Santo Niño Leicester

Alay Kapwa for Filipino Families affected by Typhoon Rai

This is an Easter season fundraising extension.

Santo Nino Leicester has been receiving donations during the Lent season 2022 via these channels:

• GoFundMe (click hyperlink)

• or contact Peter Zabala by leaving a message at our contact us page or  to our FB page  to make other arrangements.

We are supporting Caritas Philippines to fund their Alay Kapwa [offering of oneself to one’s neighbor] Program's 400 million pesos Early Recovery Project that aims to provide shelter, livelihoods and training to more than 10,000 families from the eleven affected dioceses in Palawan, Negros Occidental and Oriental, Cebu, Southern Leyte, Bohol and Surigao victimised by typhoon #RaiPH (#OdettePH). 

OurGoal is at least to be able to fund 1 house (worth approx P75,000 or approx £1,120). And if we will be able to collect more than that (depending on people's compassionate generosity), then we collectively shall be able to fund livelihood project(s) too.

May many generous and compassionate hearts respond favourably to the Holy Spirit's call of not leaving behind our unfortunate sisters and brothers in Christ in their time of need. May we, who have been blessed and shown mercy by God, gratefully share our blessings and be merciful like the Father. 

More details, updates and discussions at our FB event pages (click hyperlinks).

• Leicester's Alay Kapwa for Typhoon #RaiPH (#OdettePH) victims (Lent season fundraising)
• Alay Kapwa for Filipino Families affected by Typhoon Rai (Odette) (extended Easter season fundraising)

Statement of Support:
Leicester's Alay Kapwa for Typhoon Rai victims

Santo Niño Leicester has always been fundraising in the past during our January Fiesta Señor celebrations for various charities. But the majority of these fundraising have been for the benefit of our fellow kababayans affected by big calamities back home in the Philippines. This year we have supported CBCP Caritas Philippines following the example of UK's Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) -- also a member of Caritas Internationalis -- who have sent aid for Typhoon Odette victims via Caritas Philippines. Responding to the request to extend our fundraising to the season of Lent, we hope and pray to widen the scope of our fundraising beyond our association to give opportunity to our extended friends and other connections to give practical love and charity in the spirit of Lent. But most importantly, we shall pray for the success of Caritas Philippines' Alay Pag-asa fundraising campaign that many generous and compassionate hearts may respond favourably to the Holy Spirit's call of not leaving behind our unfortunate sisters and brothers in Christ in their time of need. May we who have been blessed and shown mercy by God gratefully share our blessings and be merciful like the Father.

This statement was presented during CBCP Caritas Philippines' FB telethon live broadcast (click this link for the original video which starts from 32:30) in support for their Alay Pag-asa (Alay Kapwa) fundraising campaign. (To view our video-clip recording of this portion uploaded on YouTube, click on the photo above)

Lent Fundraising remittance:

We have remitted our consolidated donation from our Lent 2022 fundraising 'Leicester's Alay Kapwa for Typhoon Rai (Odette) victims' to Caritas Philippines. Please see our remittance receipt.



#SpecialNote: We have amended our Lent final report for the 2nd time:

• one donor has increased her donation to bring our total to £600
• our fundraising facilitator has decided to shoulder whatever associated transaction fees as his additional personal donationPlease see Lent2022 fundraising #FinalReport (2nd amendment).



List of donors:

(The completed list of donors shall be posted here when the Easter fundraising extension closes. Meanwhile, the current ongoing list of donors can be viewed at our Alay Kapwa for Filipino Families affected by Typhoon Rai (Odette) Facebook event page.)

Related past fundraising appeal:

• Typhoon Odette Appeal (click link for details): Fiesta Señor 2022 charity appeal for the victims of Philippine typhoon #OdettePH (#RaiPH) via Caritas Philippines

Just to assure you that Full Transparency is our policy.

We initially sent some donation to Caritas Philippines from our January Fiesta Senor 2022 in Leicester collections among Santo Niño Leicester members only (see photo). Full details at Typhoon Odette Appeal (click link for details). [sent in February 2022]

By 1st week of May, we shall send another from our Lent 2022 season collections (see 'Leicester's Alay Kapwa for Typhoon #RaiPH (#OdettePH) victims' (click link for details).

By the end of this extended Easter season fundraising, we intend to send yet another.

Official request from Caritas Philippines Executive Secretary, Fr. Tony Labiao and National Director, Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo: