Papenburg. Der Rotary Club (RC) Papenburg setzt seine UnterstĂŒtzung fĂŒr ein Hilfsprojekt auf den Philippinen fort. Einen Scheck in Höhe von 7600 Euro ĂŒberreichten die Rotarier jetzt an Frank Schmelzer vom Pag-asa Social Center in der Stadt Tagatay. Das Sozialprojekt fĂŒr Kinder aus bedĂŒrftigen Familien lĂ€uft seit 20 Jahren.
We would like to welcome first the new sponsors of Pag-asa, including a group from the New Families of the Netherlands. In order to support additional children, they organized a lunch concert. During the concert, six Gen 4 showed up in the hall carrying with them canvas pictures of 6 of our applicant children, and within just a minute, all 6 children each found a sponsor.
After two years, his dream of spending time serving in a remote and poor area became a reality. In fact, in January 2012 he moved to Tagaytay, a small city to the south of Manila in the Philippines. There he came in contact with a Social Center that tries to help the poorest people.
Itâs been 15 years! And together we continue to help more and more children and their families â despite the economic crisis all of us are experiencing for the last years. In fact, 10 new sponsors joined us since February! For this reason we start this update letter with so much gratitude, and our warmest welcome, for them! We assure you: Your help will change the lives of âyourâ children for the better! In a special way, we want to thank all of you â who remained faithful over all these years.
Our future SPED (Special Education) teacher, RONALD MANGUIAT, the very first beneficiary of Pag-asa Social Center, is blind and currently doing âpractice teachingâ for blind children. He has already received public recognition as one of the three BAYANING GUROâs (a hero teacher) during the commemoration of World Teachersâ Day and National Teachersâ Month. The event was aired on local TV last October and inspired all our children, even those without disabilitiesâto work hard and study well.