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Code Campassion: Creative Coding with Pixel and Python to Raise Funds for Animal Welfare

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 Hello there! It's been a while, hasn't it? Now, from the name of this blog, it's about the welfare of animals. Let me get straight to the point. Currently, there are more than 12 MILLION stray animals in the Philippines. Even WORSE, there are about 3,000 reports of animal abuse, and those are just the cases that WERE reported, so there could be WAY more cases.  Recently, I went to a fund raising event hosted by Megan Uyao, founder of Likha's Cradle, where this was a concern. Here is how it went: The Event The event was pixel art coding, and it was called “Creative Coding with Pixel and Python.” It was a fun event, and it started with a presentation by Megan herself and a few others whom she invited, including a Ms. Ilene Riego (who is a friend of my mom, by the way). She talked about her ADOPTED dogs and how there were a few dogs in her neighborhood that were being neglected and even abused. Honestly, I felt really bad for those dogs. The ones she adopted were from an ...