the sound system. Their music is not even that great for goodness' sake! Oh well….times like that, dapat, "steddy" lang sila! :) Maybe they were just having a really bad day. 

Posted by gelli at 5:07 pm | permalink

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Hi Gelli!

you may not remember me anymore. i’m anna of BrandSpeakAsia. we met at friday’s, Glorietta, friday before Walk the World. anyway, let me just say how heartwarming it is to know that you blogged on Walk the World. i actually chanced upon this blog of yours while surfing the net for materials i could use for an article i’m working on for WtW. i wasn’t aware of that kind of situation with the artists. talaga? it makes me wish i could just be the one to sing out there! sadly, i have neither the necessary talent, nor the superstardom. just PR. hehe. anyway, it was nice reading your blog. more power to you and your station! i hope to bump into you in another event! God bless.

Posted by Anna at August 8, 2007, 4:48 pm

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