23 students and 3 teachers from the Toronto Catholic District School Board will be partaking in a service learning experience to the Philippines from Dec. 28, 2017 to Jan. 10, 2018.

Links below will be updated daily (depending on wifi availability).

Follow our travels and feel free to write comments below and on each individual post.

Note to parents: We have arrived SAFE and SOUND.

LINKS – updated daily

Who’s on the 2017-18 Team? (In progress)

 Day 1 – Travelling to the Philippines

 Day 2 – Visiting the Masagana ANCOP community

 Day 3 – Part 1 – Visiting San Mateo (building)

 Day 3 – Part 2 – San Mateo (fetching water) (NEW)

 Day 3 – Part 3 – Visiting AVANAI (NEW)

 Day 4 – Sunday Mass, ANCOP office, Manila Tour

 Day 4 – Manila Tour & NYE at Mall of Asia (in progress)

 Day 5 – Visiting Tondo orphanage – Part 1

 Day 5 – Visiting slums of Smokey Mountain (in progress)

 Day 6 – Makati Tour (in progress)

 Day 6 – Visiting AKC Ancop village – part 1

 Day 6 – Visiting AKC Ancop village – part 2

 Day 7 – Sightseeing in Tagaytay (in progress)

 Day 8 – Part 1 – Baliwag Municipal Office (in progress)

 Day 8 – Part 2 – Build Day 1 – Baliwag (NEW)

 Day 9 – Part 1 – Second day of building in Baliwag (NEW)

 Day 9 – Part 2 – Meeting Baliwag partners (in progress)

 Day 10 – Part 1 – Build day 3

 Day 10 – Part 2 – Eating Balut

 Day 10 – Part 3 – Playing with the kids (in progress)

 Day 11 – Reconnecting with Paniqui, Tarlac

 Day 12 – Build Day 4 in Baliwag (in progress)

 Day 12 – TCDSB Donations Market

 Day 13 – Part 1 – Last day on Buildsite (NEW)

 Day 14 – Departing for Toronto (NEW)

Check back daily for updated links