The regular monthly donations from Switzerland benefit this small shelter for abandoned and neglected children where we usually bring milk and rice, as well as some poor neighborhoods, which are thankful for the rice we bring them.
We have been visiting two prisons in Bohol on a regular basis for almost two months now to set up vegetable gardens together with the inmates. In Ubay in the north of the island, it now looks like this: In the regional prison outside Tagbilaran, the capital of Bohol, we have a vegetable garden as well as a handicraft program and weekly life support and counseling for about 25 women. - The new water tank will help them to water their vegetables in this dry summer season.
In Samar, a new home school program was recently opened. Before the Covid crisis, we used to have 9 preschools on the island, which shrank to 2 during the Covid years. With the home school program in Las Navas, we now have 3 STEPS programs again.
On Friday, March 22, we held our graduation after 9 months of preschool. Unfortunately, not all of the children were able to attend as we are experiencing a severe flu epidemic that has not spared even the youngest children. But it was still a lovely occasion and you could see how much the teachers and parents had invested in the children. The children from Lourdes and Doljo preschools attended. We thank the Bellevue Resort for the beautiful Pavilion room they let us use, as well as for the delicious Lunch they prepared! Here are a few photos of the occasion: We continue to give rice, as well as milk formula, to poorer areas on Panglao island, as well as to a home for abandoned children in Albur, Bohol. Some of our volunteers helped us in delivering the rice to the people of Looc.
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