Gasa sa Gugma

[carbrill]

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wen i visited the gasa sa gugma run by the missionary of charity of blessed Mother Teresa, i felt so fortunate to serve dem. for the sake of those people who doesn't kno wat's inside of gasa sa gugma; it is a institution for the abandon and dying people; those unwanted unloved n uncared people in the society.

there are about more than 70 people lived there, most of them are old. i have interviewed 4 old ladies. their reason y dey r there is their family left them there, n still dey are waiting for them to come back n get them out of that place. but the truth they we're abandoned by their own families...

others died there of old age, the sisters and the workers are the one who will bury them in the cemetery. juz few days ago i witnessed the burial of one of their patient. we were only 9 person who joined the burial rite; me 2 of my classmates our teacher 2 sister of missionary of charity 3 workers of the congregation. about the coffin it is very simple. juz imagine it is made of four sided plywood with 2x2 wood as its frame painted with white paint, it is about 5 feet, the workers are the one who made the casket...

wen u see those old people, u can see how they miss their love ones. once they talked to u, u can feel that they long for the love from people. they talk and share there happy moments with there families n friends. u can't hear any sad story from them. they are happy once they see visitors so they can talk to them. ang uban na abtan na lng sa pagka ango-ango, makalimot na sa ila edad n etc...

it takes a big courage to share what u hav not only financially but also moral support...

"Good works are links that form a chain of love."

"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted."


"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat."

blessed mother Teresa

[DyslexicHeart]

Right after my mother died of cancer, we donated all her unused medical supplies to Gasa sa Gugma. During the said visit, one of their residents, a seventy-something American who already developed our dialect with an impressive Bisayan accent, narrated that sometimes relatives do know they have a 'loved one' in Gasa but only drop by the charitable institution when the kin dies to get the death certificate for insurance claims and other 'financial benefits'... Luoy kaayo...

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During my college days we frequently visit gasa sa gugma as part of our community outreach program of our school org the Reaching Out Society under campus ministry office. once you are there at gasa sa gugma, the old lolo's and lola's their will be very happy.. some of them think you are his/her child or grand children.. they are desperately need for love and long for care. and every time we visit there we held some small programs for them and give them some medical supplies.. we saved our allowances for such activity.. until now the organization still have some activities for them and as mga kuya's its our turn to support the busno's in skol.. its so great to reachout with these unfortunate people who were abandoned by their families.

[carbrill]

i hope daghan pa mo donate ug mo support sa mga institution nga pas sa gasa sa gugma. di lang in terms in money also in moral support...

mayta pd way mo take advantage sa aning mga organization...

[purple haze]

nka duty ko sa Gasa sa Gugma for a month. i feel for the lolas and lolos there nga wala gyuy mo visit. happy ra pud sila nga naa mi to take care of and talk to them. ang sad nako nga experience kay 2 (or was it 3) of our patients died within the month. sad kaayo ig abot nako sa Gasa naa na'y coffin. ila dayon ilubong kay wala man pud relatives nga mo claim sa body nya wala man gi embalm.

[carbrill]

nka duty ko sa Gasa sa Gugma for a month. i feel for the lolas and lolos there nga wala gyuy mo visit. happy ra pud sila nga naa mi to take care of and talk to them. ang sad nako nga experience kay 2 (or was it 3) of our patients died within the month. sad kaayo ig abot nako sa Gasa naa na'y coffin. ila dayon ilubong kay wala man pud relatives nga mo claim sa body nya wala man gi embalm.

btw mao pd na amo na experience last sunday... ang naka louy pa jud kay bisag ilang family di na lng mo care nila as if they are dogs nga pasagdan ra nila.. may gani naa ang mga madre nga mo take care nila den mao na sad na lng moy mo lubong nila...

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every yr among org naay visitation didto murag kada semester man cguro.. ako pud e open nila og balik na e continue ang visitation sa gasa sa gugma

[carbrill]

cge du maau ipadayon na nnyo... sus kung naa ra jd koy daghan tym and money mag feeding jud ko dd2.. kay maka lingaw den bisag naa sa tunga sa well commercialized area ang gasa sa gugma maka relax gyud ka dd2 and malingaw sa mga tao..

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yup tinoud na bisan naa sa commercialized and residential area.. yet gasa sa gugma feels like heaven if ur there and there is total peace.. i miss it already

[pete_nivram@yahoo.com]

hi kuya bata..... istoryan pud diay ka?hehehe

^mao jud nice kaayo sa Gasa sa Gugma... Our organization Reaching Out Society pirme mi adto kada year around february.. didto amo storya2x.an ang mga lolos og lolas didto mawa ang ilang kamingaw sa ilang mga tinuod nga pamilya..