Hello, I am Stephen Kane. many know me for the approach I take to the world for bringing positively and goodness to humanity/ Today my mission is to bring comfort to the families impacted by the tragic loss of Analie Edano Kane and Eliza Vilaplaza.

My beloved brother Michael Kane married Analie on May 18th 2024. I came to the wonderful country of the Philippines to be the best man in their wedding. I was accompanied that week by another truly beautiful human being Eliza Villaplaza as she was the main of honor and best friends to the bride. Unfortunately, just two weeks after the most beautiful and happy wedding I had ever witnessed, both Analie and Eliza were tragically killed in a motorcycle accident on their way home from a gathering on June 5th 2024. I received the call from my brother around 5am US PST. He gasped for breath while trying to tell me that the true love of his life had been killed and that Eliza was also in the accident and was in critical care. only two days later the lord tok Eliza as well. I will never forget that moment as i could hear life being sucked form my brothers chest. I kept saying no, non, no over and over. Both Eliza and Analie were two incredibly optimistic, positive and genuine people. Their laugh and smile would bring light to any rom. I kept thinking that God took two of his angels, but like most struggled to understand hiu reason. However we al know, we can never imagine the magnitude of his plan. We can only struggle in this situation to find our faith and find the light in others and ourselves sto go on. We refer to this as healing.

Ana was revered by the comunity and the kids loveed her. Esecially her brothers, sisters and mother. THe most precious one left without their mother is Analies daughter Enday Kane. She is a 10 year old beautiful young lady. THe day of the funeral I asked her what was her favorite memory of her moms. Struggling to tell m ein english, she opened her Ipad up and showed me a elementary graduation picture with her and her mom together. My heart sunk and my empathy soared realizing at that moment that regardless of all our own sorrow, this little girl has the biggest hill to climb in her healing.

Eliza was also love my so many. She left behind three sisters and three brothers, mom, dad and a fiance. She also left me with a sense of loss as i had just recently began to know Eliza and her infectious personality, beautiful smile and laugh. I will miss her greatly and only hope we can continue our friendship in heaven someday.

Both Analie and Eliza's family have very little and this type of tradgedy also comes with incredible cost. My brother , my familuy and I pooled our resources together to proivide access to come back to Philippines and give her and her family a proper burial of Analie. Ana always wanted to help her mom and provide for her amazing little girl.

Eliza incurred a massive hospital bill as they struggled to keep her alive in addition came the funeral expenses.

I know that many cant bring them back and will do little in the healing process which is what i want most for all of them. However, dealing with these expenses makes everything so much more difficult. I also know in Ana's case, her mom will never get the help Ana had intended to give her and her daughter has little chance of making it out of the struggling economic life she lives.

Now I have done lots of fundraising in the past and continue to do charity work. However this one is the most personal as I have spent the last week in the Philippines trying to support the devastation thie tragedy left in its wake.

I aks you all to dig deep and donate what you can. A dollar of $5000. Get your businesses to write of the donation, get your parents to donate instead of the next fun thing you want, take a little from the weeknd fun stash or cut out a habit this week. This is a donation that will directly impact the lives of people that so need it. The funds will be dispersed to the different parties involved. FIrst, we will make sure that the families have no out of pocket for funeral expenses or hospital bills. Second, we will make sure their is a trust set up for Enday so she has proper food, clothing, shelter and hopefully someday schooling. then we will disburse funds to ana's mom so she can fix up her home and possibly a small rec room for the kids of their community. Ana loved them kids so much. If there is any left, we will also pay my family back for airfare and funeral expenses they incurred. I will take no money for myself or repayment of any expenses I incurred. tHat is my portion of donation. I also received the payment of love form Ana's beautiful family and the amazing kids I had the privilege of spending time with this week.

I want to finish with saying that I am so deeply sorry for the loss we have all experienced. I cant imagine what my brother is feeling as he lost his true love, and wife just weeks after their wedding. In the face of this tragedy we were embraced by those very people as they cooked for us, spent time with us and even fanned us in the heat of the day while we all mourned Ana's body. THe people of the Philippines are a beautiful culture and I am proud to be now considered a brother of na's family. Now and forever. May you RIP Ana and Eliza. I will never forget you and I will always return to the Philippines. I will bring love every year to your family and especially the children.