Sam Vonumu used to work for Discovery TV Channel at the World Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, USA. During Diwali celebration at Discovery, Uplift a Child was given a stall space in the atrium to exhibit about Uplift a Child activities so that the employees can contribute. During that time, Joy Soriano, a citizen of Philippines who is also a coworker of Mr. Vonumu came to our stall and learnt about the good work. At that time, she took interest and asked us if we can help her country so that children of Philippines also can get similar support. That is how Joy partnered with us and connected to some of the local volunteers in the Philippines. Our operations began in 2014 in a small town called Baler in Arora, Philippines. Joy personally visited all the children there locally and with the help of the local volunteers, our program has become successful. Then in few years, Eugene Boney Moses (currently lives in Kuwait along with his Filipino friends) also joined us in the Philippines Board to continue our operations. We are doing it in a small way now. When more citizens of Philippines join us, we would like to help children in other locations all over the Philippines. 2014 Joy Soriano’s Philippines inaugural visit Pictures