On Monday, January 4th, 2016, our group was invited to Good Morning Boss - a Philippine morning TV show on channel 4 (The People's Television). Below are youtube videos posted on the People's Television Youtube channel of our 5 minutes of fame 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXogEcTXqi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt2vYl82VV4 Tell us what you think of our interview by writing... Continue Reading →
Update – Departing for Toronto
Today is Wednesday, January 6th. We are currently in Hong Kong for a 4 hour stop over. Due to extremely slow wifi at the hotel, we've been unable to post pictures & updates daily. We just wanted to let all our families, friends, and supporters know that we are all safe, sound, and on our way home.... Continue Reading →
Day 8 – (pt. 1) Masagana Community
Today is January 2, 2016. We are all excited to be going to our official buildsite, the Masagana community. For dinner we are going to the 2013 build site of AKC where we will be having dinner, playing with the kids, and giving out presents. Thanks for following our travels. Check back to... Continue Reading →
Day 7 – San Mateo – OLB Community
Today is the January 1st, the first day of 2016! We will be travelling to the OLB community in mountain region San Mateo Today we worked for over 2 hours of strenuous labour. Tomorrow we will be going to this year's buildsite to work for 4 hours. We are ready for the challenge. Thanks for... Continue Reading →
Day 6 – New Year’s Eve
Today is December 31, 2016, hours away from the new year. Here's a summary: 6989 - number of sponsored children to date 550 - college graduates to date 300 - number of sponsored children that have graduated with honors (shows that all kids can excel if given the opportunity) 75% - passing grade in the... Continue Reading →
Day 5 – (pt. 2) – AVANAI
It's December 30th, 2015. So far today we've seen the drastic difference between the ultra wealthy side of the Philippines versus the poverty stricken slums of Tondo that we experienced the day before. Now instead of analyzing the difference, we want to make a difference. After the memorial cemetery, we travelled to the 2012 build... Continue Reading →
Day 5 – (pt. 1) Makati Tour
Today Michael wanted us to experience the opposite end of the poverty spectrum as we visit the financial district of Makati. Next stop is the AVANAI community. It is the build site where Michael's group in 2012 helped build homes. Please feel to read our comments below as well as those from previous post. You... Continue Reading →
Day 4 – (pt. 3) Baclaran
After leaving Tondo we traveled to another part of Manila called Baclaran. What a eventful jam packed day: - St. Martin de Porres Orphanage - Slum visit through Tondo - Baclaran Market - Singing waiters and cooks Tomorrow we go to AVANAI. The group's 2012 buildsite to reconnect with the community, play with the kids,... Continue Reading →
Day 4 – (pt. 2) Tondo Slums
We took a 5 min bus ride to a bridge. Surprisingly the kids on the bus actually live under the bridge. We had an amazing day and experienced a whole gamut of emotions from happiness playing with the kids at St. Martin de Porres, to sadness leaving them behind knowing that we would probably... Continue Reading →
Day 4 – St. Martin De Porres Orphanage (pt. 1)
Today we have a big day because we get to spread some Christmas joy. Here's a VLOG entry of our time at St. Martin de Porres https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRRwldUWV_k Our next post will be our visit through the slums of Tondo. Please leave a comment below. Thanks for following our travels.
