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Distance never hinders AHON Foundation from helping our countrymen! We donated brand-new books to two lucky schools in Mindanao, Dongon Elementary School and Parang Central Elementary School.
MANILA, Philippines — We have heard of many sad stories about the current plight of our public education system, where out of 10 students, only four manage to finish high school and only two are able to finish a four-year college degree.
Manila Bulletin
February 6, 2011, 11:27am
Early Christmas gift to public school for special children
The Manila Bulletin
By Herbel Santiago
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/292377/early-christmas-gift-public-school-special-children
MANILA, Philippines – Gifts become even more significant when they last a lifetime and are geared towards the upliftment of the lives of a community or an individual.
Located at the foot of Mount Banoy, the small Talumpok Proper Elementary School is far from the Batangas City's noise and pollution. It is covered by several trees and the normal day for the students and teachers would be one filled with a cool breeze. Unfortunately, because the school of 400 students is far from the city proper of Batangas, donations and assistance from different institutions rarely reach them.
On one of the walls of Cubao Elementary School, the vision of the school is posted on a blackboard using cut-out letters of pink and yellow paper and it says: “Haven of Quality Education.â€