Christmas is celebrated early in the Philippines and children are always excited when Christmas comes. However, some of the kids in the Philippines lives in poverty and are less fortunate to even experience Christmas. Thankfully, non-profit organizations and businesses are partnering up to help these children.
Enter AirAsia and World Vision..
AirAsia and World Vision partnered up to launch a campaign called "See the World" where they will raise at least one million pesos to sponsor children across the country. Everytime an AirAsia seat is booked/sold from 1 to 31 December 2017, fives pesos will be donated to the World Vision's child sponsorship program.
AirAsia has always been in the front end with regards to helping the communities in the Philippines. As Capt. Darren Adrian Acorda, AirAsia Philippines' Chief Pilot for Operations, said that AirAsia has been helping people achieve their dreams like the Cadet Pilot Program that helps aspiring pilots around ASEAN and also helps in relief operations like in the Yolanda-Tacloban typhoon incident. This has inspired the campaign to also help children and improve their lives through the "See the World" campaign.
'Everyone can Fly' has been the slogan of AirAsia and Mr. Pete Chareonwongsak, AirAsia Regional Chief Operating Officer said that they have a platform where they can enable people to really see the world and have an opportunity in many different ways. Using that platform, they can do good things by partnering up with an organization that impacts communities.
They have also produced videos in partnership with World Vision that highlights the life of a child and his dreams of a brighter future. One kid, Yoyong, was sponsored by Quest and AirAsia flew the kid to meet Quest and bond through video games and arcade. As Quest narrated that he also grew up in poverty and helping these children is a chance to give back to them. He’s happy to be a part of this and said that “It is in us Filipinos to help those in need”.
Mr. Rommel Fuerte, World Vision Philippines’ National Director, said that they were very excited with the partnership with AirAsia. They want to focus on education and values formation to the children that theyare sponsoring so they can be educated and be able to help others as well.
Leonardo, one of the sponsored child in the web videos was also introduced by Mr. Gjett Lamigo, World Vision Philippines’ Media and Communication Director. Leonardo wants to be a pilot to help his family. In the web video, he was visited by an AirAsia pilot in his home and was taken to an airplane and inside the cockpit where they fly the plane. Leonardo dreams to literally see the world by becoming a pilot and was very much inspired when they toured him around the plane. These web episodes will be shown on the AirAsia Facebook page starting November 20.
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In the See the World launch at Hotel H20, World Vision Philippines Ambassadors led by rapper Quest and Asia’s Romantic Balladeer Christian Bautista were present and performed during the event. Together with radio DJ and host Gelli Victor as host in the event.
“The children that AirAsia will support will learn a lot through education. They will see the world through education. When they grow up as well, they will see the world through travel”, said Christian Bautista. He performed and sang Christmas songs with the Mandaluyong Children’s Choir and he imparted to make the Christmas a more joyous one through sharing and caring.
This is a great Christmas project between AirAsia and World Vision which gives back to the community by nurturing the education of our young ones. And with the hopes, that these children would grow up and contribute to the community as well and not just to see the world as a better place but also help shape it to become one. Just a simple booking of a seat in an AirAsia flight can go a long way in helping these children. Every peso donated to the World Vision is a peso well spent no matter how little or big it is..
coverage by: Aaron Nomo
for Azrael's Merryland Blog
