T-shirts for SALE at 10.00 Euro each.
Profit goes to the Out-of-School Youths fund.
Bryan, Byron and Radcliff - "they have t-shirt printing business". We loaned 1000 pesos to start the activity and they have reimbursed immediately. 
English Books will be used for remedial classes. Given by the Lycee Francais de Seoul
THE SCHOOL CHAIRS PROJECT
They don't only need chairs but "decent toilets."
This is the current school that we are trying to help in providing 300 chairs.
Broken chairs beyond repair.
The learning condition of the students.
The learning condition of the students.
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OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTHS PROGRAM 
Cristal Jane - now a working student. Works in the university and taking up computer 
This is Rapunzel who manages a little restaurant after having finished the food processing course.
MICHEAL - ( not in the picture) took up cosmetology - is now employed in a very famous RICKY REYES SALOON in Manila.
CHRISTIAN BARROGA- (took up sewing) now employed in a "Dress Shop" in Urdaneta City.
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Greetings to all,
Two weeks into the New Year, we are settling back into our groove again. You guys must be steadily going through the paces in office and catching up on work after all the party. There's that air of festivity still floating around. And, there's a positive energy, that generally accompanies a season of new beginnings.
I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to all of you who have contributed in my multiple projects in the Philippines. A lot of things have happened and I would like to give you some updates.
1) THE PATIKUL TOILETS PROJECT - To those who have given me fund for this project, there were some issues that cropped up in that school so I decided not to pursue the project. The high school principal to whom I was directly dealing with has been released from her duty due to some allegations in mishandling public funds. Nobody in that school now would like to take the responsibility in continuing the project. I simply asked them to send me a project profile and the project cost but they were not able to provide me one and I have been asking that for more than 6 months.
YOUR DONATION IS STILL IN MY POSSESSION and I would like to divert this fund in another ongoing project that I have.
2) THE SCHOOL AND HEALTH KITS - The Patikul National High School former principal and her assistant acknowledged by text messaging that they did receive those kits last July and been distributed to the students. And according to them, the recipients
were grateful.
They have promised to send me some pictures thru email and in hard copies but until now, I haven't got any. I will follow it up again.
The soldiers who helped in building the chairs were given some health kits and they did acknowledge as well and they were happy.
Thank you everyone for all your help especially to those friends who made those beautiful cloth bags.
3) THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTHS PROGRAM : The initial 9 recipients of the grants-in-aid, 8 of them have already found jobs. There are 4 students who are scheduled to benefit the aid in February. This is in my hometown, Urdaneta City, Philippine. We provide 1.50 US $/day for each recipient and the skill training last at least 3 months. This covers their transportation and lunch allowance.
Anyone of you who might want to pledge or sponsor a child please click on the website below or just email me. Please see the pictures I posted above this message.
I sent some pictures of those initial students who have benefitted from the grants to the webmaster and hope that he will soon include them in the website.
pls. help my OSYs project in Urdaneta:
http://www.ipangasinan.com/myproject/urdaneta_UCLSTC/
4) COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM (Pig dispersal program) - This is a new project that we have established. please see link below.
pls. support our community livelihood program
www.freewebs.com/urdanetapiglets
As I write this, we have 12 families who benefit from this program. We of course seek generous donors to help us with this. We believe that this is a very good and practical way to help poor families to augment their income and won't always rely from dole outs.
5) THE LABIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAIRS PROJECT - (See pictures above) I have visited this school last July. And I have seen the very bad learning condition of the students. Their Principal, Mrs. Sobejana and myself are good friends and we actually work together in the projects mentioned above. She is my coordinator locally. We also work in the literacy program in her school where we provided English books from Seoul (courtesy of the Lycee Francais de Seoul) as their aid for their remedial classes. A lot of high school students could hardly read. And those books were very useful not only for students but also for teachers.
The Labit National High School needs 300 chairs. Each chair costs 600 PhP or about 15.00 US.$. I have committed to provide 150 chairs. (And hopefully we could provide more) To those who have donated money for Patikul Toilets Project - please allow me to use this fund in providing chairs to this school. They don't only need chairs but toilets too. (Please see attached pictures.)
I can work and monitor closely as I know my coordinator personally and we communicate practically everyday.
The construction of chairs will commence pretty soon and it's the community who will do the work. We provide the materials and they provide the labor. It's exactly the same as what they did in Patikul chairs project.
6) T-SHIRTS FOR SALE - The 3 out-of school-youths (picture above) who benefited from the grants-in-aid have a "small t-shirt printing business". I asked them to print some t-shirts for me and I will sell them and the profit goes to the OSYs (out-of-school youths) fund. I sell them for 10.00 Euro each. They are lovely. If you are interested to have one or more, please let me know. Stock is limited. Thank you.
