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Karen Davila’s son Lucas Sta. Ana becomes a delegate for UN Summit of the Future

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Karen Davila is one proud mom after her son, Lucas Sta. Ana, became a representative of the Philippines for a United Nations event in New York.</p><p>&quot;UN SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE 🇺🇳 🌏 So proud of you Lukie for being invited to be one of this year’s youth delegates for the Summit Of The Future Action Days!&quot; the ABS-CBN news anchor shared on her Instagram page.</p><p>As per un.org, the Action Days &quot;are an opportunity to elevate the voice of youth in the multilateral system. Youth are key participants in efforts to secure breakthroughs in global cooperation.&quot;</p><p>Karen remarked that she has been a witness to the hard work of her son saying: &quot;I’ve seen how hard you’ve been working on your projects. I am so proud of you. Love you with all my heart ❤️ Am blessed to be your mom 😘,&quot; she remarked.</p><p>Fans online were quick to extend their congratulatory messages for Luke.</p><p>&quot;Congratulations too, Ms. Karen! Must be so proud of Luke,&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;Congrats Lucas 👏👏👏 Keep up the good work!&quot; another fan wrote.</p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAO67kEMcex/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A199012.30000001192%2C%22ls%22%3A198743%2C%22le%22%3A198981.30000001192%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAO67kEMcex/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-0" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAO67kEMcex/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAO67kEMcex/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Kristin Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Lucas is the founder of DIGI PEACE, &quot;a digital literacy effort for marginalized youth&quot; and the founder of BOLA AT LIBRO, &quot;a sports, mentoring and reading program for the street children supported by CHILD HOPE PHILIPPINES&quot; as per his LinkedIn page.</p><p>Back in May 2023, Karen and Lucas did volunteer work in Marawi and Cotabato for UN women.</p><p>&quot;NANAY AT ANAK 🇵🇭🇺🇳 Last weekend, my 15 yr old son Lucas joined me on my volunteer work for #UNWomenPH in Marawi &amp; Cotabato. One of our best bonding moments ever!&quot; Karen posted on social media last year.</p><p>The broadcaster relayed that the experience was an eye-opener for Lucas.</p><p>&quot;Exposure and experience are great teachers. He’s only seen war in films so stepping into Marawi was such a transformative &amp; eye-opening experience for him,&quot; she said.</p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs0OqknS5sL/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A199022.59999999404%2C%22ls%22%3A198743%2C%22le%22%3A198981.30000001192%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs0OqknS5sL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-1" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs0OqknS5sL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs0OqknS5sL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Kristin Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;Lucas spoke with victims of the Marawi seige, now helping with conflict resolution in their communities. Six years after the war, he was surprised that families are still living in temporary shelters. Lucas said, &#x27;how privileged we are - just to have running water,&#x27;&quot; she relayed.  </p><p>&quot;He met former women combatants of the MILF - once training battalions for war and now, living productive civilian lives in their communities.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/6/1/karen-davila-bonds-with-son-while-volunteering-in-marawi-1308"><strong>READ: Karen Davila bonds with son while volunteering in Marawi</strong></a></div><p>Karen remarked that she was filled with gratitude for the opportunity to do this volunteer work with her son.</p><p>&quot;I thank God for this opportunity with my son and thank you UN WOMEN PH for the amazing work that you do,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Karen Davila’s son Lucas Sta. Ana became one of the youth representatives for the Summit Of The Future Action Days event of the UN Summit of the Future in New York.</p>

Karen Davila’s son Lucas Sta. Ana became one of the youth representatives for the Summit Of The Future Action Days event of the UN Summit of the Future in New York.

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Karen Davila’s son Lucas Sta. Ana becomes a delegate for UN Summit of the Future

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Published September 23, 2024 12:09 PM PHT

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