Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano continued his annual birthday outreach with a celebration for orphaned children, teachers, and pastoral staff of Bethesda Ministries International in Itogon, Benguet.
The event featured meals, games, prizes, and special recognition for community members also celebrating birthdays in October.
Bethesda, a faith-based child-caring ministry in the Cordillera region, has long been part of Cayetano’s birthday and Christmas traditions.
The activity highlights Cayetano’s three-decade relationship with Bethesda, a faith-based child-caring ministry in the Cordillera region that has long been part of his birthday and Christmas traditions.
Last January, the veteran legislator hosted over 100 Bethesda youth in Taguig, acknowledging their early contribution in planting the seed for the city’s healthcare system and encouraging them to hold on to vision and faith.
“The planting of the seed matters… you have to see the tree, you have to see the fruit.”
“The planting of the seed matters… you have to see the tree, you have to see the fruit. Kailangan makita niyo iyon, because when you have a vision and you know your purpose, that will guide you,” the seasoned lawmaker said at that time.
Their ties date back over 20 years, when Bethesda and its international partners donated a container van of hospital beds and equipment to help establish Taguig City’s first public hospital.
Cayetano’s partnership with the ministry has also influenced his legislative agenda, including Senate Bill No. 106, or the Trust Fund for the Abandoned, Neglected, or Voluntarily Committed Child, which pushes for a national care system and long-term financial safety nets for orphans.
The senator also marked his birthday with a medical caravan for persons deprived of liberty at the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory in Payatas, providing free checkups, diagnostic services, and medicines.
