Rotary Club of Makati Circle of Friends

In a small public school in Bailen, Cavite, a life-changing moment unfolded—quiet, gentle, yet powerful enough to reshape the future of a young boy. Ten-year-old John Raven Sernat , soft-spoken, bright, and full of promise, had spent most of his childhood behind an unseen wall of silence. Born hearing impaired, John Raven learned to understand the world not through sound, but through what he could see—reading lips, observing gestures, sensing vibrations, and doing his best to interpret a...