Western Union Germany's Way of Helping The Philippines

Good news to all those who are living in Germany and want to send financial aid to their families, friends or chosen institutions who have been affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda. Western Union Germany offers zero (€0) transfer fees for all online transactions from 15th to 30th November, 2013. This is Western Union Germany's way of sympathizing with the those who have been affected by this very tragic event in the history of mankind. Just use the promotion code PHIL2013 in the "Payment" tab to activate.

Please note that *No-fee activations may not immediately be available. Due to the severity of Typhoon Haiyan, some Agent Locations in the Philippines may not be immediately operational or possess sufficient funds. Available at all participating agent locations.

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Give the gift of hope this Mother’s Day with special Lazada gift cards

Mother’s Day is all about commemorating moms everywhere and celebrating their love, kindness and inspiration. It is a time for thoughtful gifts, cheerful family gatherings and unique ways of showing them how much their kids care. It also serves as a reminder about the less fortunate children who grow up without devoted mothers, and urge kind souls to do their share to help.

This Mother’s Day, the Philippines’ online shopping mall LAZADA is teaming up with World Vision, the international community development organization, to improve the lives of underprivileged children across the country through special Mother’s Day gift cards. These limited series World Vision Mother’s Day gift cards are available for P600 until May 20 at www.lazada.com.ph/worldvision .

Lazada and World Vision signing the partnership contract.

(L-R: Paul Mendoza - VP of Marketing Lazada,
Inanc Balci - Managing Director and Co-Founder of Lazada

Angela Aberin - Director of Finance World Vision, and 
Jun N. Godornes - Associate Director World Vision)

“When you purchase this World Vision Mother’s Day card, a donation in her name will be made in honor of your mother,” said Jun Godornes, Associate Director of World Vision. “This donation will go to World Vision’s Child sponsorship program that enables children from a poor community to be educated, cared for and protected against poverty and injustice.”

Since its inception, LAZADA has become the number one destination for online shopping and gift inspirations in the Philippines. With over 20,000 products ranging from consumer electronics, gadgets, home and living, clothing and accessories, this leading one-stop online shop caters to all lifestyles and tastes. It is known for its flexible payment terms, such as cash on delivery and credit card payments, and offers free shipping for purchases above P1,000, seven-day return policy, and excellent customer service.

For more than 55 years, World Vision has been committed to eliminating poverty and its root causes, uplifting the lives of more than 100,000 Filipino children every year. Many more, however, are still in need of aid. “Adding the Mother’s Day gift card to your order will not only put a smile on the sponsored child’s face, but will also tug at the heartstrings of any mother,” said LAZADA’s Vice-President for Marketing Paul Mendoza.

Getting these special Mother’s Day gift cards serves as an initial step to the exciting journey of being a World Vision Child sponsor and making an indelible change in a child’s life. To sign up as a sponsor, one merely has to reply with the code inside the Mother’s Day gift card.

For more information on the World Vision Mother’s Day gift cards and other gift inspirations, visit www.lazada.com.ph .

About LAZADA

LAZADA is Southeast Asia’s fastest growing online store, with presence in five countries – Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. As the Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall, LAZADA offers over 20,000 consumer products, ranging from electronics, gadgets, fashion and accessories, to health and beauty categories, as well as home appliances. LAZADA offers its customers a safe and convenient online shopping experience that is paired with excellent service, including multiple payment options, such as cash-on-delivery, free returns available and warranty commitments. With the widest product offering online in the country LAZADA is the Philippines’ leading one-stop online shop that caters to all lifestyles and tastes.

About World Vision

World Vision is an international community development organization that provides short-term and long-term assistance to 100 million people worldwide. World Vision Philippines works in more than 43 provinces from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and carries the vital work of providing care and protection to the children in several villages nationwide.

World Vision depends on the support of the Filipino public for funding, with the majority of income coming from Child Sponsorship. Other funding avenues include emergency relief appeals, Federal Government grants, cash donations and corporate partnerships, such as this joint Mother’s Day campaign with Lazada.

