ito ay ang pamilyang ramirez na tinutulungan ng pamilya namin. hindi po nakakalakad ang mga anak, kaya GUMAPAGAPANG lang at kung sakaling makatayo man eh hindi makalakad ng maayos.
meron din silang pagkukulang sa isip.takot sila sa ibang tao,dahil ang tanging ina lang nila ang kinagisnan nila at hindi mo sila makakausap.nakatira sila sa liblib na lugar na malayong lakarin mula sa "sibilisasyon", ika nga.
wala kaming masyadong alam na spesipiko tungkol sa kanila...walang nakakaalam ng eksaktong edad nila, pero ang sabi ng social worker na nakakapunta sa kanila, hindi sila ganun katanda gaya ng nakikita natin sa larawan. mga nasa 30's lang daw yata sila.hindi nila malaman talagfa dahil hindi nga sila nakakapagsalita ang ang nanay nila, hindi inaabutan pag pumupunta doon dahil laging umaalis at nag iiwan lang ng pagkain para sa kanila.
kung makikita niyo lang sila, ang mga pagkain nila ay nakalatag sa lapag!dahil hindi nga sila makatayo.wala silang kuryente. at ang munting bahay nila ay talaga namang hindi mo iisipin na tao ang nakatira dito.
humingi kami ng study tungkol sa kanila...pero walang naibigay na maayos na impormasyon yung social worker na gumawa...
sa ngayon, ang may hawak ng kaso nila ay ang madre na kaibigan ng tita ko. siya namamahalang tumulong sa kanila.dahil sa walang nakakaalam ng kanilang sitwasyon, kami palang yata ang tumutulong sa kanila.hindi sapat ang pagtulong namin. kaya nananawagan kami sa inyong lahat na sana, kahit konti ay makapagbigay kayo ng tulong.
hindi pa ako nakakakita ng pamliyang sobrang kinaawaan ko bago ko makita ang pamilyang ito.
ito ang sulat sakin ng aking tita at munting paglalarawan sa kanila.
This is the Ramirez family. From left to right are:
Charlie, Manuel, their mother Teresita and Rosemarie.
In the background is the shack where they live in
Dasol, Pangasinan. Not only are Charlie, Manuel and
Rosemarie physically disabled, but they are also
mentally retarded.
Their survival depends on the kindness and compassion
of others. Oftentimes, we think we don't have enough.
But compared to this family, it's safe to consider
ourselves wealthy. Manuel, Rosemarie, Charlie and
their Mom need your help. They need financial help for
their daily sustenance and for their health care.
Whatever donation you can afford to give will go a
long way. Let us make it our goal to uplift their
sub-human existence, so that despite their mental and
physical disabilities, they can live in dignity, which
is the right of every human being.
God will bless your generous hearts.
you can forward your donations to: Land Bank of the Philippines, acct # 1276-0257-80
you can contact Sr. Icee Petallo. 09194157041,the landlines in the sisters'
convent are: 075-534-2053 and 075-534-2091
maybe you can arrange for a visit just to see them personally. but the problem is takot nga sila sa tao so you need the company of either sister icee or the social worker.
another letter from my tita:
i asked the social worker to make me a case
study...and she did...except that it wasn't really a
proper case study in the sense that it lacked many
info like their history, where their father is, proper
medical assessment, etc. i plan to go to the mayor of
dasol, pangasinan when i go back and see how far i can
go about getting proper info regarding the family. a
typical day for them is spent mostly couped up in
their so-called house. charlie and rosemarie don't
venture out because they can't walk. it's manuel who
goes to the sisters' convent to ask for help. it's a
long walk for him but i was told some tricycle drivers
give him a lift as long as they don't have any
passsengers. the nuns and i don't know how he makes it
to town because he has difficulty walking. a couple
of times, when my nun friend and i visited, we found
rosemarie struggling to wash dishes on the floor. i
don't know how clean the dishes were when she put them
away because they were piled up on the dirty floor
while she was washing them in murky water. i suppose
the mother cooks rice before she leaves them because
we found cooked rice some of those days we visited. we
didn't see "ulam"...just plain rice. they are left at
home during the day because the way i understand it,
the mother goes to another town/village where they
have some relatives. it seems like she goes there to
ask for help...probably does odd jobs for obviously
very little money. i haven't really talked to her
except on one of the nuns' cell phone, because she's
always out when i go and visit. what their exact
physical disability is, i don't really know. i
expected the social worker to include this info in her
case study but it was very disappointing...she didn't
give me any substantial information at all. i couldn't
go back to dasol before i left the phil. because i got
too busy. i'll try to give you more info when i go
back there.
[SIZE=4]NANANAWAGAN LANG PO AKO SA INYONG LAHAT.HINDI PO NAMIN KAYA LAHAT KAYA NANGHIHINGI KAMI NG TULONG SA INYO.[/SIZE]
maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat.
Last edited by GlennSter; May 22nd, 2006 at 01:51 AM.