Service Learning Activity

I am thankful that I am connected with institutions that value charity. Through their guidance, I have experienced tree planting, assisting the elderly, take care of orphans, teaching children in an indigenous community, build houses for the families who were affected by the typhoon, and so much more. 

As part of my MBA curriculum, I am again fortunate enough to have an opportunity to help. We were asked to create a CSR activity with our chosen community or charity. Since we believe that the children are our future, we chose to help out Tuloy Foundation which helps out orphaned children. According to their profile, Tuloy Foundation has been in the service of poor, abandoned and orphaned children, particularly the ones of the streets, since 1993. These children, coming from impoverished families, are helped by the foundation through a comprehensive program that provides the stability and security of a home, education, practical skills training, and equipping them with healthy values for their transformation into contributing members of future generations. Tuloy is heavily dependent on donors and benefactors to cover for food, basic needs and education.  As of now, there are about 220 resident and 800 non-resident children in our care that are hopeful because every donation that comes in means that another child can be able to eat, live and study.

The health of kids are often neglected because of that, we chose provide medicines for the sickly orphans. For this CSR activity, we will organize a fund drive to raise money to buy the needed medicines. Personally, I will seek help of my friends, office mates and family members to donate. I'll research more on how I could raise more money, though. 

According to an article from Harvard Business Review, there are 5 reasons why we should donate to charity: 

1. May improve your sense of well-being
2. Supporting a cause can help you feel informed about issues of social injustice
3. Giving to charity out of Spiritual conviction can strengthen your spiritual life
4. Volunteering with charity may result in physical and social benefits
5. Donations are tax deductible (For businesses only)

I can't help but to feel excited in executing our Service Learning Activity!