Marilou's relatives call for help

I can't help but quote this news article at the Inquirer entitled "Kin send out call to save OFW on death row in Kuwait". I hope more and more people will know about Marilou's fate in Kuwait and feel the urgency of saving her from death. To quote:

She wanted to lift her family from poverty and decided to work in Kuwait as a domestic helper, leaving a potential teaching career in the Philippines.

But the dreams of Marilou Ranario, 35, may no longer find fulfillment after she ended up on death row in Kuwait for allegedly stabbing her employer to death in 2005.

Ranario’s relatives, her neighbors in the village of Holy Spirit, Quezon City and members of Migrante International are now racing against time to try to save her from being executed.

“Our campaign to save her life is about raising public awareness about the greatest heights of exploitation and injustice Marilou and other OFWs on death row suffer,” Migrante International secretary general Maita Santiago told a press conference on Friday.

Ranario has been scheduled for execution in January or February next year.

1A.D. for the youth of Payatas

If you set aside one peso a day (1AD), you will have P365 by the end of the year. Not much but enough for some refreshments in a gathering of around ten to twenty youth in an urban poor community like Payatas. The gathering can be a spiritual encounter, a life-coaching session, a livelihood training, or a just a social get-together. No doubt such activities will help the youth reach their full potential.

With this in mind, a group known us Maundy Thursday Servants is soliciting a peso a day, or P365 for a year, to support their mission of reaching out to the youth of Payatas, The group which is registered as a non-stock, non-profit organization af the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is composed of religious and lay persons, and youth servants, led by Bro. Roland Jaluag, SJ, as president. Their advisers include Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ, Fr. Jack Caroll, SJ, and Fr. Nilo Tanalega, SJ.

Join thursday_servants@yahoogroups.com to know more about the group. Donations may be deposited at the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) under the account name Maundy Thursday Servants, Inc., account no. 3081-1119-78 (Loyola-Katipunan Branch), or through checks in the name of the organization sent to Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan, Quezon City, with telephone nos. 4266101 local 3580. Receipts will be issued upon verification of the deposit or receipt of the check.

I feel this is a good opportunity to "feed" our inner selves. Miss out on some unnecessary things and share without fanfare, even with just a few pesos. I am pretty sure you will be doubly compensated in the future.