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Christmas for Payatas

December 2, 2008 /

This holiday season, please extend your generosity to the unfortunate ones by donating to Christmas For Payatas project. Any amount you donate will help provide food, education and a means of livelihood to at least 25,000 children.

For those who are not in the know, most people of Payatas (notoriously know as Smokey Mountain) live in shacks without running water, light or other basic services. Everyday, they climb the mounds of garbage dumps searching for something they can sell or eat. On 10 July 2000, after a period of heavy rain, a trashslide occurred in the Payatas dump claiming over 200 lives, including many children.

Christmas for Payatas Project is initiated by Totedaddy.com and the Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation to help alleviate the sufferings. Totedaddy.com is kicking it off with a cash sponsorship of USD 10,000 and FusionExcel International has also pitched in a USD 5,000 cash sponsorship. The “Christmas For Payatas” Charity appeal videos are currently being broadcasted to millions of people around the world through YouTube, ABS-CBN and NBN TV Channels.

Total donation now is USD72,839.30. Divided into 25,000 kids, each kid will only get USD2.90, which is enough to feed a kid for only a meal. We MUST help raise more money, so please visit Christmas For Payatas and donate.

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