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We knew her as Gigi Lazaro. We worked together for the Working Hands Scholarship Foundation together with Marty Manalo, Oyie (who is now in US), Doris Alcantara (who is now in Milan). Gigi now is one of the resource persons of Evangelion Foundation chaired by Bishop Teodoro C. Bacani. Working Hands Scholarship Foundation was formed by Yuppeace. Update. YUPPEACE now acts as formation arm of Working Hands Scholarship Foundation.

When YUPPEACE started in 1995 for the World Youth Day in Manila , we were nearly 10,000 volunteers. We were divided then by 5 houses namely: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. About a thousand of us decided to continuously relive the spirit of the World Youth Day and the spirit of volunteerism by meeting in 5 different places without any goal. We simply wanted to see each other while the fire brought by Pope John Paul II was still burning. Believing it was a heaven call, soon, Fr. Armand Robleza , SDB relaunched YUPPEACE as a registered foundation. The thousand remnants of World Youth Day 95 became directors, officers,   house heads, group heads, cell heads, WEST heads, and members of YUPPEACE. The five houses were renamed based on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Help of Christians , Mother of Christ, Cause of Our Joy, Spiritual Vessel, and Morning Star. After many years of existence, a lot of us have decided to go home to their hometowns in the far provinces of the P...