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Ito ang iniwang mensahe ng katatapos na benefit concert ng Brigham Young University (BYU) Chamber Orchestra sa Meralco Theater para sa mga mahihirap na kabataan na makapag-aral.
Ayon kay BYU Tour Director at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) member Justin Smith, hindi kailanman magiging hadlang ang relihiyon para sa isang taong nagnanais na makatulong at makapaghatid ng saya sa kanyang kapwa.
“No matter if you’re Catholic or Mormon or Muslim or Hindu or whatever it is we are all one family and we felt like joint performance could really bless the lives of others. It doesn’t matter [what’s your religion is] we kind of come together more than divide and I think we need more of that in this time, more love more interaction more working together to the benefit of humankind,” pahayag ni Smith.
Ibinahagi ni Smith na hindi nagdalawang-isip ang BYU Mormon community na magtungo sa Pilipinas at ibahagi ang kanilang talento sa musika sa kapakinabangn ng mga kapus-palad na nagnanais makatuntong sa paaralan.
“Last fall, there was a visiting delegate from the archdiocese who came to BYU and that started the idea of ‘Oh, while you came to Manila, why not we team up and we’ll donate all of the funds to the charity of catholic churches’ choice. And they said you do that for us you come all the way and perform for us and give us the funds and we said ‘Yes we are brothers, I think that was welcome and received very well,” dagdag pa nito.
Ang nalikom na pondo ng konsiyerto ay tutustos sa pag-aaral ng 5,000 iskolar ng Caritas Manila sa ilalim ng programa nitong Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program o YSLEP.
Una nang nagtanghal ang BYU Chamber Orchestra sa Cebu, Bohol, Palawan at Unibersidad ng Pilipinas habang gaganapin naman sa Cultural Center of the Philippines ang kanilang huling konsiyerto sa bansa sa ika-30 ng May na katatampukan ni Lea Salonga.
Positibo naman si Caritas Manila Executive Director at Radio Veritas President Rev. Fr. Anton Pascual na kung mabibigyan ng maayos na edukasyon ang bawat isa ay makakaahon ang bansa sa kahirapan dahil ‘Education is the great equalizer.
