Orphanage Graduates, Both Successful And Unsuccessful

Genalyn Banoy
Genalyn was a 2-months old when put on sale or $47.00 by her family, due to poverty.  When the Orphanage of the Virgin of Guadalupe (OVG) Director, learned of this, he counseled the family against it and tried, unsuccessfully, to find both parents jobs.  But the need was urgent.  Therefore, the Director paid the amount and brought the baby to the orphanage.

Lynlyn, as she was fondly called, grew up to be a beautiful twenty old woman and was in her 3rd year of Pharmacy at St. Jude’s College when, unfortunately, she left school and all access to her has been lost.


Kevin Brutus Dela Cruz
Kevin was born out of wedlock.  Unwanted by the family, a couple tried to adopt him but the couple’s children disapproved the idea. Thus, he ended up at the Orphanage of the Virgin of Guadalupe.  Kevin left after completing 2 years of college, went to work on the outside, and is doing well.


Geru Laguitan
Geru was one year and 6 months old, badly malnourished and sick when the OVG Director saw him in the dirty arms of his malnourished mother.  His mother, having been raped and traumatized, was sick and on the verge of losing her mind.  Jobless, she would search for anything to eat by the seashore (where Geru’s older and only sister had drowned while scavenging for food).
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It was so touching when the mother handed over her son to the OVG Director.  The mother never stopped crying, but she had to give her son up for a better future.  She passed away a year later.
After completing 2 years of college, Geru decided to go out on his own.  He is doing well.


Bryan Frankie Hortilano
Brian is the youngest of 8 children.  His father became mentally incapacitated, was confined to a mental hospital and, eventually, died there.

With his father confined to a hospital, the already poor living condition of the family worsened.  Bryan’s mother, who could hardly raise enough money for the family’s basic needs, had to sell all that they had, including their belongings, for her husband’s medication and the subsistence of their 8 children.  Finally Brian, then 8 months old, had to be given up; the reason why he ended up in the orphanage.
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Brian completed college, attaining an AB in Philosophy, and taught high school for 2 years before deciding to leave on his own.  Currently he holds a good job on the outside and is doing well.
 
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