Today, we commemorate one of the Philippines' heroes, Andres Bonifacio. If Rizal, used his writing for rebellion, Bonifacio was the aggressive one who would not hesitate to use weapons against the Spanish regime just to defend our country.
In commemoration of his heroic deed, volunteers of the Philippine government's Pilipinas Natin (Our Philippines) together with Gawad Kalinga pays tribute to this hero in a different way. Not by writing nor through using weapons and firearms but through using our human arms to build homes for our brethren, cleaning streets in the slums and cleaning up our coasts. Perhaps we could still consider the tools we used as weapons such as brooms, hammer,etc. as weapons but not for blood but for building our nation.
As for my part, my contribution would be compared to Rizal, who used writing. In my case, I write not for rebellion but to salute the volunteers who have taken part in today's endeavor as well as those unsung heroes who have helped uplift the dignity of the poor in one way or another.
Kudos to all the heroes for the poor and of our lives!
Cheers! :-)
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