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.
Itās been 15 years! And together we continue to help more and more children and their families ā 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 āyourā children for the better! In a special way, we want to thank all of you ā who remained faithful over all these years.
Pag-asa has just wrapped up its yearly summer activities which include Family day and series of outings for high school and grade school students. View the Pag-asa festive 2012 summer photo albums.
Our future SPED (Special Education) teacher, RONALD MANGUIAT, the very first beneficiary of Pag-asa Social Center, is blind and currently doing āpractice teachingā for blind children. He has already received public recognition as one of the three BAYANING GUROās (a hero teacher) during the commemoration of World Teachersā Day and National Teachersā Month. The event was aired on local TV last October and inspired all our children, even those without disabilitiesāto work hard and study well.
Dear Friends,
Allow me to extend to all of you my warmest greetings!
The city of Tagaytay is going ahead with its social economic, cultural and spiritual development, thanks to the close collaboration of various civic and religious groups.
One of the groups whose presence I appreciate is the Focolare Movement, in a particular way, for the concrete contribution they have made to their neighboring indigent communities through their social centers. The PAG-ASA Social Center (“Pag-asa means: hope) has been working steadily since 1998 carrying out several activities in the line with social action, such as: