Worthy Summer : A Walk To Remember: Week Five

May 5, 2014

Three days prior to the main event of the CHN Department we were assigned to follow up again the invitations and log all the guests who were coming and not coming. Also, this day we brought some materials that the department would be using in preparing for the kits that will be handed over to the guests and to the legislators.

May 6, 2014

On this day, we attended two meetings. The first meeting we attended is for the Accenture Run on May 10, 2014 at Bonifacio Global City and second is for the main event of the CHN Department on May 7, 2014.

We started our meeting about the Accenture Run at 8:30am; it was led by Kuya Jules from National Resource Development Department, he discussed what was the support needed on the event and he also assigned tasks to everyone that are going to the event.

Kuya Jules instructing us what are the things needed for the event

On the other half of our day, we attended the lunch meeting of the CHN Department. The agenda of this meeting is to finalize the things for the event on the following day and make some alterations on the tasks made in the previous meeting.

Ate Mona finalizing the tasks

After the meeting with the CHN Department, we were given new tasks that will contribute to the event. These are: scanned signatures (petition), cut fan signs for the photo booth and bought additional materials for the event.

Fan signs for the photo booth

May 7, 2014

Culminating Event of Global Week of Action at Seameo Innotech, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City

The program started an hour late due to we failed to achieve the expected number of the legislators that confirmed. However, there were three representatives that went from the offices of Representatives Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba, of Bukidnon’s 1st district; Ibarra Gutierrez III of the Akbayan partylist, vice-chair to the committee on the revision of laws; and Teodorico Haresco Jr of Aklan’s lone district and chair of the house committee on Milennium Development Goals.

Atty. Liwayway Vinzons-Chato givig her speech about her experience on breastfeeding

Photo gallery (Institutions that are practicing good breast feeding programs)

At the registration area (Me, Mallory and Kenn)

The World Vision Development Foundation upheld that malnutrition has continued to be the main underlying source of child deaths, in which can be stopped through the campaign of breast milk over infant formulas.

During the culminating event of the CHN Department, WVDF handed the copies of petitions with 7,500 signatures addressing the lawmakers to protect the Milk Code of the Philippines or the Executive Order 51.

The Executive Order 51 guarantees right nutrition for new-borns through campaigning about breastfeeding and the directive of promotion and dissemination of milk formulas and other related products.

Child health supporters believe that breastfeeding could avoid the death of one in five children under five years old in developing countries.

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May 10, 2014

Six months after the Typhoon Yolanda (Typhoon Haiyan) devastatingly knocked some provinces in the Visayas, funding for the survivors were continually flowing. Last May 10, 2014 at Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, WVDF got P560,000.00 worth of assistance from Accenture Philippines for its Typhoon Yolanda restoration efforts.

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Accenture Run and Rock 2014

WVDF booth

The donation of Accenture Philippines was given to WVDF Executive Director Josias dela Cruz and was joined on the stage by World Vision celebrity supporters Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Matteo Guidicelli , Sam Concepcion, Jan Marini, and Gerard Pizarras.

Mr. dela Cruz together with the WVDF advocates receive the donation from Accenture

The fun run event was also packed with extra exciting activities like band shows, Zumba drill session, pet shows, and a whole lot more.

Zumba session :)

Pet race

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Accenture’s Run and Rock contestants showed their support to the World Vision as they went to the World Vision’s advocacy booth in the event.

Some of the Run and Rock participants

In the advocacy’s booth, the participants expressed their encouragement for the children’s well-being by holding and posing with Advocacy’s fan signs. Some of the celebrities that joined in the World Vision’s booth were the Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition Doubles contestants, Fabio Ide, Ms. International 2013 Bea Rose Santiago, Coaches Jim Saret and Toni Saret.