As a continuing project for the cause of the
abandoned elderly people at Haven for the Elderly, the Greenhouse Project has
been inaugurated early this 2015. It is a gift of sustenance to the elderly
people of the haven, serving as a seed bank of organic food for consumption and
income generation. Because finishing is as important as starting, Barangay
Cherry Mobile is just as excited at its completion as it was at the onset of
the project.
The Greenhouse Project was conceived in
September 2014 when employee volunteers and Cherry Mobile scholars visited
Haven for the Elderly. The project progressed and the groundbreaking took place
in December 2014 as one of Cherry Mobile’s 12 Gifts of Christmas. Developments
of the construction as carried over by I Care for my City Foundation (ICCF) have
been documented over the succeeding weeks. Finally, the inauguration took place
in March 2015.
Employee volunteers and Cherry Mobile scholars planted lettuce at the groundbreaking of the greenhouse project. |
Haven for the Elderly center head Ricky Bunao
shared his opening remarks at the inauguration while one of the haven’s social
workers presented the organic farming milestones and the financial report on
the greenhouse project. ICCF were also present for the turn over and ribbon
cutting ceremony.
This project highlights Barangay Cherry Mobile’s
thrust for sustainable projects that benefit a deserving community. Over one
time giving and a few hours of volunteer support, Barangay Cherry Mobile prefers
to truly address the need of an indigent community. By letting the community
define their problem and involving themselves in the solution, Barangay Cherry
Mobile empowers the people. This is the essence of the tagline, “Changing the
country, one community at a time.”
Written by Keren Grace Tandico