2019/20 SCHOOL YEAR A rooster crows cracking the stillness of a warm, damp morning in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. A sprinkling of thatched-roof huts surrender to the morning light in the small sitios tucked away in the mountains. Alon eagerly rises from his mat on the bamboo floor and shakes his sister and …
May 2019 At a time when Motherhood is celebrated and families come together to pay homage to their beloved Moms, let us not forget the trials that are being confronted by our young mothers in The Home of Love. Only children themselves, they must deal with their own young children born to them through the …
Easter Sunday, 2019 In the middle of the Philippine islands lies the beautiful seaport town of Dumaguete City boasting some of the best dive sites in all of the Philippines and known as the City of Gentle People, due to its innately hospitable inhabitants. But as with many cities, Dumaguete City has a problem. An …
April 2019 At the very southern tip of the fingerlike island of Cebu, Philippines, lies the tiny municipality of Oslob Sporting rolling hills and open grasslands the area is suited for upland agriculture as a means of livelihood. Joselita Yrauda was born into an impoverished family in rural Oslob, whose parents like most were farmers. …
