With your continued help and donations, were able to help some of the poorest children in the Philippines.
The San Remigo School would very much like if we can re rebuilt or renovate this PTA building. This has 3 classrooms. When we were there, the other 2 classrooms were used by year 6, but the middle classroom was not safe to use. I am in the process of getting the best quotations at the moment. We have still some funds remaining but not quite enough. This will be our biggest project so far and how wonderful would be if we can make it happen!
The school we are helping is roughly 70 miles away from my home town in the Philippines. It took us at least 3 hours to travel there, each way, and that was starting at 5am to avoid the rush hour! It was a long and uncomfortable journey most times due to bad weather and terrible road conditions but it was all WORTH it. Seeing the happy faces of the children and the teachers, spoke volumes. They always give us a very warm & happy welcome, even the parents who were there from 7 to 4pm (school time) waiting for their children. There are nearly 870 children with 25 teachers. Most classes have 55 to 60 children with just 1 class teacher!!
It's nearly 2 years now since the typhoon struck. Sadly, the school had not benefited at all from any major charity disaster fund that had been available elsewhere during the typhoon, but were fortunate to get some aid from a French charity, who built a new grade-2 classroom during the month they worked there.
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"We aim to provide help and support to disadvantaged children in the Philippines towards: the relief of sickness and the preservation of health; the advancement of education, and; the relief of financial need and suffering as a result of natural or other kinds of disasters."