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An Innocent Heart Needs Our Help

This is a repost from a fellow mommy, blogger, and friend intended for another mommy, blogger and friend. I hope that your hearts will be moved with our plea and with Alphonse's condition and help us in any way you can. God bless us all!

Can you remember how you felt when you first learned you will be having another child? A new member of the family! Another bundle, another baby that will complete your family. Mye, though her pregnancy was unexpected, was filled with joy and excitement,specially that they will be having a baby boy! A prince, her two princess  have long wished for…

Last December 27, the prince arrived! To say Mye’s family was overjoyed is an understatement! But their joy soon turned into worries when they learned about Alphonse's heart condition:

Early morning, I got a visit from my anesthesiologist, my OB-Gyne and the Pediatrician. They went straight to inform me about the bad news. My baby has a hole in his heart chambers and that it needs to be checked by a Pedia Cardiologist. It was such a devastating news. What did my baby do to deserve such an illness? He is so tiny and fragile and he had just arrived in our lives. I kept on crying and I can’t bring myself to stop. It is so heartbreaking.

The next doctor who came into my room was the Pedia Cardiologist and he confirmed the illness of my son. He has Tetralogy of Fallot. He further explained that there is a hole between his bottom heart chambers causing him to lack enough oxygen supply to his lungs. It was the reason why he wasn’t crying. It was as if my son understands that the further he cries, the more stressful it will be for his heart.

The doctor was very kind and told us that even though it happened to him at this stage, this illness is curable by surgery. Yes, my little boy will have to undergo an open heart surgery to survive this illness. He needs to have it at 6 weeks old, the earliest but no more than 3 months or he will not make it. He told us how much the surgery will cost and what do we need to prepare. We will need roughly $12,500 for the surgery alone. It was another shocking news but deep in our hearts, we knew there is hope. We are not wealthy and we need to get that amount in a month so we can schedule our baby’s surgery and free him from this very stressful and scary condition.

Alphonse is fighting and as a family, we want to fight with him.

Let us help Alphonse and his family fight... I know that with your big heart, this little boy’s heart will be saved!

We can help them in so many ways: 

Mye has a digital scrapbook store at Pixels & Company. Yuo can purchase her digital products to help her raise the money needed for the operation.

Mye is also a blog designer. You can avail of her blog design services to help her. Check out My Creative Zone for all the graphic services she is offering as well as the rates. If you are interested, you may place your order through HERE.

You can also donate directly to Mye (paypal address is admin@myedeleon.com)

Purchase a link from us ($5 for every link, will be posted in a PR2 blog, together with a 50 word description of your site, personal blogs only, commercial blogs will be charged higher). If interested, kindly fill up this form:

You can also help by spreading the word about this, just copy this blog post or create a new post about Alphonse and ways how people can help his family.

Originally posted by Pehpot.

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Wheat Works For You

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.

Wheat is an essential part of our diet. We use wheat flour in baking our breads. We wouldn't be able to enjoy our favorite pastas without the durum wheat. There wouldn't be breakfast cereals without them too! That is why it is good to know all about wheat to better understand and appreciate the nutritional benefits that it provides.

There is now a fun and interactive way to learn all about wheat through the How Wheat Works program. Through this program, the participants get to virtually grow, harvest and mill the wheat they have grown. If you are on Facebook and have been playing the variety of farming applications there, then you will surely enjoy this program that takes only four days to complete. I myself have participated and just planted my wheat. Tomorrow, when I receive my email from them, I will be able to virtually harvest the wheat I have grown. I'm looking forward to it!

Anyone can participate and help Operation Homefront give assistance to the needy U.S. troop and their families in the process. How? The program will donate two pounds of flour, up to 90,000 pounds, on behalf of each participant. They are also extending the program to the youth through the Wheat Foods Council. So I invite you, my dear readers to spare a few minutes of your time, participate and help.

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