Yoko Ono Donates 2.5 Million To Ondoy Victims
Yoko Ono, the widow of the rock legend John Lennon, donated has donated ¥5 million or roughly about P2.5 million pesos for the thousands of victims of Tropical Storm Ondoy (international code: Ketsana), which hit the Philippines September last year, killing hundreds.
A statement from the Philippine Embassy in Japan said Yoko Ono visited the Philippine Embassy in Fujimi, Tokyo before Christmas to personally pledge the donation. “[Ono] learned about the very severe and continuing conditions of the “Ondoy” victims and decided to take action. As a mother herself, she feels deep sympathy and love for suffering children,” the statement read.
Yoko Ono, an artist herself who belongs to an aristocratic family, grew up in the Fujimi manor that now houses the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo. The mansion was built by Ono‚Äôs uncle, who later sold it to the late President Jose P. Laurel. After World War II, the Philippines government bought the property from the Laurel family and is now called the “Jewel of the Philippines.”
“The Fujimi residence is very close to my heart and I consider it my home sweet home in Japan. I am therefore very grateful to the Philippine government for maintaining the house in a good condition all these years,” the statement quoted Ono as saying.
Source: GMA News
