i am ok and my daughter is fine, she was 3 on july 28

...good morning friend!
so sorry for my late reply, i only had the chance to be online today.
i've been out here for almost two days since the net connection here in
our place wasn't functioning well. anyway, im here now, so its ok.
how are you? how are the kids? hope you are all fine there just like me.
take care always friend and thanks for always remembering.
till then...

hello. the kids are fine. KKK is one year old already, and we're very happy with whats happening with the group. one of the 7 kids have "graduated" from her chemotherapy (regene bonillo, 5 yo, diagnosed with retinoblastoma) and is awaiting sponsorship for her eye prostheses. The rest are in remission and are on daily maintenance medications and once a month chemotherapy sessions. We have several projects planned out including a fashion show on september 12, launching of coin boxes to be placed in stores around Iloilo, and selling of reusable KKK bags made from used tarpolines. We are also making plans for the creation of Kids' Korner (to be placed in the hospitals), which will be a place where cancer children can play and read and where play therapy sessions with child psychiatrists can be done. Its truly amazing how things have been working out. :)
I hope you are in the best of health.
Best regards. socorro

hi.. i'm fine thanks..
how are you?

Happy Father's Day to everyone who is a father. It is a special day because it is also my BIRTHDAY

Thanks for that, Lesley. If you receive this message, that means that I'm still online.

Hi Lesley.... I'm waiting for something about you. I'm eager to know more about Trinidad and Tobago. Are you in Port of Spain?

btw, why don't have some picture?

hi..
how r u lesley?
i've been so busy the las two weeks. what about u?

Pls watch the video in my profile. The music there is an original composition of Marisa Montelibano-Apuan, a supporter of our group KKK, Inc. The song won grand prize in the Asian-American Songwriter's competition, and it was originally written for the disbled. Marisa is a polio-victim and is wheel-chair bound. Hope you like it.

Greetings!

I am writing in behalf of Mga Kaibigan ng mga Kabataang may Kanser (Friends of Children with Cancer) or KKK, Inc for short. It is a non-stock, non-profit corporation formed in 2007 in Iloilo, Philippines, by a small group of doctors and other concerned citizens, with the objective of providing financial support for chemotherapy to cancer-stricken children. These children come from indigent Filipino families that can even barely feed their members. These poor families never had a budget for medical needs, more so for expensive chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. In fact, most of these children with cancer die because the necessary treatments were not availed of, due to financial constraints. Costly cancer treatment forces many children and their families to drop their plans for the future and just focus on surviving in the present.

The group is presently supporting the treatments of seven recipients, with ages ranging from 2 to 14. Six of them are diagnosed to have Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, a type of cancer with a good prognosis, provided that prompt and adequate medications are administered. The other one is a case of a 5-year old female with retinoblastoma (cancer of the eye). She has had her involved eye surgically removed and still requires subsequent chemotherapy. These children come from the Iloilo and Guimaras islands in the Western Visayas part of the Philippines.

I know that you do not know me, but i am taking my chance and writing to whoever might spare me some attention. Personally, in my profession as a doctor (I studied and took up my residency at University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital and is now practicing in Iloilo City), I have been touched by stories of children who are ill, and who senselessly lose their lives only because they were not accorded the proper care and medical treatment. But through this organization (KKK, Inc), I feel that with any help, be it financial or otherwise, we could make a change in somebody's life no matter how small that may be.

The purpose of my letter is to ask for any support that you may possibly contribute, so that at least, these children (and hopefully a lot more in the future) may experience hope, possibly receive a second lease on life, and even live their dreams of a bright tomorrow. Take a peek at our webpage, www.iloilokanserkids.com if you wish to know more about this group.

Our group is at its infancy and we will welcome any type of aid that you can give our recipients, be it monetary, medicines, food, clothings, etc. Since all are recipients come from very poor families, they are all moderately to severely malnourished. Our email address is iloilokanserkids at yahoo dot com, if you want to contact us.

I would like to emphasize the multiplication aspect of your donation to our cause – that while an individual’s contribution may not be sufficient to support the entire treatment course of one patient, the accumulated collection of all our friends’ generosity will. Your donation will surely go far.

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." In that spirit, I applaud your own efforts and achievements in making a difference in other people's lives. Without a doubt, each one can make a difference in the life of a child and their family who has almost lost hope.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this message.