When You Start to Give Back
September 23, 2008 at 7:39 pm | by rubie | In Etcetera, Red-Letter Days |Tags: abm, medical mission, taguig, UP
I belong to the organization, Association of Biology Majors in my school, the University of the Philippines. Sounds geeky right? But there is definitely more to the nerd-ish name. Just like nay other organization in UP, it yearns to mold students into holistic individuals. And what I love the most about this organization is the fact that we live to help and serve others. Last Saturday, September 20, 2008, we had our annual medical mission at Taguig City.
It was definitely an experience to remember.
Everyone went to the vicinity at around 8 am but since a few of us had exams in the morning, we just followed at around 9 am. It was so funny because the rest of us who followed got super lost. We didn’t have a hard time to reach the area because I knew it pretty well but finding the side streets and the specific place was hard. Haha! So we got lost for around 30 minutes only to find that we’ve passed a gazillion times St. Michael’s Church, the church we were looking for!
The latecomers cramming inside the car.
Good thing we still managed to help out with distributing the medicine and also assisting the less fortunate ones. I guess what makes this all a complete experience for me is the fact that I am not only enjoying what I do but also the people I get to help are happy too. I’d like to think that the world needs people like my organization, who are selfless enough to help others. I was deeply touched by the parish’s kind acceptance for our organization to hold a medical mission.
Sorting out the medicine, that’s me!
Distributing the medicine
In these times, you see how much the Philippines is experiencing both worlds and I am honored to be aware enough to see both worlds. Even small things like these can change the world little by little.
The ABM family along with the volunteer doctors! :)
Waiting on the World to change,
Rubie
