Rafi, Missionaries of the Poor holds groundbreaking of new elderly home

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MORE than two months after the signing of a memorandum of understanding last Sept. 5, 2011, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Rafi) and the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP) made the groundbreaking of the 4,500-square meter land where a home for the elders and persons with disabilities will be built.

The purchase of the land was made possible through a fund donated by the late Jose Miguel Aboitiz.

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Dubbed as “The House of the Lord,” this shelter in Poblacion, Talisay City is part of MOP’s expanding services for the homeless and abandoned elders.
It will be built across the MOP Monastery and will house 100 elders and persons with disabilities in Cebu.

The House of the Lord is set to be constructed early this year. It is expected to be
finished in December 2012.

The construction of the shelter will fulfill MOP’s charism and mission in Cebu, which includes taking care of the homeless, handicapped, and the poor.

Currently, the brothers are already taking care of 30 indigent elderly in a make-shift center in Sawang Calero.

With initial grant assistance from Rafi in 2005, the Missionaries of the Poor have been operating the Little Lamb Center, a permanent residential facility in Cebu that caters exclusively to children who are physically and mentally challenged.

The center in Sawang Calero recently houses and cares for over 40 special children with cerebral palsy, autism, and Down’s syndrome, among others.

MOP is one of the beneficiaries under Rafi’s Grants program.

For more information about grants, one may contact 418-7234 local 205 and look for Jan Montilla.