The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a
leader in global payment services, announced the top 25 Filipino migrants
who are living proof that Filipino migrants are indeed our modern day heroes. It took months for Western Union to search for Filipino migrants who had made an outstanding difference in making a positive impact in the community.
Western Union had deemed it important to
recognize heroic efforts of Filipino migrants, especially during Filipino Heroes
Day, to affirm their invaluable contribution to their families, communities and
the country. The migrants did not just send money back home; they had also given
pride to the Filipino community with their successful missions.
“Heroes for Better" campaign celebrates lives
of migrant Filipinos, their work and their personal advocacies because they were
the ones who were courageous enough to run after their dreams and in fact, they
even took it further by fulfilling other people’s dreams,” shares Patricia Riingen, Senior
Vice President, South East Asia & Oceania, Western Union. “The campaign does not just recognize
and tell their stories, it also provides them a platform to inspire others to
pay it forward.”
Present during the press conference of Heroes for Better were 3 heroes:
Nilo Beltran, founder of the Skills Caravan – a non-profit organization which provides free technical skills workshops to jail inmates, out of school youth and unemployed members of underprivileged communities in the Philippines;
Nilo Beltran, founder of the Skills Caravan – a non-profit organization which provides free technical skills workshops to jail inmates, out of school youth and unemployed members of underprivileged communities in the Philippines;
Edmond Corpuz, founder of the “Black Pencil” advocacy project which
helped bring school supplies to 1,200 school children in rural areas;
Nestor Puno, a missionary who teaches a
small school in Japan for Filipino and Filipino-Japanese children who cannot
enter regular schools due to their residency status.
“I guess
it holds true for all of us heroes that it started with an issue that had
affected us and it simply compelled us to take action. It’s not that we wanted
to change the world, we just wanted to help in our own way,” says Nestor Puno.
“This
recognition given to us by Western Union only inspires us to continue and even
extend the reach of our advocacies, involve more people, and hopefully
influence other migrants to start their own missions too,” adds Nilo Beltran.
Learn more about inspiring stories of
the top 25 Filipino migrants by visiting wuheroesforbetter.org.
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