Capinahan Primary School Moving up Ceremony.

Capinahan Primary School Moving up Ceremony.

This month has been very special for all the children of the village. They have all been through their end of year awards at their schools. Many of the children have graduated from primary school to middle school and now it was the turn of the kinder children from Capinahan Primary School.

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Capinahan Primary School is very close to GSF. Last year Greg and the Foundation visited the school and pledged to help them rebuild their classrooms, playground and stage over the coming months.  With the stage and playground now complete, repair work will now start on the classrooms. 

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The awards were handed out to the children for lots of different reasons: Most helpful went to Jelica, Most Cooperative went to Jarel Jhon Roca whose mother was Super Nanay 2018, Honors of Grade 2 went to Yeshien, Happy Helper awards were given to Valerie Borres and Denzel Dave Pamplona, Busy Bee award was given to Lorin May Panaligan, The Eager Beaver and Determined Kids award went to Rico Aljed Vicente, Best Discipline to Robert Jongco Jr, and finally another Honors award goes to Alden.  

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Well done to all our GSF children. We are so proud of you.  heart

Saturday Class moves to a weekday …….

Saturday Class moves to a weekday …….

The children were up early when they heard that their Saturday classes were returning. Because of the school holidays, Central Philippine University have moved their lessons to the weekday.  Student teachers from the college make the journey every week from Iloilo to spend the day with the children and teach them a variety of subjects. 

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The children love their lessons where they get to learn Maths, English, Philippine History and Physical Education.  It’s fantastic that the children get this opportunity to learn in the holidays so when they go back to school in June they are up to speed.

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We love the t-shirt that one of the student teachers is wearing…..

WE GIVE YOU WINGS SO YOU CAN FLY

Thank you to CPU for helping our children achieve this. heart

Our GSF children graduate from elementary school.

Our GSF children graduate from elementary school.

Some of our GSF Children have now graduated from Jose Alminana Memorial Elementary School and will now attend Lemery National Junior High School.

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Their graduation day from Elementary to Junior High was held on 3 April with the students starting their new school in June when the school year starts. 

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It is not only a proud moment for the parents to see their children moving on to big school but a very special day for the children as they start the next chapter in their life. 

Our future leaders of GSF……..

Graduation Day for the GSF Children.

Graduation Day for the GSF Children.

Many of our GSF Children have now graduated from Jose Alminana Memorial Elementary School and will now attend Lemery National Junior High School.

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Their graduation day from Elementary to Junior High was held on 3 April with the students starting their new school in June when the school year starts. 

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It is not only a proud moment for the parents to see their children moving on to big school but a very special day for the children as they start the next chapter in their life. 

Our future leaders of GSF……..

 

 

The Children of the GSF Village receive their end of year school awards.

The Children of the GSF Village receive their end of year school awards.

On April 2, our Children of the village received their end of year awards from their school – Jose Alminana Memorial Elementary School. Many of our GSF village children attend this school in Lemery, which is about 15 minutes along the dirt road to the town. 

The proud parents attended with their children and watched as they went up to receive a variety of awards such as: Most Cheerful, Most Great Giver, Most Active, With Honours, Kindness Award, Journalist of the Year and Athlete of the year. 

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One special girl, Fatima, who as many of you know, didn’t attend school for many years due to her tumour. Here she is a couple of years into her education and receiving “Most Cheerful Award.”     

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Another special award was for Trixie, who received Journalist of the year award.

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It is so rewarding to see this generation of children doing well at school – with a secure home now back in the village, they can really concentrate on their education. 

 

Huge excitement as “Talipapa” opens up in the GSF Village.

Huge excitement as “Talipapa” opens up in the GSF Village.

The beneficiaries of the GSF village have opened up their own Talipapa, and the local community is buzzing with the news of this new market in the area.  

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“Frozen food stall”

News travels fast and already the local residents of Lemery are making regular trips to the village to buy products from the stalls – home grown vegetables, fresh fish and meat, frozen food, eggs, charcoal and fire wood for cooking.  

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“Fresh meat sold at the butcher”

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“Vegetables – grown by the beneficiaries”

There are also market stalls with clothing, accessories, cosmetics, a computer shop for printing and laminating services, a barber shop,  a mini eatery for Batchoy (a noodle soup made with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, beef loin and round noodles), a coffee shop, and pork and chicken grills.

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“Handbags and other accessories”

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“The Barber shop”

The Talipapa is open daily from 6am – 8pm, and every day there are new faces from the Barangay Capinhan community turning up to buy the products that are used in every household. 

