Society’s saving grace

Helping people may be rewarding and fulfilling but having to face at least four dozen people with various heart-wrenching problems can take a toll on those extending assistance too. Time spent often starts and beyond official work hours, involves creativity in finding solutions to unique problems and demands empathy even when one’s exhausted heart already has so little to give.

“It’s such a good feeling every time I am able to help patients. I find sense of fulfillment,” said 57-year-old widow Tenina Ng, one of the front line workers of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office based at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City.