The Junior Chamber International Philippines – Zugbuana, an all female leadership training group, recently granted the wishes of the two girls in Cebu.
A 13-year old from barangay Quiot, Cebu City and an 11-year-old from Consolacion town in northern Cebu had their wishes granted through the Zugbuana’s “Grant A Wish 2013” project, which is in cooperation with the JCI sister chapters from Manila, Ortigas, Iligan, and mother chapter Metro Uptown Cebu.
In an awarding ceremony last June 8 at Jollibee Mango branch, the beneficiaries were each given a bicycle, clothes, Barbie dolls, school supplies, financial assistance and a college scholarship for the Cebu leg of the project.
The JCI Zugbuana, through project committee chairpersons Sheryl Pagapong and Marianne Cindy Tesoro, spearheaded the project to grant programs and scholarships to different children across the country, with JCI presidents Michele Chiu (JCI Zugbuana), Gene Noel Gallarde (JCI Metro Cebu Uptown), Pempee Fitvelvero (JCI Dayang Dayang), CJ Tan (JCI Ortigas) and Jim Chiu (JCI Manila) helping in the project’s implementation.
The working committee searched for a month for deserving recipients and after a thorough deliberation granted the wishes of the two girls.
What made this year more special was that JCI’s focus was shifted to granting the wishes of abused children at the Pink Center of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.
“Grant A Wish 2013” aims to award children their wishes with one child per JCI chapter.