‘Hot water challenge’ resurfaces, puts children in serious danger
The challenge dares individuals to either pour boiling water on themselves or sip it through a straw.
The challenge dares individuals to either pour boiling water on themselves or sip it through a straw.
No harm getting cold and wet for a good cause. In this spirit, Senate President Franklin Drilon on Monday dared home builder Tony Meloto, environmentalist Gina Lopez and businessman Alfonso Sy to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge after taking it himself.
The Ice Bucket Challenge has become the biggest philanthropic trend to take off in recent years, and has proven just how game the Filipino is in jumping on the bandwagon.
We’ve seen people fully dressed—and in various states of undress—do the ice bucket challenge. And what you wear for your drenching video isn’t all that important, what matters more is that you’re doing the challenge for the right reasons—to spread awareness about the debilitating disease that is ALS and to raise funds for research.
The Ice Bucket Challenge could be sinful. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Archbishop Socrates Villegas said Thursday that donations raised from the popular Ice Bucket Challenge may be funding “unethical” research.
Dousing yourself with a bucket of ice could make you feel cool but doing it for an advocacy is way cooler.
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