This is KE project in Mabilo, New Washington, Aklan. Presently we have 15 beneficiaries...on going repair and rebuilding. We hope to see it finished it two weeks.

Thank you to our donors and Brgy council for the supervision/monitoring and help.

A happy CHRISTMAS!

Inspiring others to the same good deeds is the most wonderful time of our year 2013!

Thanks God for the generous people who are untiringly supporting our good cause.

Cheers to our REBUILD A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS PROJECT!

Please check on the first ever house built in six (6) days by one of our generous benefactors. More houses are now in progress and we can't wait to show it to you soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PSCV8H9vVY&feature=youtu.be

More houses are in progress. After the holidays, we can't wait to show it to you soon.  God bless our kind donors!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and A BOUNTIFUL NEW YEAR to all!

From KOOLEARTH Family

NEW DONORS

THE MOVERS:

PRESIDENT CHITA DELA CRUZ-HEAP
VICE PRESIDENT FELMA DELA CRUZ
SECRETARY MEGS LUNN
TREASURER CYNTHIA DELA CRUZ

MEMBERS: DEHLY SARABIA
JULIUS BARRIENTOS
CLOUDS LUNN

ALLIED GROUP:

AKLAN MEDICAL SOCIETY
ARMY RESERVIST, PA
AKLAN PRESS CLUB, INC.
PHIL. DENTAL SOCIETY - AKLAN CHAPTER
PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
ROTC, COLLEGES IN AKLAN
AKLAN WOMEN'S GROUP

BIG THANKS TO

our recent donors from Australia:

Joey Choi, Nicolette Chan, Vivi and Carlos Del Monaco, Neo Liwen, Tegan Pelgrave, Diane Vanzelm, Karen Williams, Ivan/Laura and Sebastian, Dave, Charmi Anderson, MArty and Jenny McVicau, Liam Brizee, Michelle Norman, Daisy Prasad, Amy, Tiara Waretini, Kate Smithson, Teresa Vanzelm, Anita Williams, Andrew Badcock, Annabelle Hamer, Rebecca Cain, Ryan Bryer, Joe Hegedus, Kat Weatherly, Shanaye VanZelm, Manisha Singh, Pridence Upstan, Romi Prasad, Melissa Tieman, Sue/John and Sophie Brizee, Katie Holt, Sarah Scown, Nicole Blackie. 

Special thanks to MONIQUE DOWNIE who organised her own fundraiser.

Dr. Cynthia also wanted to thank her other relatives Trent and Excel and from Canada, Aida Constantino and family.

Below are the before pictures of your beneficiaries from the coastal area of Mabilo, Kalibo, Aklan. (Pictures and update courtesy of Dr. Cynthia Dela Cruz)

Thank you to IJA I-GIVE (INFANT JESUS ACADEMY -Marikina, Antipolo and Kalibo) for sponsoring four (4) handicapped kid family of STAC Kalibo. 

Forever thank you to Clouds for the initiative of this project, in honor of her 18th birthday - she is the youngest member of KE. All in God's timing, everything is in progress.

Below is the turn-over of housing materials (sim/corrogated, umbrella nails, bamboo, german wire, amakan).

Corrogated sim, umbrella nails, etc turn over

With Pres. Chita, Sec. Megs and four (4) beneficiaries

Gerald, one of our handicapped kids from STAC happy to received housing materials from IJA I-GIVE

Thank you to Dr. Philipp Matthys for your generosity for another family up in Alaminos, Madalag, Aklan.

Baby Leo's house. Meanwhile, they are staying at a waiting shed nearby for a temporary shelter.

We hope to see their house standing soon, too.

Baby Leo with facial deformities and no limbs

HELP REBUILD A HOME

KOOLEARTH, INC. LAUNCHED TODAY

HELP REBUILD A HOME - "ONE AT A TIME"

Typhoon Yolanda has taken many lives in the Philippines. Some that survived cannot rebuild their lives as they lost their home and job. Luckily people from all over the world reach out with food but a basic need is shelter, without it sickness is imminent.

We will give them a bamboo made house for them to rebuild their lives.  The head of the family will work for ‘labor of love’ to build their own homes. Victims will work for food and water but a roof above their head is a basic need. Your help of $200 will put a family in its feet. 

