Rarely in a children's food program are successful conclusions announced. However we at Rose CGI have such an announcement. After cooking and serving more than 10,000 lunches for children attending "Sidewalk Education" classes in Cebu City, Philippines, it has been announced that from June, the Philippine National Government will initiate a nation wide lunch program for children living in poverty. Bravo and thank you to President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino

We had a good turnout on November 15. With the fundraiser in Tokyo and a donation from a kind Toronto gentleman, Rose CGI will be able to continue the Cebu Lunch Project. I will be off to the Philippines on Dec. 15 to continue Rose CGI's field work.

Rose CGI and Cebu City Street Children Task Force lunch program (10 photos) Today we began a 3 month pilot lunch feeding program for 50 kids who live of all places in a cemetary.

August 17, My NPO, Rose CGI will begin a lunch feeding program for 50 kids aged 3 ~5 in Cebu, Philippines. These kids are from very poor families. This one meal will probably be the only food they get each day. Will try to get the project to continue till end of 2012. Wish us luck with the funding.

Rose CGI and I are pleased at our new affiliation and support of the NPO, Tabang Sugbu Karon Inc. in Cebu, Philippines. Their Mission: To advocate the welfare of the poor and champion the cause of displaced communities in central Philippines, most especially in Cebu, by cooperating with the Local Government, Private Sectors to identify, plan and implement projects meeting their material, social, economic, moral and spiritual needs.

Whew! 9 pm here in Manila ( August 8 ) and just finished for the day. Started 12 hours ago by trying to find any stocks of bread, noodles, rice or veges and water. Hard to find. so I send runners around saying I'd give them 100 pesos if they got enough stock for 10 people. They were almost swimming thru the streets but throughout the day we fed about 80 kids and adults and about 40 last nite. Great great feeling! Nothing beats it. Although toward the end of tonite we had to resort to buying rice meals at Jollibee which is the the local McDonalds type of fast food as other stocks had run out. The flooding continues and at one point I was wading up to my waist. Guess I'll have to throw out those shorts and shirt. Don't know what they may be contaminated with. Now is the time to sit back after a nice long shower, cold water only as elec is for essential use only like elevators which is good as I'm on the 33rd floor. It's brandy and ( warm ) mango juice time. Never tasted better!