Last month, Pusong Pinoy launched a major project - ALAY MULA SA PUSO (Gift from the Heart). In this project, we collected donations for school supplies to benefit the underprivileged kids in the Philippines. Imagine these kids going through a school year with no paper and pencil. That's how basic the need is for so many children for the simplest of school necessities.
On June 9, 2010, the school supplies were turned over to Kabuyao Elementary School (KES), one of the recipients of this project. The students of KES received the school supplies in time for the start of the school year. Thanks to our Pusong Pinoy Baguio-Benguet Team (TL BYD BAWAYAN, TL ADI LAPPAO, YVONNE NGOLAB, and WILLIAM COLAS) for a job well done and especially to our wonderful HEROES for making this project a success!
School Profile:
KES is located atop Mt. Kabuyao, Santo Tomas, Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet. Located approximately 13 kilometers from the central business district of Baguio City, the locale has only one public utility vehicle serving the community, with its rough and rocky roads are prone to landslides during the rainy season. It is approximately 7,000 meters above sea level and has an area of more or less 7,000 square meters. Because of its high altitude, the locale is considered an area of rain with temperatures going as low as 3 to 16 degrees Celsius. During the summer, accessibility to water becomes a problem with the school's spring becoming the water source for the entire community. The school has enough rooms to accommodate one classroom for each grade level 1 to 6 with full-time teachers mostly coming from the Tuba area. Parents and members of the community regularly pitch-in and help out as the need arises (i.e. cooking snacks, accommodating visitors, etc). Although some students live close to the school area, others have to walk a mile or two just to attend school. The school has a mini library with very limited resources and instructional materials. Some are obsolete books and cannot be used as reference materials.
