“I had boiled egg yesterday, and today it’s egg again”, Jobert, 6, told me in local dialect when I asked him what he has for lunch that Friday noon at Davao City’s Felipe Calderon Elementary School in Bunawan.
He goes with her elder siblings in the same school while their mother; a laundrywoman does her work at home each day. Felipe Calderon Elementary School is just a walking distance from their house, but the main national highway which they have to cross each school days pose a danger to Jobert and his siblings.
“I have to hold firmly my sister’s arm as we crossed our way towards the gate”, he says in Visayan. Her elder sister is the one in charge of carrying the lunchbox to school as they no longer go home during lunch time. “We already have our food for noontime when we go to school”, Jobert added.
Just two weeks ago, he was very happy when his mother bought him a small bag, two notebooks and a pencil. That’s the only supplies that he got as his elder sister and brother have to be provided also with notebooks, pen and bags. His father who works as a carpenter can only earn as much, as there were times that they have no work.
Jobert Sikilan is among the one hundred twenty-five Grade-I pupils of Felipe Calderon Elementary School who were assisted through an education project initiated by JEWM Agro-Industrial Corporation.
Each student receives 5 writing notebooks, 2 pencils, 1 pad writing paper, 1 plastic envelope and a box of crayons as part of the educational assistance from JEWM. The project now on its second year, is being implemented by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
With the educational assistance, Jobert now has seven notebooks plus additional pencils and crayons that he could use in school. They may not have the money to buy other school necessities or perhaps buy delicious snacks during recess time, the little help provided through the project has encouraged Jobert to strive more as he starts learning from lessons taught in school and at home.
He goes with her elder siblings in the same school while their mother; a laundrywoman does her work at home each day. Felipe Calderon Elementary School is just a walking distance from their house, but the main national highway which they have to cross each school days pose a danger to Jobert and his siblings.
“I have to hold firmly my sister’s arm as we crossed our way towards the gate”, he says in Visayan. Her elder sister is the one in charge of carrying the lunchbox to school as they no longer go home during lunch time. “We already have our food for noontime when we go to school”, Jobert added.
Just two weeks ago, he was very happy when his mother bought him a small bag, two notebooks and a pencil. That’s the only supplies that he got as his elder sister and brother have to be provided also with notebooks, pen and bags. His father who works as a carpenter can only earn as much, as there were times that they have no work.
Jobert Sikilan is among the one hundred twenty-five Grade-I pupils of Felipe Calderon Elementary School who were assisted through an education project initiated by JEWM Agro-Industrial Corporation.
Each student receives 5 writing notebooks, 2 pencils, 1 pad writing paper, 1 plastic envelope and a box of crayons as part of the educational assistance from JEWM. The project now on its second year, is being implemented by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
With the educational assistance, Jobert now has seven notebooks plus additional pencils and crayons that he could use in school. They may not have the money to buy other school necessities or perhaps buy delicious snacks during recess time, the little help provided through the project has encouraged Jobert to strive more as he starts learning from lessons taught in school and at home.
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