It’s been rainy the past week but I was in Navotas just last Thursday for the
regular monthly meeting with the teachers. Last July 9th, we conducted a
Parents' Orientation for the K Kids. 20 of 25 parents/guardians attended. I
forgot to take photos. Last July 16th, I scheduled to orient the other five who
were absent during the orientation but still only three made it. They are very
happy about the "scholarship".
On Friday, July 31, there will be a Nutrition Month program. And parents of the
K Kids will help prepare a nutritious meal for all the kids at the INA
preschool. We are thinking of having a special activity like this where we can
bring in health and nutrition aspects into the early childhood care and
development program in the coming months.
Little by little we are having some of the necessary improvements done in the
building, usually with parents' time as man-hours counterpart. Two of the
classrooms have been repainted. Florie's backdoor has been elevated to keep the
floodwaters from entering the room. She is thinking of soliciting some support
from a local councilor to fund the elevation of the floor so that it will be
level with Alice's. This is also to prevent floodwaters from remaining inside
the building. Yes, there remains a lot to be improved and repaired in the
building to make it more conducive to learning. We are also looking at other
possible support for this. Thanks for all the support so far and in the future.
I have screened some of the children's works and I just asked the teachers for
some refinements. I will have the papers by next week and should bring them over
to Elsa by the first week of August..
Best regards,
Bernadette
Zoals U kunt zien hebben de schoolverantwoordelijken in Navotas er weer duidelijk zin in!
Hieronder vindt U alvast enkele foto’s van onze kinderen
in actie … De kwaliteit is niet al te best, maar we willen ze toch heel graag
meegeven …



Graag geven we ook rekenschap van wat er met Uw steun gebeurd. Dit eerste jaar hebben we dus 25 kinderen gekozen, uit de 135 die in de school les volgen. Deze kinderen hoeven geen schoolgeld te betalen, en we betalen met jullie steun de drie leerkrachten 2.500 peso’s (= 40 €) per maand. Merk op dat het minimum-loon van een leerkracht in Manila ongeveer het driedubbele bedraagt, maar dit kunnen we helaas niet betalen. De leerkrachten zijn er alvast heel gelukkig mee, omdat ze zo ook hun droom kunnen realiseren. Van engagement gesproken! Met de rest van het geld (cfr. We schenken per maand 250€) wordt school-materiaal gekocht, en worden er per maand een aantal ‘gezonde’ snacks voor de kinderen gegeven. Hier profiteert de ganse school van!
Koester het ….
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