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Mothers for Others Charity Event

 

MANILA, Philippines — Generosity is a value mothers are known for. Guided by this, the Bantay Bata Advisory Board paid tribute to the loving mothers by staging an event called Mothers for Others.
The event, held last Sunday at Dusit Thani Hotel, was a special Mother's Day presentation for the benefit of Bantay Bata's pediatric heart patients in need of heart surgeries. In 2011, through the efforts of the generous moms, the foundation was able to raise over Php 2 million to provide medical assistance to the growing list of children in need of immediate operations.
Rallying behind this event for a cause is Dusit Thani’s General Manager Prateek Kumar. “We opened our doors and our hearts to Bantay Bata Mothers for Others because Dusit International's founder, Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui is an 80-plus year old woman who is first and foremost, a mother. Thanpuying ,realizing her dream of building the most valuable Thai hospitality company has been a mother to tens of thousands of others by changing their lives forever…we do all we can to help charities focused on children, such as Operation Smile, helping under privileged and abused children and now Bantay Bata.” Kumar shares on the efforts of Dusit International’s Mother and Honorary Chairperson.
The event, which was hosted by Tessa Prieto-Valdez, highlighted the runway for a cause with its Children's Couture Fashion Show. The event featured kids of celebrity and social personalities strutting the catwalk donned with original pieces from the country’s top designers like Inno Sotto, Pepito Albert, Cesar Gaupo, Dennis Lustico, Patrice Diaz, Ivarluski Aseron, Rhett Eala, Jojie Lloren, Joey Samson, Randy Ortiz, Jun Escario, Rajo Laurel and Cary Santiago.
The Bantay Bata Advisory Board prepared a special family area in Dusit where children enjoyed a variety of kid friendly activities provided by Party Perks. The team also stationed a studio corner where esteemed fashion photographer Raymond Isaac photographed the attendees and their families.
After the show, guests were treated to Dusit Thani’s famed Crossover buffet, highlighting the best cuisine from its award winning Japanese restaurant, Umu, authentic Thai restaurant Benjarong, Italian restaurant
Tosca, and the classic Basix.