NEWSLETTER: December 2021
In 2005, I dreamed of having a development and learning
center built for the poor children of the Philippines. For
$7,000 it was built and was opened in July, 2006.
How did it happen? In the same year of 2005, after my
trip to Sri Lanka to help the displaced school children of
the massive Tsunami, I realized I could also do good to
our poor children in the Philippines. I consulted the once
homeless Filipino man, Noel, whose love for our country
is the same as mine. He's no longer homeless because I
gave him a roof over his head. Soon after, he climbed a
huge mountain to go to college by working for different
fast food restaurants and applying for scholarships. He
now is an electrical engineer.
Noel, without hesitation, went home to the Philippines
and organized a group of professionals who volunteered
their talents by preparing the school curriculum, uniform
and other government requirements to open a school.
My architect cousin, Lito, finished building the school in
time for its opening in July, 2006.
Fifteen years later, when the kindergarten children were in their
teens, a need for a vocational-technology school came to mind. The
head of the school, Vivian, got an estimate on how much it would
cost for another building. The price is $40,000 and the estimated
cost for the computers and supplies is $10,000.
St. Anthony Development and Learning Center provides a quality
education to the graduates who have become honor students of the
elementary and secondary schools they went to. Now it is my goal
to provide a vocational-technology school to further their education
to be able to get a good paying job or a business of their own.
Hence, our appeal to you, good hearted people, is to help us to fulfill
that dream. Your investment on their education will yield 50% profit
(Your $1 is equivalent to 50 pesos).
Please share this newsletter with friends, family and those who are
willing to help fulfill the dreams of our youth. They will change our
world. Noel is only one example.
Salamat po (Thank you),
Josie C. Garcia, President