Discussion about Richard, Junior the scavenger-actors and our efforts to help them.

Richard Casas as Ingo

Richard is 9-years old. He was born in Payatas and the mountains of trash are his playground. He has a medical condition, called hydrocephalous with a visual impairment.  

Our Goals for Richard:1.Have a pair of eyeglasses. 2.Arrange a medical consultation with a neurologist to determine his medical needs.3. Find organizations and individuals to help if surgery is needed.

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  Randy Catonjay as Julio.

Randy’s dream is to see his 3-year old son, Junior (left) walk someday. Junior has a club foot deformity.His ankles are rotated and because of this he is unable to walk. He needs a surgical correction. Such surgeries are very common in the western world.  However, the high cost of this surgery in the Philippines, make this procedure impossible for him. Click here for more info.

 

DREAMS YOU CAN MAKE COME TRUE: The Cast of The Mountain Thief

This is Manuel inside a typical shanty in Payatas. The scavenger actors live in these conditions.We would like to help the 14 actors build build a better shanty. It will cost around 30,000 Philippine Pesos or approximately  $600 US Dollars.Yes, just $600 to build a home that doesn’t leak, with decent roofing for the monsoons and walls for protection of their children against  the elements, so they don’t get wet in the rain.  Click here for more info.

He are hopeful that our initial efforts above for the medical needs of the children above  are successful, so we can pursue these other needs. Ultimately, we would like to help them set up for other means of livelihood. Some would like to sell fish, others would like to have their own store. The young ones want to have an education.

Please share your thoughts on how we can touch their lives.