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Tin Penaojas

  • Philippines    Cancer, Children, Women
Raised So Far PHP 51,500

Tin Penaojas

I am a social worker and a fundraiser for the cause of poor Filipino children. In the line of duty, I came across Jacquelyn. We got along very well. She became like an older sister at work; she became my Ate Jaq.

I witnessed Ate Jaq's journey to becoming a mother. She waited for about three years to get pregnant because of polycystic ovary syndrome; but not until April 2019 when she and her husband found out she was 7 or 8 weeks pregnant (to a cute little boy named Elyon)!

During her pregnancy, Ate Jaq felt a lump in her right breast. After seeking medical advice, she took it as part of the journey she waited and prayed for for so long. Fast forward to a week after Elyon got born into this world, the lump became harder; and so Ate Jaq and her obstetrician-gynecologist figured it is time to look further into it.

Ate Jaq got diagnosed with a stage 3 breast cancer after a series of tests. Heading into Christmas of 2019 with baby Elyon, it "progressed" into stage 4 as the cancer cells metastasized to her bones (ribs and spine), lungs and liver.

I appeal to all of you to help me raise PhP 600,000 for her Trastuzumab therapy at Philippine General Hospital. This 18-cycle treatment for every 3 weeks has already started yesterday, January 21. Each 3-week period costs PhP 32,250.

The life my Ate Jaq shared with others to help raise funds for poor Filipino children is a life worth giving back to. It is a life of hope. As I write this very sentence, I hold back my tears, wishing to help turn that hope into a bigger one -- so that Ate Jaq could continue and become an even bigger blessing. Not to mention, to become someone she struggled for so long to be: a mother to baby Elyon.

May you be blessed ten fold for all the blessings your share ❤

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