We require our project volunteers to send us regular updates and evaluations, and they often include friendly notes with their reports. We recently received this message from a volunteer in the Philippines:
“With the help from friends at CI we can do a lot for our children. I am happy to note that the center is really the "center" of the lives of more than 30 families (we have 60 children on our CI program). So, that totals to about a 100-150 people. We gather every Sunday morning, and the young people sing and play their music, they also learn to use the computer with the help of the older kids who have had training in computers. The mothers have English classes and we all have food together many times, especially during birthday celebrations. The center has become the hub, sort of. We are so happy to have our very own place, a decent place, a beautiful place, and the people have a sense of ownership, so they keep the place clean and pretty all the time. The children are there constantly!! We have plants and ornamentals in pots, even as small place as it is, we can make it very pretty!”
“With the help from friends at CI we can do a lot for our children. I am happy to note that the center is really the "center" of the lives of more than 30 families (we have 60 children on our CI program). So, that totals to about a 100-150 people. We gather every Sunday morning, and the young people sing and play their music, they also learn to use the computer with the help of the older kids who have had training in computers. The mothers have English classes and we all have food together many times, especially during birthday celebrations. The center has become the hub, sort of. We are so happy to have our very own place, a decent place, a beautiful place, and the people have a sense of ownership, so they keep the place clean and pretty all the time. The children are there constantly!! We have plants and ornamentals in pots, even as small place as it is, we can make it very pretty!”
Director and Co-Founder
Marikina City
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