TWO Fil-Am kids, ages 10 and 13, have been making “Haiyan bracelets” and selling them online to raise funds for rebuilding elementary schools in Tanauan, Leyte ravaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). To their surprise, they were not only able to sell the bracelets but got outright donations from Fil-Ams based in the USA.
The fund drive all began when Malaya David, 10 and sister, Tala, were watching television one day before Thanksgiving last year and saw the devastation brought by Haiyan in the town of Leyte. Both kids, who were into making braided bracelets, decided to convert the hobby into a fund-raising project for Yolanda survivors.
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