Philippines

THE USE OF BRILLKIDS CURRICULA AT THE RISE ABOVE LIBRARY, Cebu City, Philippines

Posted on by Natalie Berg

We’ve been working together with Rise Above Foundation in Cebu for the last 6 years. In the last few years Rise Above Foundation organized, set up and managed the library for the kids from very poor families in the City of Cebu. Here is the latest report from Elisabet Hansen, Project Manager of Rise Above Foundation: “Brillkids has been part of our daily educational learnings for the kids ages 3-6 yrs old since the Library opened almost 2 years ago. We regularly have up to…

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Bringing English Language and Literacy to children of Ceby, 5 years of collaboration.

Posted on by Natalie Berg

May marked our 5 year anniversary of working with Rise Above Project in Cebu, Philippines. Their vision is to give people a chance to lead better lives through education and training, and they are making an amazing difference in lives of most vulnerable in Cebu, young children in their care. You can learn more about their latest news from their website http://riseabove-cebu.org/ and from the video presentation. But today we wanted to let you have a glimpse into their learning Rise Above Center through this…

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Short Update from Young Life Health Care and Education Foundation, Inc.

Posted on by Lap Custodio

I’m sending you a picture that the kids are using the program with the assistance of our foreign interns. The kids enjoys the program and they are learning from it.  I hope you will be happy to see their pictures. We are very happy for the program cause it’s helping us in the learning activity of kids. Thank you. Best regards, Portia Cabanes ============================= YOUNG LIFE FOUNDATION is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 2007 in Cebu City in the Philippines by the Norwegian Finn T. Wattenberg.…

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Helping the Typhoon Victims (Rise Above Cebu, Philippines)

Posted on by Lap Custodio

Early Education for Every Child Foundation represented in Philippines by Cebu-based Foundation Raise Above. Over the last years Raise Above and EEECF worked together on literacy and educational projects, providing young children with basic educational programs. After the incredibly powerful Typhoon made landfall in Philippines, our partners at Raise Above Foundation focused all their efforts on disaster relief and help. Here is an account directly from them. [hr] Rise Above Foundation Cebu Organize Relief Trips To North Cebu, Philippines [Show slideshow] It has been some…

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Rise Above Foundation, Cebu (Philippines)

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The Rise Above Foundation is a combined daycare and livelihood center in Cebu [pink]The EEECF is happy to announce that we are working with an NGO in the Philippines to help care for children from underprivileged families.[/pink] Most of the parents of these children come from very poor backgrounds and are unable to find work. For about 1 1⁄2 years now, Rise Above Foundation – Cebu, along with interns from Denmark, are caring for these young children, providing them lessons to prepare them for elementary…

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