One Hundred School Children From Pilar, Camotes Islands Visit Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines to Do Their Shop-a-wish Activity
Published by Rhodora Bande on December 28, 2010 in Asia-
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On December 28, 2010, one hundred (100) school children from Pilar, Camotes Islands went to Ormoc, Leyte to do their shopping at Gaisano Department Store. Dubbed as Shop-A-Wish, this was part of the culminating activity of the Children’s Festival that was held in Pilar on October 27-28, 2010.
Pilar was one of the four municipalities in Cebu Province that held a Children’s Festival in October as a highlight of the Children’s Month celebration. The Children’s Festival was sponspored and organized by the Dolores Aboitiz Children’s Fund (DACF), a funding program of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc (RAFI). Financial counterpart was likewise provided by the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Pilar.
At the entrance of Gaisano Department Store in Ormoc, the children wait for the distribution of gift certificates from the RAFI staff. They were accompanied by their teachers/guardians and by Vice-Mayor Dodong Maratas (extreme right),
One of the activities of the Children’s Festival was a series of contests participated in by school children whose ages ranged from 4 to 12 years old. The contests included essay writing, singing, poem recitation (balak), harana (serenade) rendition, and folk dance.
Ms. Anabelle Fajardo (in blue shirt), DACF Executive Director, and her staff distribute the gift certificates to the children.
These are the kids who won in the folk dance contest. With them is their facilitator/guardian.
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Pilar: The Other Side of Camotes Islands
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According to Vice-Mayor Dodong Maratas, Pilar regularly holds activities that are geared toward children’s personality development and value formation. He also said that since 2006, Pilar has been declared as Region 7’s Most Child-Friendly Municipality in the 4th-6th class municipality category. In 2010, Pilar was a finalist in the national selection for the Most Child-Friendly Municipality.
Larry Enicuela, Jeams Bear Cabrijas, and Merlou Borinaga, first prize winners in the singing contest, balak contest and harana rendition, respectively.
With this consideration, the local organizers that included the LGU, the teachers from the Department of Education (DepEd), the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO), and the Rural Health Unit (RHU) decided to extend the activity to all children; hence, they chose children who rarely participated in extra-curricular activities to join the said contests.
Through the Shop-A-Wish activity, the organizers wanted to teach budgeting to these kids.
The 100 school children who went to Ormoc to do the Shop-A-Wish were the winners in the various contests. Gift certificates amounting to PhP300.00 to PhP800.00 were given to each child. The children and the forty-seven (47) teachers and guardians who accompanied them were treated to a free lunch at Jollibee Ormoc.
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Hmmm…you’ve been very busy sharing the real spirit of Christmas huh.. Wonderful share my friend
Touching and inspiring as well..Keep such spirit alive
Happy New Year:)
Interesting activity. Hope more children participate and benefit from this meaningful event. Great share.:D
That was indeed a good after Christmas treat for school children.
It’s great to see the happy faces of those children. Pilar must be an ideal place to raise them considering that it has consistently won the Most Child-Friendly Municipality award.
Thank you for sharing this story to the Triond community and the rest of the world. Great job.
nice post
It is a great endeavor for the children. I pray that more activities like this will happen even if there is no occasion. I guess Christmas will be more remarkable with helping and doing like you had. Happy New year Rhoda
This is a worthy project for children this Christmas. I hope they do this every year. You have good photos. Ikaw kumuha?
This is really touching. I wish I have the power to do the same.
The smiling face of the children is one big achievement of this program. In a way,children were able to learn how to budget their money and I could say it is a good project! We should always do programs like this because these children is our country’s future. Nice share RB.
A lovely opportunity for those who often don’t partake in activities such as these to realise their worth. I really enjoyed this post.
Christine
Interesting and timely contribution, RB. Christmas is for children, and the activity not only makes the children feel loved, it also teaches them lessons they can carry with them to adulthood. Kudos to the organizers and the people spreading worthy news such as these.
Can I join the contest next year?
This is a good thing for children, specially those who are not so active in extra curricular activities. Christine is right, it helps bring out the innate talent of kids. Another good thing about this is that it teaches the kids not only to receive, but that they first have to give in terms of what they can offer…Personality and character development nga ito and I salute the organizers of this activity. Keep it up! Happy new year sis!
Beautiful children,
a beauiful and descriptive article with lovely photographs. very inspirational too.
That’s a wonderful thing to do for the children.
A great motivation and inspiring story for us to follow. Children are after all our immediate future. Including them in all these activities are always a positive gain for everyone.
Very inspiring…
Beautiful photographs!Enjoyed viewing each one of them.Let more of such photos be shot and shown to the general public so that let them too be inspired save Mother Earth!!
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I hope the organizers of this event will continue doing this. It will boosts children’s confidence and their attitudes toward socializing. I’m sure these children were so happy not just because of the gifts but with the experience as well. Happy New Year to you and your family!!!
wow . .swerte naman ng mga batang ito . .hope mamarmi pang bata matutulunga . .
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