Diana&Aidan's special birthday for the girls of Isla ng Bata

In 2010, the Isla ng Bata family home opened its doors: an NGO that operates in the Philippines to support the rights of minors in difficult situations.

We have decided to dedicate an important event, the birthdays of Diana and Aidan to Isla ng Bata cause.

The celebration for Diana's 4th and Aidan's 2nd birthdays will have a special value: protecting and helping many children who have been abandoned or who have had to suffer abuse and violence at very early age.

The objective of this campaign will allow us to cover the costs of 25 pediatric visits: one for each child welcomed into the family home, as well as support other ongoing treatments.

Philippine healthcare is one of the most important costs - along with school and food - for Isla ng Bata. Together we can give concrete support to the girls welcomed and make this day an even more special day.

On May 5th we will celebrate Diana and Aidan's birthday together and by that date we hope to have also achieved this important milestone: donating pediatric visits to the girls of Isla ng Bata!

Fun fact: both parents of Diana and Aidan are volunteers of Isla ng Bata. 2013 when the two first met and now here we are: celebrating the birthdays of these two cute-patooties!

Here is a link to Andrea's blog with some photos from their last visit to the orphanage (Jan 2023):

https://www.batangcalabnugan.com/2024/05/01/andrea-from-the-philippines-to-england-for-isla-ng-bata/

For more information on the Isla ng Bata NGO and their increadible work in India and Philippines, please visit www.islangbata.it

With many thanks,

Andrea and Danielle

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Letter to our children:

Happy birthday my darlings Diana and Aidan!!! 4 and 2 this April 2024!

You mean the world to us. For you, we would like to gift you an abundance of love, a better and kinder world to live in, and for you my little babies to lead meaningful lives more than anything.

For your very special day, papa and mama would like to take this moment to remind ourselves of our family's values of kindness, generosity, empathy, respect and responsibility by helping an orphanage in the Philippines that is very close to our hearts.

You're very little to comprehend all of these now but this will be a family tradition that you will experience all throughout our lives together. Mama too, when she was but a little girl, spent her birthdays in orphanages and with street children, and these have imprinted on mama's fond memories. One little act of kindness at a time.

Lots of love,

Mama Dani & Papa Andrea