You Show Me Anthem for Center of Hope

Despite the current climate in the Philippines, We Love Heroes will continue on as planned. Mirta and I have been gathering music supplies to take with us to the Philippines for the girls who apparently love to sing and dance. Here is a recording of the girls singing a song that they wrote together :)   You Show Me

Skoll Foundation Bonus Challenge!

I just noticed that whoever gets that most amount of donations in this week wins their charity $5000! That means we can win the Visayan Forum Foundation an additional $5000 by simply getting as many people as we can to donate. Minimum donation is $10!

What I learned about Cecilia Oebanda

When I first spoke to Lai, Cecilia’s daughter, months ago she let me know a few key things about her mother. The first thing that I learned was that Cecilia was very poor growing up, dumpster diving for essentials. The second thing I learned was that she was a fighter. She took up arms, alongside her husband, against the Marcos regime in the Philippines and eventually was considered such a threat that they pursued her and other insurgents until she finally turned herself in to save the lives of her friends and unborn child. She was imprisoned for four years but continued protesting by engaging the entire prison in hunger strikes. Two of her children were born in captivity.

When she was released and democracy was restored she got a few friends and a couple of backpacks and they started going around advocating fairness for domestic workers. It was this work that opened her eyes to how promise of domestic work abroad was one of the main corridors to human trafficking and the Visayan Forum Foundation was born.

The third and final thing that I learned about Cecilia Oebanda is that she is a servant, dedicating her life to the service of those who need her skills, passion, and courage to stand up for the cause of humanity flourishing. She is a fighter, a servant, and an inspiration in a world that needs it.

Love Bomb Launch!!! THIS IS IT!!!

This is it folks! It's Love Bomb Day! Remember to.

1. Send an email!
2. Donate
3. Spread the Word

See the previous post for all the details or the Heroes and Missions page on our website www.WeLoveHeroes.com

November 6 Love Bomb - Participate! Use 1, 2, or all 3 of these methods!

1. Send an email to Cecilia through her organization at Director@VisayanForum.org

2. Support the Visayan Forum (Cecilia's foundation against human trafficking) in their Skoll Social Enterprise Challenge by donating through We Love Heroes at http://www.crowdrise.com/VisayanForumFoundation/fundraiser/WeLoveHeroes

or 3. Simply "Like" and "Share" about the Visayan Forum from their Facebook page or from ours: //www.facebook.com/VisayanForumFoundation or www.facebook.com/WeLoveHeroesProject

All of our cities have shipped!

Well.... ALMOST all of our cities have shipped! San Diego is scheduled to ship out this coming week, which is great because it coincides nicely with our upcoming LOVE BOMB!

Thank you Melbourne!

We Love Heroes would like to thank the team and volunteers in Melbourne, Australia! Here they are at a baby shower that they used as an opportunity to collect donations for the box. Thank you to Eliza, Tracey, Jodi and a big thank you to Jessica for her generosity and to the Grant family for sponsoring the shipment.