GIN: Dialysis Chapter: Christmas Bazaar

           In Christmas Bazaar, our GIN: Dialysis Chapter group participated to raise awareness of the disease, dialysis, and funds for the patients. We sold awareness bracelets, and distributed the pamphlet that includes information about our club, the disease, and the conditions of the patients. I stayed the whole day, selling the bracelets, and it was a meaningful project to increase the awareness of dialysis, to the people.

           Honestly, I thought it would not go well, because most of the times, people come to bazaar to buy the things they want. Also, personally, I also do not give attention to the campaigns in the market. My expectation was right. Although we stayed in the entrance of the bazaar, no one gave attention to our bracelets and campaign. We thought that we had to grab the attentions of the people. Then, we began to stand up and shout out “bracelets for dialysis patients”. Our enthusiastic voices and passionate movements actually caught the attention of the people. We were able to sell a lot of bracelets and thus raise the awareness of the people towards our club and the dialysis patients.  

        

           Throughout this activity, I again felt responsibility towards the dialysis patients. Although it was very hard to stay whole day, shouting and catching attentions of the people, thinking of the funds that we had to raise, in order to support the patients, I could not sit and rest. Also, I was very happy when other people who had no idea about how the conditions of the dialysis patients in Baguio are like, acknowledge about them through reading the pamphlets of our club. Some people thanked us for doing such an activity that brings people to be aware of the patients and the disease. It was a meaningful activity that increased my sense of belongings towards the club, and towards the patients.