Jan
11
2012
0
By Anonymous (not verified)
The Marians have been trying to help as much as they can, but with limited resources we are concentrating on helping the very young.
One of the small projects was purchasing school materials with the monies donated from our province in Brazil, Rome and donations made by Poland and U.S. We were able to help 1,500 school children to get back to school. In these photos you see our novices and priests who, together with the nuns, went first to purchase the items then to sort them out before we could give them out. The sisters kindly donated their time, cars and manpower for this project. We received a list of children in one area affected by the typhoon who were unable to attend school as they had no school materials.
While some of us were preparing the materials, others went with Sr. Tess to give out tickets to the families. Late in afternoon when all the bags were ready, we brought them to the Corpus Christi School in Macasanding from where we could give them out. Children came from a relief centre across the road where many families still reside (this is a basketball pitch where some live in the blue tents and others on the pitch. They still use water outside in the street).
As you can see from the photos, some nuns kept the crowds out and only allowed 10-15 families inside while others gave out the goods. The young children loved their new bags and had to take a peep inside!
God bless
Ela
One of the small projects was purchasing school materials with the monies donated from our province in Brazil, Rome and donations made by Poland and U.S. We were able to help 1,500 school children to get back to school. In these photos you see our novices and priests who, together with the nuns, went first to purchase the items then to sort them out before we could give them out. The sisters kindly donated their time, cars and manpower for this project. We received a list of children in one area affected by the typhoon who were unable to attend school as they had no school materials.
While some of us were preparing the materials, others went with Sr. Tess to give out tickets to the families. Late in afternoon when all the bags were ready, we brought them to the Corpus Christi School in Macasanding from where we could give them out. Children came from a relief centre across the road where many families still reside (this is a basketball pitch where some live in the blue tents and others on the pitch. They still use water outside in the street).
As you can see from the photos, some nuns kept the crowds out and only allowed 10-15 families inside while others gave out the goods. The young children loved their new bags and had to take a peep inside!
God bless
Ela