We more or less need $200 per family to buy the basic materials like G.I. Corrogated, umbrella nails, bamboo, nails amakan and or nipa. If they have shelter they can now work and gain self respect and human dignity. 

This is the story of Gerald Tutor, an 11 year old Stac Kalibo beneficiary diagnosed with movement disorder (beginning Cervical Dystonia) from Caano, Kalibo. Our STAC volunteers personally came to visit him and his family after the devastation of Typhoon Yolanda. No words can describe their situation, the photos will tell it all... At the moment, they are staying with his Lola, trying to be strong, coping and hoping to build their home again...he is just one of the many homeless handicapped kid family around here.

If you are interested, please send us an email so we can send you back  the account number and official receipt of your generous contribution.

We continue to pray to those who have not recovered yet from the ravaged of Typhoon Yolanda.

God Speed Aklan!

Note: As of this press time, we have more or less 30 houses beneficiaries. Thank you to our donors. We will be forever grateful. Sec. Megs

If Only...

By Pres. Chita Heap

I arrived in the Philippines on November 9, 2013 after my five months stay in the UK and was met by a sad scenario of total devastation. I was stranded in Manila for two nights but it was not bad there so when I communicated with my friends in various places around the world, I initially informed them that our area was not badly affected. Little did I know that some families were living under waiting sheds, together with their children, in conditions that were far from ideal. Many were without food and were also cold and sick. I had promised myself to take a week off from my commitments in Kalibo upon my arrival in order to take a well deserved rest, but this was not to be.  The moment I landed at Kalibo International Airport, I saw the remnants of the destruction Typhoon Yolanda had left behind and it was not until a few days later when I began visiting other areas that I discovered the full extent of the misery that followed in the wake of the typhoon.   

What disturbed me the most was being informed that Kalibo would not receive any help from some of the newly elected provincial officials of the province who had failed to secure a majority vote during the  recent election.  It is sad that on an occasion such as this, politics should take precedence over the urgent needs of the people.

As I continue to observe the ongoing situation, I began to suspect that what I had heard was indeed true, since   many people around me had yet to receive aid despite the fact that a large quantity of relief goods had already arrived in our town. Upon visiting the ABL Complex  I saw the pile of sacks full of relief goods supposedly intended for our people. The building was full of relief goods with DSWD  stamped upon the sacks.

Whilst this war between greedy and dispassionate politicians was still ongoing, a story of a twelve year old boy who was living in America with his mother Ninfa Sarabia and who had seen the devastation on the news had come to my attention.  Ms. Dehly Sarabia Diangson, a new member of Kool Earth informed me about this young boy’s message and a spark of hope lifted my heart.

Zachary Sarabia Fernandez, requested that his mother send his $200 savings to the people of Kalibo so that he could help to buy building materials for those who had lost their homes. He was saddened by the fact that his savings were not enough to help everyone who was in need of assistance but he could only give what he had. This twelve year old boy is intelligent, loving and compassionate.

Touched by her son’s generosity, and feeling too the need to help her people, Mrs. Ninfa Sarabia also donated $500.

ZachRay Sarabia Fenandez with his Mom Nimfa Sarabia.

If only those who are committed to serving the people possessed but a fraction of this young boy’s compassion, our people would not suffer for long. I only wish that the politicians for whom our town voted, will have their hearts open and become more aware of the dilemma being currently endured by our people. Is this not the reason why they seek to be where they are now, in order to be able to serve our people?  Some of these leaders might be living in comfort now but I know that at the end of the day, it is a clear conscience that will provide the most comfort. 

What is it that really counts?  Is it the acquirement of possessions, or is it the compassion we feel towards our fellow men?   If only ..

Hayain and Heart - Grateful recipients of Zachs donation

Despite all the pain and suffering visited upon us by this calamity, some of our people still managed to find compassion within their hearts and to rise above this adversity. Their selfless actions have generated commendation from foreign guests who came to help as well as others resident abroad.  One guest expressed that, “Filipinos are like coconut trees because they sway  with the wind and endure whatever hardships  befall them.  Filipinos are resilient and as such are an inspiration to one and all.

Disasters such as Typhoon Yolanda bring out the best but also the worst in people. Those who have been instrumental in assisting others in need are truly worthy of our praise. Many of these I considered to be heroes in their own right. Those who have put politics and their own self interest above the needs of our people deserve only our contempt. People such as these deserve to burn in hell!