Today April 22, 2010. The Lower Soliyao Elementary School in Pitogo,
Quezon, Philippines received the following:

  • 3 Orbit Ceiling Fans
  • School Supplies (Notebooks,Pencils,Ballpens,Erasers,Crayons,Papers)                                         These will be distributed at the start of school around first week of June
  • Trash can for Nursery
  • Drying Plate for Nursery
  • Aquarium for Science Class

        (Books will arrive to Philippines around third week of May)

My mom, my cousins and some help packed the school supplies for
each student in our garden at home.

The teachers received the 3 Orbit Ceiling Fans. Now they won't be too
exhausted by heat. Body Energy/Calorie will be conserved mostly for
studying only. Cool!

This year, they finally get some painting done for all classrooms.
The nursery now has wall ang floor finishing, unlike the first time I have seen it.
However, the drop ceiling in nursery has'nt been fixed as you can see.
The third fan will be installed after the electricity wire is connected.
Let’s give a big big hand of applause to the teachers and principal.
Each teacher, except nursery, handles 3 grade levels in just one room,
all in one day. I bet their skills are way superior than Microsoft
Windows multitasking.

 These are some of the students and parents who lives in the mountain 
We'll receive a thank you letter from the school. And the children might have
a little surprise for you later on...but that's a secret for now.  Wait till June. :-)

     Eventhough school is still a month away, I'm quite relieved knowing that
they can surely take their tests because each one of them will receive papers
and stuff.
     These are the children who help their parents take care of their little
baby sister or brother eventhough they're only six or seven. They carry gallons
of water from the river to their homes for drinking and washing. Walks 30
minutes to an hour twice a day just to reach school. They're lucky if it doesn't
rain or else they can slide down the hill. But they got expert at it.
     Surely, they're stronger than all of us who find the arrogance to complain why our
expensive dinner in a fancy restaurant sucks, or why we think our dreams are never
met when we already have a job that can make us buy ice cream and such anytime we want,
while we have a strong roof over our head or a car or a whole wardrobe that we can 
change anytime just because we changed our mood. 
    These are the children who see papers as diamonds. God bless the humble in
spirit for they shall inherit the earth.