This is all and wishing you all the very best this year 2009. And may you will continue helping me with my advocacy because honestly, thanks to all of your help, I can't do this alone without you.
We are all making a little difference in this world. Seeing someone's face a smile with gratitude is more than enough to say...."it's worth all the trouble".
Again, I end this update with all my sincere gratitude and with prayers.
God bless us all and cheers!
Susie Barbieri
Two weeks into the New Year, we are settling back into our groove again. You guys must be steadily going through the paces in office and catching up on work after all the party. There's that air of festivity still floating around. And, there's a positive energy, that generally accompanies a season of new beginnings.
I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to all of you who have contributed in my multiple projects in the Philippines. A lot of things have happened and I would like to give you some updates.
1) THE PATIKUL TOILETS PROJECT - To those who have given me fund for this project, there were some issues that cropped up in that school so I decided not to pursue the project. The high school principal to whom I was directly dealing with has been released from her duty due to some allegations in mishandling public funds. Nobody in that school now would like to take the responsibility in continuing the project. I simply asked them to send me a project profile and the project cost but they were not able to provide me one and I have been asking that for more than 6 months.
YOUR DONATION IS STILL IN MY POSSESSION and I would like to divert this fund in another ongoing project that I have.
2) THE SCHOOL AND HEALTH KITS - The Patikul National High School former principal and her assistant acknowledged by text messaging that they did receive those kits last July and been distributed to the students. And according to them, the recipients
were grateful.
They have promised to send me some pictures thru email and in hard copies but until now, I haven't got any. I will follow it up again.
The soldiers who helped in building the chairs were given some health kits and they did acknowledge as well and they were happy.
Thank you everyone for all your help especially to those friends who made those beautiful cloth bags.
3) THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTHS PROGRAM : The initial 9 recipients of the grants-in-aid, 8 of them have already found jobs. There are 4 students who are scheduled to benefit the aid in February. This is in my hometown, Urdaneta City, Philippine. We provide 1.50 US $/day for each recipient and the skill training last at least 3 months. This covers their transportation and lunch allowance.
Anyone of you who might want to pledge or sponsor a child please click on the website below or just email me. Please see the pictures I posted above this message.
I sent some pictures of those initial students who have benefitted from the grants to the webmaster and hope that he will soon include them in the website.
pls. help my OSYs project in Urdaneta:
http://www.ipangasinan.com/myproject/urdaneta_UCLSTC/
4) COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM (Pig dispersal program) - This is a new project that we have established. please see link below.
pls. support our community livelihood program
www.freewebs.com/urdanetapiglets
As I write this, we have 12 families who benefit from this program. We of course seek generous donors to help us with this. We believe that this is a very good and practical way to help poor families to augment their income and won't always rely from dole outs.
5) THE LABIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAIRS PROJECT - (See pictures above) I have visited this school last July. And I have seen the very bad learning condition of the students. Their Principal, Mrs. Sobejana and myself are good friends and we actually work together in the projects mentioned above. She is my coordinator locally. We also work in the literacy program in her school where we provided English books from Seoul (courtesy of the Lycee Francais de Seoul) as their aid for their remedial classes. A lot of high school students could hardly read. And those books were very useful not only for students but also for teachers.
The Labit National High School needs 300 chairs. Each chair costs 600 PhP or about 15.00 US.$. I have committed to provide 150 chairs. (And hopefully we could provide more) To those who have donated money for Patikul Toilets Project - please allow me to use this fund in providing chairs to this school. They don't only need chairs but toilets too. (Please see attached pictures.)
I can work and monitor closely as I know my coordinator personally and we communicate practically everyday.
The construction of chairs will commence pretty soon and it's the community who will do the work. We provide the materials and they provide the labor. It's exactly the same as what they did in Patikul chairs project.
6) T-SHIRTS FOR SALE - The 3 out-of school-youths (picture above) who benefited from the grants-in-aid have a "small t-shirt printing business". I asked them to print some t-shirts for me and I will sell them and the profit goes to the OSYs (out-of-school youths) fund. I sell them for 10.00 Euro each. They are lovely. If you are interested to have one or more, please let me know. Stock is limited. Thank you.
This is all and wishing you all the very best this year 2009. And may you will continue helping me with my advocacy because honestly, thanks to all of your help, I can't do this alone without you.
We are all making a little difference in this world. Seeing someone's face a smile with gratitude is more than enough to say...."it's worth all the trouble".
Again, I end this update with all my sincere gratitude and with prayers.
God bless us all and cheers!
Susie Barbieri
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