19 October 2015 – Philippine Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores and Consulate General officers attended a charity event organized by the Filipino Association in Xiamen (FAX) held on September 12 at the Xiamen Xiahui Hospice, a charitable institution for elderly Chinese. This initiative is part of FAX’s annual community service program and its contribution to the Consulate General’s commemoration of its 20th year of establishment.
Consul General Flores led a group of 45 Consulate General officials, FAX officers and members as well as Chinese volunteers and sponsors in giving a day of entertainment, fun and gifts to the elderly residents of the hospice. A Filipino band performed several songs, including some Chinese folk and popular songs.
In his message, Consul General Flores commended FAX for the annual charity event that demonstrates the Filipinos’ core values of caring and sharing, particularly taking care of and paying respects to their elders. The activity contributes to the collective efforts to strengthen people-to-people contacts and thereby strengthen friendship and understanding between Fujian and the Philippines.
Mr. Cao Yong Jiu, the nursing home’s administrator, expressed appreciation for the initiative of the Filipinos to show their compassion and generosity to the elderly even for a day. The hospice attends to indigent elderlies who are already in their 80’s and 90’s, some suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s Syndrome and other degenerative illnesses. END