Wazzup Pilipinas!Team members at the
Aboitiz Group’s Manila Headquarters have decided to send more than relief goods to survivors of
super typhoon Yolanda. They have set up a “
Wall of Hope” to encourage and inspire the survivors who are still trying to recover and start anew.
Beginning last November 13, everyone who goes to the cafeteria is greeted by a wall filled with colorful envelopes where they could insert a note of hope and encouragement for a typhoon survivor. Each time the wall is filled up with notes, the envelopes are gathered and sent to the command center in
Cebu, where they are inserted inside relief packs that are distributed to the survivors. A looped video beside the wall also shows photos of the destruction in
Northern Cebu and
Leyte , as well as ways that team members can help- whether by donating in cash or in kind, or by volunteering.
“Pinadapa man tayo ng pagsubok, kakayanin pa rin natin tumayo,” reads one note. “Just want to tell you that whatever happens there are people who care for you,” reads another. Others who speak
Bisaya or
Waray, prefer to send their message of love and hope in their native dialect. One note from a team member who hails from
Leyte, wrote the following in
Bisaya: “To my fellow
Leyteno, I know the feeling of pain you are experiencing right now. Let us lift each other from this and may God bless us”. Others have even shared their artistic ability, drawing inspiring sketches along with their message of hope.