| Keen local golfer and caddy Pat Healy was moved to do something to help the children after reading of their plight in the missionary magazine The Messenger.
And he recruited fellow members of the St Anne’s parish, which takes in Carnoustie, Monifieth and Arbroath, to help him achieve his goal.
Pat said, “There are up to 100,000 children living in the most abject poverty in Quezon City, near Manila, where they have been reduced to scavenging on rubbish dumps and competing with rats and other vermin just to survive.
“It really is the most sub-human existence and a local priest, Father Danilo Salezze, of the Messengers of St Anthony, has set about raising funds to build a school for these children and try to give them at least some chance of a better future.
“I enjoy my golf and I managed to get Greg Docherty, Michael Maxwell and Sean Webster — all keen players and youth members of the parish — to join me in trying to play 100 holes.
“We started off at half past six this morning and, all going well, hope to have completed the 100 holes by around midnight.
“We have already collected over £700 from friends, family and parish members and we are also grateful for the support we have received from the golfing fraternity in Carnoustie and beyond.” |
