In the words of Adele (who we have been singing along to today) ‘hello from the other siiiide. Busy day today with one group off on the school trip with the littleuns in years 1-3, while the second group stayed in school to make a start on the mural. As it is Chinese New Year, …
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Freeza1
Hi All Just a short blog in order to try to catch up with Daleo in a vain attempt to recapture my blogging crown. Late Sunday night finally got a reasonable internet connection but it may not last. What a great couple of days. Trip over was probably the smoothest of the 5 trips I …
Daleo’s daily blog- Day 2
So, first day of work today and what a fantastic amount we managed. Day started with a nice lay in and 2 cups of tea in bed (thanks Freeza) followed by breakfast in the shalom cafe. Straight onto the school and our first view of what will be our working area for most of the …
Day 2 Matt Hubbard
After a well deserved lay in, today was the first chance to go to the PCF school in Tondo. The school stood out from its surroundings with its new purple skin, painted on expertly by Kone. It was nice to see that since my last 2 trips, 2012 and 2014, that the school was moving …
Daleo’s daily blog-Day 1
Maganda harpon! (Good evening) We’ve finally made it, after months of planning, fundraising and preparation, 16 hours of flights, and with nearly 60 suitcases in tow, we are here, sat on our beds in the Shalom centre, quite literally half the world away from Sholing. The team all seemed to have a pretty good journey, …
Arrived in Manila
… and on the coach from the airport to where we are staying. All are well and taking in the sites, sounds, feel and smell of Manila.
Abu Dhabi Doo
All going well so far… have made it to Abu Dhabi and about to get the next flight to Manila. We’ve all enjoyed Daisy’s Abu Dhabi joke too that inspired the title of this blog. Manila next!
playground pics
Hi All at last I think I have cracked it. If this works I will do more. Wilko is going to put a selection in photos next week in the meantime I will upload some more of the rebuilding project. These show the progression of the playground construction over 5 days and then the grand …
Freeza signing out
Well then there are 2 just me and Mrs Freeza for 1 more night. Bezza has just gone to the airport for his 1-00 flight home, we follow tomorrow afternoon. We have had 2 days at the Tondo school. I have been working with 22 delightful teachers 15 of them new to the profession full …
Almost all over
Well here I am are back in the Shalom centre in manila. Mick and Terry are well on their way back to Manchester. Mat is flying back to Sidney Tom and Bezza are heading back. Gavin stayed in Cebu and has an opportunity to carry on working with one of the charities. Me and Mrs …
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