Megan balik-Pinas para sa Yolanda victims

Habang sinusulat namin ang column na ito ay hinihintay pa rin namin ang pagbabalik sa bansa ng kauna-unahang Pinay Miss World na si Megan Young.

Ito’y para ibigay nang personal sa mga super typhoon survivors ang nalikom nilang halaga mula sa isinagawang fundraising events ng Miss World organizers.

Personal ding bibisitahin ni Megan ang ilang evacuation centers kung saan pansamantalang nanunuluyan ang mga nasalanta ng bagyo para mamigay ng relief goods.

Ayon kay Megan, lahat ng kinita ng fundraising events ng Miss World na ginanap sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Amerika ay ibibigay nila sa mga survivors ng trahedya.

“From the charity work that we have been doing, the fundraisers that we have been having in New York, New Jersey, and L.A., we will be giving one hundred percent of that to the Philippines, to Tacloban, in the area that was hit,” sey ni Megan sa isang interview na napanood namin sa YouTube.

Dito ay nagbalik-tanaw din ang beauty queen-actress nang magpunta sila noon sa Tacloban at iba pang lugar sa Visayas region.
“These are areas that we have had tours before. I mean, with my job before as an artist.

We do national tours and we go to these places, in Tacloban, especially, and it’s going to be different from what I remember…
“I don’t know if I’m emotionally prepared yet for that, but it doesn’t matter because I’m just going to go there and see what I can do,” chika ni Megan.

Sey pa ni Megan sa naganap na trahdeya, “It’s insane. I mean, the whole area was wiped out. Kids (are now) parentless, parents (are) childless now. Just thinking about it really breaks my heart.”

Dagdag pa ng ating Miss World na talagang apektado sa nangyaring kalamidad lalo na sa Tacloban, “So many people are helping out. I mean, the relief centers are full every single day.

But some areas are also neglected and need attention. Hopefully, when we go back, we can focus our attention on those things.”

( Photo credit to INS )