With the goal of teaching team work and physical education, the foundation provided baseball equipment to the Ugad, San Mateo, & Catalina Elementary School in Tumauini. This is the first baseball team in the Tumauini, Isabela. The team is coached by two volunteer coaches. The foundation is actively collecting more equipment for a second baseball team.

A BOOK OF MY OWN

The literacy rate in remote areas of the Philippines in primary & secondary education is at it's all time low. Children are taught to read, write and speak in English starting at elementary school. Textbooks are shared at a ratio of 10:1 in over-crowded classrooms of 40 children or more. With the lack of funds from the government, there are not enough textbooks to support the required curriculum. Children don't have access to their own books to learn and practice reading. The goal for this program is for each child to have at least one book of their own.

Corruption has dramatically increased in the Philippines and continues to impact educational programs in the Philippines. Funds intended for textbooks and school supplies have become less and less. Teachers are left without teaching supplies such as pencils, paper, textbooks, erasers, and chalk. Teachers who are paid an equivalent of $20 US dollars a month use their own funds to buy supplies and food for malnourished students. $5 US dollars can buy paper for one student for one school year.

Thus far, the foundation has donated paper, pencils, erasers, etc. to one school with over 500 students. This initative will continue to be one of the fondation's ongoing priority.