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Small Actions That Add Up 🌱

Hello Hilom Fam!👋 Happy Wednesday! Today's stories show how much can happen through small responses, from young volunteers rescuing market produce to a baby reacting at exactly the right moment.

Young volunteers sorting rescued vegetables for community food baskets in Quezon City

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When Surplus Food Finds a Better Home

In Barangay Commonwealth, more than 80 youth volunteers collect usable surplus produce from public markets every Wednesday and Saturday night. Through the…

In Barangay Commonwealth, more than 80 youth volunteers collect usable surplus produce from public markets every Wednesday and Saturday night. Through the Reskyusi Food Basket Program, the food is cleaned and distributed to families instead of being sent to landfills. Produce that can no longer be eaten is composted and turned into fertilizer for local gardens.

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Baby looking into the camera and responding with perfectly timed facial expressions

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Maybe Babies Understand More Than We Think

A baby appears to listen carefully before responding with perfectly timed expressions and movements. We may never know how much was genuine understanding and…

A baby appears to listen carefully before responding with perfectly timed expressions and movements. We may never know how much was genuine understanding and how much was lucky timing, but the serious little face makes a convincing case. Sometimes babies really do look like they know exactly what is happening.

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Here's to the little actions that become useful, funny, or unexpectedly important.