Volunteer Spotlight: Yuan, LoveYourself’s Driven Son
By Ruben Jay Alvarez Get to know a budding community of lovers in the Philippines’ Last Frontier, and the inspiring efforts of its tireless and passionate lead, Yuan. After an hour and 20 minutes, I finally arrived at Puerto Princesa International Airport and hopped right away into a tricycle heading to the Amos Tara Community Center. It was a fine Wednesday morning when I reached the center. I sat myself at a cozy cafe nearby, waiting for Yuan to arrive. Yuan is the executive director of Project H4 and the overall person in-charge of Amos Tara ’s daily operations. The cafe is called Hugot Cafe, which offers reasonably priced food and beverages. Lines related to personal experiences and realizations, known as hugot in Filipino, are written on the walls. After an hour, Yuan arrived sweaty and short of breath from riding the motorcycle. I allowed him to rest and catch his breath before we proceeded. We then talked about the organization, Amos Tara . The Beginning Everything starte...