November 7th, the Phillippines was hit by a huge storm, Typhoon Haiyan, with winds reaching as high as 115 mph. It is reported that approximately 10,000 lives were taken tragically, and many more people affected. Our thoughts and prayers go out to our filipino friends and the children of both the Maravilla and Sua Elementary Schools. [...]
We really need more books to send to Sua Elementary and Maravilla Elementary Schools. If you have any great ideas how to collect more books or want to help us collect more let me know. The children really love to read and this book project is a big success in the Philippines.
This is Nanette Demesa a mother of 7 children, and a housewife. She is one of the mothers who we can always count on to help with the Meals @ School Program of Give Children Hope. While waiting for the break time of the students to have their meals, I was able to talk to her. [...]
Many thanks to Cody Leishman & Katie Henderson at Sundesa LLC for their generous donation to Give Children Hope of thousands of Blender Bottles that we boxed and sent to the Philippines! Maravilla Elementary School in Ilolo & Sua Elementary School in Camarines Sur will soon be receiving this great product! Also, thanks to our good [...]
We believe that healthy students are happier and will learn more in the long run. That is our goal... to feed children so that their main concern is their studies and not their hunger. We are pleased to see the positive changes that are taking place in our students lives.
These are two pictures sent to us by our Filipino representatives. It shows the humble circumstances that many of our students are living in. It is easy to see why these children yearn for a better opportunity at life.
Typhoon Juaning batters Bicol Region, Manila and other parts of the Philippines. This has been one of the most devastating typhoons that has hit the country. It seemed like not everyone knew that it could be that great. Many areas were still left flooded up to this posting, classes were suspended on the previous days for [...]
Dear Sponsors, I am writing this on the 1st of April here in my country so it’s a Happy April Fool’s Day! We do not really observe that here, but we will celebrate with everybody anyway. How have you all been? We would be glad to know that you, with your family are always happy. We [...]
I would like to raise some money for this little girl. Her name is Mhegan Denise Enciso. She has a hole in her heart that needs to be repaired and it will cost at least 200,000 pesos. That is about $4,651 dollars. This little girl lives in Naga City Philippines. Thank you for your continued support. [...]
Hello Sponsors and Friends of Give Children Hope, How have you been? The past month has been so good to us. There was not so much rain and we had a one day holiday for all the students as we celebrated EDSA DAY (or People’s Power Day). It is very well known in the world history. [...]
