United Through the Web: Visayas 6 Online Community officially launched
The V6 Online Community website
THE Internet is indeed a very powerful tool in bringing people together. Like in the case of the members of the Visayas 6 Online Community. The Internet has brought closer people from Western Visayas who are now scattered around the globe through chatting, member support and social work.
Each region has a moderator and for Iloilo City, it's Judy Anne Grace A. Yap.
Yap said that the community started in January 2006 and its members have increased really fast. "We even joked that we might grow so big we would become a partylist," Yap joked.
Judy Ann Yap, Dennis Arabang,
Ryan Prader and Ryan Baniara
They aim to improve chatting by offering themselves as a good example of wholesome and orderly chatting, to develop friendship and camaraderie among members, to exchange ideas and share talent among members, to develop contacts and unity with their OFW kasimanwa worldwide, to unite and foster fellowship among members of the v6 community and to promote mutual understanding and cooperation among the members.
"We dream of something bigger. Despite the distance, age gap and hectic schedules at work, we hope and believe in the impossible. So, we decided to put up a website. We held a website making contest for all members residing in the Philippines and two won, so they were the ones who made the website. They are Ryan Prader and Ryan Baniara who won P12,000.
Apart from the website, the community's project includes a gift-giving in Asilo de Molo last year. Then, they held a grand EB (meaning, eyeball, Internet lingo for meeting in person) in October 2006.
The V6 Online Community members
The Bacolod group held a gift giving to the needy and on July 1, they will have their EB.
Meanwhile, the Iloilo chapter is facilitating a day care center in San Joaquin, Iloilo. They are also raising money in order to buy a computer that they will donate to a school.
They also support their members. Take the case of Prince Stefan, a contender in the Starstruck Search, who garnered a lot of votes from the members of the V6 Online Community. They are also helping Kirby, a native of Dingle who is now making waves as a rapper member of Quatro Elemento in London.
Those interested to join can log in to http://groups.yahoo.com/v6community/. Those who are from Western Visayas are eligible to join.
One can also visit their website at www.visayas6community.org.