As we celebrate FCF’s 25th year, let us share the joy of giving and what we have accomplished so far. But we should not rest on our laurels as there is much more to do. Recent studies by several international organizations show that a third of all Filipino children are living in poverty. Many are forced to quit school and work to augment family income. The effect of poverty on these children is heartbreaking - hunger, malnutrition, stunted growth, street-begging, homelessness, illiteracy, etc.

FCF will continue to work hard to lift more children up from the misery of poverty. it is a daunting challenge but we all have a moral obligation to confront it. You and I shall always be guided by this famous quote - Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them…he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?” God said, “I did do something. I made you.”