YOU are once again officially amazing!”
Four new Guinness World Records were set by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), as four Guinness adjudicators declared that the religious organization was once again “officially amazing” on Friday, as it concluded its historic “Aid to Humanity” in Tondo, Manila.
Amid a chorus of claps and cheers, the four Guinness adjudicators declared that the INC had set four more Guinness world records that day—an amazing feat by itself. This means that the INC now has 18 Guinness world records in all.
The four new world records were for the largest collection of clothes for recycle-donation; the most shoes donated to charity in 24 hours; the most medical ultrasound examinations in eight hours; and the most number of medical risk- assessment tests in eight hours.
The announcements were made inside the INC house of worship in Tondo, Manila.
It was the record on the shoe donations that was the fastest to be set. The number of shoes donated was 17,000 pairs, which even exceeded the original target of 15,000 pairs. And it took the INC volunteers only less than two hours to distribute the shoes because of the large crowd.
This was a new record altogether. Another new record set by the INC was for the number of most medical risk-assessment tests in eight hours with a total number of 4,784.
The INC was also able to distribute more than 200,000 used clothes, thus breaking the previous record set by the Rescue Mission of Trenton, New Jersey, in the United States on November 15, 2015, for 179,550 clothes donated.
The Guinness adjudicators themselves were amazed with what happened, saying that no other organization in the world was able to achieve four new Guinness World records in a single day.
INC General Auditor Minister Glicerio B. Santos Jr. said this was made possible because of God’s help.
“Ang lahat ng ito ay gawa ng ating Panginoong Diyos. Siya ang dapat nating pasalamatan. Ibalik natin sa Kanya ang lahat ng kapurihan. [All of these are the work of our Lord God. We should thank Him. We should give back all the praises to Him],” he said in an interview after the annoucement.
Santos also thanked INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo.
“Gayon din sinasamantala ko ang pagkakataong ito upang pasalamatan ang Kapatid na Eduardo V. Manalo na siyang nagpasya ng lahat ng ito,” Santos said.
Guinness World Records adjudicator Rishi Nath said the biggest challenge here was the strict conditions set by Guinness that the INC had to follow.
For the donation of the used clothes, all the items “would have to be clean, and in a condition which is wearable,” he said.
“That was the biggest challenge on the part of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. However, they have managed it really well. All the clothes were washed. All the clothes were in good condition,” he added.
Another Guinness adjudicator inspected the distribution of shoes, which were all new, at the INC’s event in Tondo.
Swapnil Dangarikar said the shoes should all be in good condition, and should be wearable.
Lucia Sinigaglieu, another Guinness official adjudicator, who was present at the INC’s massive “Aid to Humanity” in Tondo, was assigned to check on the medical risk-assessment record attempt of the INC at the Isabelo delos Reyes Elementary School in Tondo, Manila.
Another Guinness adjudicator Lena Kathmann inspected the medical ultrasound examinations of the INC.
The INC conducted more than 7,000 ultrasound examinations, beating the record set by the Chinese Taipei Rotary International Districts on December 15, 2015, of 2,434 ultrasound examinations.