Let’s talk a little bit about Alejandro or Alex as we fondly call him. Let’s find out why he returned to Tacloban sooner. Alex came to Tacloban in October 2018 for a 2 week volunteer program in which he worked at a child care facility run by a religious organization. Less than a year later
The new school year starts in June. We need your help to make sure we have enough supplies to support children enrolled on our Dumpsite Project. It would be great if you could donate school supplies or make a financial contribution so that we can purchase materials such as pens, pencils and notebooks for the
Between 5pm and 7pm every evening, both our sponsored children and volunteers squeeze into our small community center in BLISS Sagkahan to participate in our Child Sponsorship Program’s after-school tutorials.
The activity serves as an educational enhancement sessions and offers the children on our program the opportunity to benefit from the experience and knowledge of international volunteers, to practice their English and to allow our staff to monitor their progress in school. The nature of sessions varies from English comprehension lessons to Mathematics, Science and even non-academic classes which aim to boost confidence and self-esteem.
Once again, school is out for summer in the Philippines.
For this occasion, we’d like to take the time to reflect on the many achievements that we’ve managed to accomplish in the field of education throughout the last academic year and hope to continue and further develop by the time that enrollment starts again at the end of May.