His parents separated more than decade ago, and they have been financially struggling to keep him in school. His father was working as a foreman in Saudi Arabia, while his mother worked as a seamstress to make ends meet.
But an unexpected twist of fate happened. His father got into an accident and wasn’t able to work well. Their finances started to plunge, and there wasn’t enough money for his tuition’s down payment. he wasn’t worried at first, knowing that his school allows students to get their schedules before paying anything—thinking this would give his parents enough time to raise money. To his horror, the school required payment before getting his schedule first. He felt hopeless.
Fortunately for him, he had his friends who were willing to do anything to help him up. One of his friends, Aldrin, realized he had excess cash from his tuition fee and decided to give it to his friend. Aldrin then asked the others if they had any extra, and were willing to help their friend, Jan Ray. One by one, his friends Mark, JL, ‘Totoy’, Nikko, Dong, Rick, Raffy and ‘Chuckling’ gave their extra cash. They were able to raise P1,665—just enough to get him through the down payment.
Jan Ray was so overwhelmed by his friends’ actions that he wasn’t able to say anything— but all his friends knew how thankful he was. He shares this inspiring story on Facebook, which slowly attracted many people willing to help him too.
Hard times will always reveal true friends.