Day 6.. So, so far we’ve visted the dumpsite, the pcf school and the british school of manila. The dump site for me was the biggest eyeopener, seeing where all the kids in the school were living and then just seeing how happy they all still were was absolutely amazing, put a smile on everyone’s …
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yesterday!
yesterday we were painting the the walls of the school. we are painting each floor a different color. All the children just want to join in and help us paint and sand down the walls. as they help they just laugh and they are all so happy! Although it is tiring is is all for …
Daleo’s ramblings – Day 5
Evening The internet in the Shalom centre seems to have taken a bi of a dislike to our English computers. I’m surrounded by Filipino’s who seem to be having no trouble skyping their friends/family, but we have all struggled to get any connection. But fear not, perseverance (and a little bit of creative password guessing) …
Daleo’s ramblings-Day 4
Camushta ga! (Hello!) Today was mega productive, we and were able to get far more done than anticipated. We started earlier than the last few days, leaving the Shalom Centre at 8, and starting work immediately upon getting onto the school site. The team then broke off into smaller groups to work on various projects …
Freeza Early Wed
Had a great day yesterday commented to the pupils that I thought the last group was impossible to beat but yesterday they surpassed any expectations I could ever have. They managed to clear, clean, sand down, wash down and paint the Music room bright Orange and Blue (the heads choice of colours not ours). Sand …
First Impressions
The first few days have been real eye opener for us – there have been some really tough times but the children have got us through it. We thought that when we saw the pictures from previous trips, that we had seen it all but pictures don’t show the full story. Seeing the amount of …
Freeza monday night
We have had a very successful first day at the new school and on the dumpsite. We got away on time for 9-00 start. The children were as excited as ever to see us and it was not long before many of our students had little fan clubs following them about and holding their hands. …
Daleo’s Ramblings: Day 3
Phew, tough day! We were up and out by 9am (mainly thanks to a ‘Mr Freeman wake up cuppa’ on my part) and headed across town to the PCF school at Tondo. Philippines busses aren’t like UK busses in that they have a fold down seat in the isle in the middle of every row, …
first full day!
Today was a very emotional experience. You never really relies how bad it all is until, you are stood on the dump sites and looking at where these people live. After walking around the dump sites seeing where all the children at the PCF School live, it was so hard to go back and see …
New photos up
We’ve had a really good first proper day in the Philippines and i’ve put a new photo section at the top of the main page (or click here) for you to have a look at some photos of what we have been up to so far. Wilko
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