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The 1 st CupBrekkie BiteA 2 nd Cup--- --- --- --- ---Hoy por MananaMagisReminiscencePage 1Page 2Page 3Burning Desirefor ServicePage 1Page 2Page 3Page 45:48-5:51 AMSept. 10, 2020GKWorX – A Burning Desire for Service (published 2014) (page 3 of 4)Lastly, I look at my only son Mikhail. At 9 years old, he iseverything a father would hope for; intelligent, charmingand a bright future ahead of him. And yet, I cringe when Itry to envision just how bright the future will really beawaiting my son. What would be the exchange rate 15years from now? Will he be able to live in a safecommunity? Will there be ample business or careeropportunities for him?I think of the devastating typhoons and floods hitting ourcountry nowadays, and remember an uncle who drownedduring the height of Ondoy’s onslaught, and I sigh. I hearabout the family friend’s uncle who was recently kidnappedand killed, and tears swell in my eyes.As a father, have I done enough to build a better future formy son?Perhaps.I do not claim to be a superman capable of fixingeverything to give Mikhail the best future imaginable.But I cannot wait for the future to fix itself.Every day I see my co-workers , the desire to do somethingconcrete for the society we move in burns in my heart. Weneed to do our share. I must do my share.Every day I tune in to the news program, I am emotionallytorn from the comforts of my sofa and thrust into a burningneed to act and make a difference any way I can.Every night, as I chat with my Mikhail and watch him doze offnext to me, I am consumed by a Burning Desire to make thefuture a better place for us and the future generations.
The 1 st CupBrekkie BiteA 2 nd Cup--- --- --- --- ---Hoy por MananaMagisGKWorX – A Burning Desire for Service (published 2014) (page 3 of 4)Then Gawad Kalinga came into our lives, and gave me andmy partners a concrete roadmap to quench the burningdesire for service.Through the new GK GAWA Program, we are immersingour workforce into the culture, not only of volunteerism,but also the culture of living right.ReminiscencePage 1Page 2Page 3Burning Desirefor ServicePage 1Page 2Page 3Page 45:48-5:51 AMSept. 10, 2020Through a “GK Aral” partnership program, we haveinitiated and continue to run Microsoft Basics trainingclasses for GK GAWA members at the GK BulaklakanVillage. The program has a two-fold mission: In the shortterm, it hopes to make more morally-set Filipinos capableand employable and give them more employmentopportunities; and in the long term it aspires for a businessworld will be engulfed with a workforce equipped withboth morals and skills.So, why am I and TeamWorX spending so much timehelping others?For our company, and my co-workers, and for my coworkersfamilies.For our country, and for everyone in it.For my son’s future, and for the future of all the people hewill work and live with.Today, we will finish our GK’s first house. Rest assure,this will not be the only one.
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