Sinigang

THIS is a letter of appeal to all my ka-friendster, dear friends and acquaintances all over the world. Late January of this year, Inah was nominated to join the People to People Student Ambassador Program. Up til then, we’ve never heard of such program. We learned that it’s an annual summer event for the youth of America initiated by the late Pres. Dwight D. Eisenshower some 50 years ago to promote peace and camaraderie among countries where the young people visited. Inah is one of the only 2 candidates in her entire school admitted to People to People (P2P) this year. This is such an enormous feat for Inah in all her 16 years and we couldn’t be any prouder!

Hundreds of youth all across America are going to different parts of the world covering largely the 7 continents in June and July 2007. There are kids going to South Pacific, Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, North America and Asia. These youths are divided further into groups of 30 to 40 for each area covered for easy manageability. They are to stay in the country of their choice for an activity-filled trip for 20 days. They will immerse in the country’s culture and people and learn about its history and traditions. The result- lasting friendships among groups, gain confidence and self-esteem, get college credits and gain advantage for college admissions and most importantly come back with a better perspective of the world.

NOW comes the difficult part. The trip is not funded by the program. The total expenses is a little over $6,000.00 for the 20 day trip to Australia. THis includes airfare, food, zone fare fees, travel insurance, australian visa and a little pocket money.

People to People has authorized families of student ambassadors to use the People to People name to raise funds for their sons and daughters. They encourage any form of solicitation and fund-raising projects to help in any way for the trip. I am asking for your kind help on this. Every dollar and every peso counts!! To help us, kindly click on this link: Inah Needs Our Help or to http://inahneedsus.bravehost.com.

I wouldn’t ask for your help if my family can afford ALL of the amount. It is BIG and we have no means to come up with the money where the deadline is on the first week of May 2007. We hope to hear from you. Thank you so much.

love, mae