As architects, creativity is a value we are fortunate to have been nurtured growing up. The same value is what we want to encourage all children to possess.
Toys help kids build creativity, self-confidence and responsibility. If you have old toys just gathering dust in your cabinets, please donate them to TREK (Trails to Empower Kids). We will join them for an outreach at Tamsi Primary School and Kakidugen Primary School in Nagtipunan, Quirino this August 24-27.
Check their FB page https://www.facebook.com/TrailsToEmpowerKids for more details. Aside from toys, we can also donate old storybooks or cash so they can buy backpacks, raincoats and boots for the kids.
PM the admin for pledges.
Thank you in advance!
Project Background:
Early this month, our group traveled to Quirino, a landlocked province in the Cagayan
Region. We journeyed for almost 15 hours, 4 hours on foot on a trail filled with mud
that sometimes slope up to 45 degrees.
After crossing 7 stream
s, we reached a community situated on top of a mountain.
There we met Maestro Diego, the lone teacher at Sitio Tamsi, San Dionisio II, in
Nagtipunan, Quirino.
In 2005, Maestro Diego was assigned to conduct a study on putting up a school at
that area. At first he was hesitant, but he did anyway and from then on, he started
teaching until he became a regular teacher in 2009.
Today, he has 70 students ranging from kinder to grade 4. Due to the long trek, he
lives there during weekdays and goes home to his family in Santiago City, Isabela on
weekends.
Tamsi is a part or a group that belongs to an ethnic group called Ilongot. Since the
community is in a remote area and has a growing population, the government
decided to put up a primary school within its community, which is now Tamsi Primary
School.
We asked Maestro Diego why he chose to trek hours every week, live in a
community with no electricity and limited water source and he said, "there is no
greater calling and feeling. Here they call me 'Maestro' an utmost respect that cannot
be bought or be given to any teacher individually."
Please help us support Maestro Diego. On August 26, we will go back to Tamsi
Primary School to deliver the school's much needed assistance. The students are in
dire need of school supplies, books, rain gears and lamps.
Aside from Tamsi Primary School, we will also visit Kakidugen Primary School and
hopefully bring them also help.
TREK Quirino will be the Trails to Empower Kids or TREK's 13th mission.
There we met Maestro Diego, the lone teacher at Sitio Tamsi, San Dionisio II, in
Nagtipunan, Quirino.
In 2005, Maestro Diego was assigned to conduct a study on putting up a school at
that area. At first he was hesitant, but he did anyway and from then on, he started
teaching until he became a regular teacher in 2009.
Today, he has 70 students ranging from kinder to grade 4. Due to the long trek, he
lives there during weekdays and goes home to his family in Santiago City, Isabela on
weekends.
Tamsi is a part or a group that belongs to an ethnic group called Ilongot. Since the
community is in a remote area and has a growing population, the government
decided to put up a primary school within its community, which is now Tamsi Primary
School.
We asked Maestro Diego why he chose to trek hours every week, live in a
community with no electricity and limited water source and he said, "there is no
greater calling and feeling. Here they call me 'Maestro' an utmost respect that cannot
be bought or be given to any teacher individually."
Please help us support Maestro Diego. On August 26, we will go back to Tamsi
Primary School to deliver the school's much needed assistance. The students are in
dire need of school supplies, books, rain gears and lamps.
Aside from Tamsi Primary School, we will also visit Kakidugen Primary School and
hopefully bring them also help.
TREK Quirino will be the Trails to Empower Kids or TREK's 13th mission.
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