January 5, 2017 Today we travelled 3 hours away from Manila to the rural city of Tarlac, the location of our 2016-17 build site. We had many tasks which included: Watch the video below to see all the things we did on our first day in Tarlac. https://youtu.be/R1YdH3cKDvw Thanks for following our travels. Tonight... Continue Reading →

January 4th, 2017 While at the ANCOP AVANAI community, we had a very special 18th birthday celebration for Milcah. In Filipino culture, it is traditional for girls to celebrate a "debut" on their 18th birthday which includes a cotillion and an 18 roses dance. In Milcah's case, she had a dance with all 27 other... Continue Reading →

Jan. 4, 2017 After our Makati tour, we visited the 2010 build site of AVANAI to reconnect with the community and play with the kids. So many amazing loving children in AVANAI who we bonded with immediately. Your friendly neighbourhood spiderman even made a visit to AVANAI. Watch the video below to see the amazing... Continue Reading →

January 5 to January 10, 2017 Due to poor internet service at both hotels, it has been difficult post up-to-date photos/videos. Below are some pictures from our days at the ANCOP Tarlac build site. We had an amazing time building both homes and relationships with the people in the community.   Tomorrow we are catching a... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2017 Today we visited the city of Makati. Known as the financial district, it is at the open end of the spectrum then the city of Payatas the day before. The difference between Payatas and Makati was drastically different.   We visited the American War Heros Memorial. Here we had time to debrief... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2017 After leaving Payatas, we went to Baclaran market and had dinner at Singing Waiters and Cooks. https://youtu.be/fJtyQ3R64eQ We had a fun time at dinner. It was a good place to raise our spirits after having experienced what life would be like living in the slums of payatas. Tomorrow we will be going on... Continue Reading →

Jan. 3, 2016. After leaving the feeding centre, we had the opportunity to visit the homes of some of the kids we just played with. The living conditions were a real eye opener. It made us realize how lucky we are back in Canada. Despite the different living conditions, the people here were extremely happy. We learned... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2017 After appearing on the Good Morning Philipinas morning show, we travelled to Payatas. Here we played with kids at a feeding centre that served needy malnourished children in surrounding communities. We danced and played games as always.   Each kid received either a toy, toothpaste and toothbrush, or school supplies. We also... Continue Reading →

January 3, 2017 We were invited to speak and perform on GMP - Good Morning Philipinas. This is a LIVE broadcasted television show in the Philippines. https://youtu.be/AIUCd6Ybh14 https://m.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=of17qIsc118 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqj4Ub6fO-Y After the show we will be visiting an orphanage in Payatas, Philippines as well as visiting the slums were the children from the orphanage come from.... Continue Reading →