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“Refreshments”

In the Philippines, Talipapa’s are made of a light material such as bamboo, and can be found in every community along with, a Barangay Hall, a Primary school and a Health centre.

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“Cooking Pork and Chicken grills for customers visiting in the evening”

The Winner of the “GSF 2018 Super Nanay Competiton” is…..

The Winner of the “GSF 2018 Super Nanay Competiton” is…..

The first ever “Super Nanay Queen” of the GSF Village has been announced. After a month of planning and various competitions leading up to the big final day …. a WINNER was crowned:  

“Super Nanay Queen Annabelle Roca from Block 11.”  

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In second place (1st runner up) is, Norlyn Ojero from Block 7 and in third place (2nd runner up), Famela Dublin from Block 4. A huge congratulations to all the contestants!

The mothers were judged on different categories throughout the competition by our team of judges, Retchel Moore (a beauty queen and business woman), Aljie Candelario and Mary Joy Falcis-Taberna. 

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In each category, the Mothers had to showcase to the best of their ability, what they could do. They were judged on their talents, their sport, who the crowds thought most photogenic and in fact we ran this through Facebook and the response was incredible, they had to answer some questions from the judges, and then the finale was to design and wear a dress made from recyclable materials found in the village.

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The sporting category had mothers in all different outfits; softball, cowboy, firearms and basketball.

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The competition attracted visitors from all over Lemery who travelled to watch – the atmosphere was fantastic as all the mothers competed for the top spot! 

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Next up was the talent competition. In this category we had mothers making the crowd laugh in a comedy sketch, getting crowds up and dancing in a dance, singing and some powerful karate – breaking a breeze block in half!

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Whilst the mothers were back stage changing costumes, the crowd were were entertained by Trixie, who sang a song, and the children who did a great dance routine. It is great to see that there is so much talent coming through this village already.

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In the final category the mothers had to wear their creations on the stage. The dresses were fantastic, Block 9’s dress was made out of a sack, decorated with old cd’s and plastic bottle caps. There were table cloths and curtains all cleverly designed to look like ball gowns.  Block 11, our Super Nanay winner made her dress out of plastic bags and plastic cutlery. Just fantastic – who needs to spend a fortune and buy designer dresses when you have designs like these?!

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What a super day, well done to the GSF team in the village for all their hard work in organising such a wonderful event. This community is getting closer and closer every day. Everyone was involved in some way – helping to build the stage, helping with costumes, designs, sashes, the crown and lots more.

And finally, congratulations to all the beautiful Super Nanay Women of GSF Village who took part, you all looked fantastic and we are so proud of you. heart

 

March Newsletter

March Newsletter

Please read our March Newsletter to see what we have been up to……

https://issuu.com/gregseckerfoundation/docs/gsf-nl-march2018

 

Search for “Super Nanay 2018” in the GSF Village.

Search for “Super Nanay 2018” in the GSF Village.

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In Celebration of Women’s Month, the competition is on, for the GSF Village “Super Nanay (Super Mum) 2018”, with the final being held on March 26th in the GSF Village Social Hall. We have 11 beautiful “Super Nanay contestants” who will showcase their wit and talents to an invited panel of judges.. 

For this part of the competition we would like your vote on which photo you like the most. Please put your vote in the comment box on Facebook stating which Block No picture you like. The voting will added up and sent to the judges before the final on the 26th March. Thank you.

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March is Fire Prevention Month in the Philippines.

March is Fire Prevention Month in the Philippines.

On the 1st March sirens can be heard all over the Philippine streets – it is the start of Fire Prevention Month.  The summer months are hot and dry and March is recorded as having high fire recordings, so the Bureau Of Fire Municipality make it an advocacy that all schools, universities, public and private offices, and communities such as the Greg Secker Foundation Village are made aware of not only how to prevent a fire but what to do in one.

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We were lucky to be joined by the Bureau of Fire of Municipality of Lemery again. Last December they visited the village and held some lectures in fire safety and tips. Now the beneficiaries are in their homes there are more fire hazards such as electricity for them to learn about, and how they can help one another should a fire break out in their house or indeed their neighbours house. 

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The beneficiaries split into groups and practiced different drills. How to quickly and efficiently get water to the fire – the good old fashioned “bucket brigade” system, passing a bucket of water down the line to the fire. 

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In the lecture the fire department suggested that every household has a member who would be part of the fire fighting team, to have someone in charge of contacting the fire department during a fire, to have security in charge of clearing the road for when the fire truck arrives and a rescue team. 

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All of these lessons in health and safety are very important now that they are living together in such a close community.  They have to know how to help not only themselves but also their neighbour. ÂÂ