SINIMULAN na rin sa bansang Timor-Leste ang pagtatayo ng mga community pantries makaraang ma-inspire sa bayanihan ng mga Pinoy.
Ayon kay Vice Consul Laser Sumagaysay, ipinakita niya sa mga kapwa diplomats ang mga larawan ng mga nagsulputang community pantries sa Pilipinas at naging interesado ang mga ito.
“I took the opportunity to discuss with some Timorese friends and diplomats about the concept of ‘bayanihan’ and particularly showed them photos of #communitypantry set-ups in PH to which they gained much interest,” aniya ni Sumagaysay.
May sign din sa naturang pantry ng Timor-Leste na: “Please give what you can, take what you only need for a day.” Tinawag nila ang kanilang bersyon na “Bairro Farol’s Community Pantry.”
“In my perspective, as both private individual and diplomat, being in TL provides the opportunity to live and serve in a nation that is quite less developed but whose people are not in any way less spirited or determined than us Filipinos,” ani Sumagaysay.
“It could simply be by introducing beneficial PH practices, values, or concepts in the hopes that it could be replicated, adopted, or improved by the local community,” dagdag niya. –A. Mae Rodriguez
Timor-Leste na-inspire sa Pinoy, nagtayo ng community pantry
