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| Of restoring poor kids hope in Panamin - Feeling almost hopeless, Ms Rosalie Balabad (2nd - R), the MSWDO-assigned educator for kids of Panamin has been blessed with new hope and aspiration, after receiving from UNICEF the several thousand of peso-worth cache of manipulative learning materials, feeding wares, toy and musical instruments and school, classroom and teachers' supplies in Malungon, Sarangani Province. This was stress following a reported 'arson' incident that burned down the then Learning Center for children aging 3-5 on August this year. From left is MSWDO Mildred Dela Cuesta, Hideko Miyagawa, Robyn Biti and Australian Embassy's deputy head of mission, David Dutton. (Isagani Palma - MALUNGON SARANGANI province). |
MALUNGON, Sarangani Province – A team of top Unicef-ECCD officials has played a vital role in refurbishing a learning facility that has been reportedly destroyed earlier by a human-made fire in one of this town’s remote barangays.
The Municipal Social Welfare and Development-assigned field educator Rosalie S. Balabad, said that was sometime in August this year when a suspected arsonist put into ablaze, the intended temporary learning center to poor kids of the Visayan and Taga-Kaulo tribes in this town’s farthest village of Panamin.
She said the culprit, despite of having been collared by the rescuing villagers, left nothing for her to save and spare.
“I really shed tears as I gazed the learning hut of my 3-4 year old pupils, transmuted into a total wreck of ashes,” the teacher said.
She said armed with nil but of mere ardent desire to serve, she tried to take a push on what she have started in sitio Maylaya, even by schooling the broods underneath a shaded heap of nature trees, but it seems difficult for her this time with an empty hand.
That was a bright Monday morning when MSWDO Mildred Dela Cuesta called for her (the teacher) to report before Malungon town Mayor Bong Constantino - for a ‘fairly bond of surprise’. Timely, that was the same day to wit a huddle of Australian and Unicef-Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) officials came to visit Malungon town, in course of the group’s usual onsite child caring services and other humanitarian campaign.
Just before adieu, Rosalie was certainly surprised after being pinpointed as the lone recipient of the several thousand of peso-worth package, fully loaded with almost all of what she dreamed of for those kids back home.
“I could hardly speak. Or neither utter to say thank you to all the goodness I have shared. All that what I could only lucidly determine for an instance, are the smiling faces of those people that surround me … with sir David Dutton stretching a hand for the list of what UNICEF have just conferred me.
During the ceremonial turnover, with the Australian Embassy’s Mr. Dutton who is deputy head of the mission, are Hideko Miyagawa, Ms. Robyn Biti and Margareth Sheenan, Mam Mildred and other friends in the local government service.
The huge boxes are contained with manipulative learning materials, feeding wares, toys and musical instruments including school, classroom and teachers supplies.
Now, despite of travelling that high and far, i could not stop myself to envisage the pleasure that I will soon see on the eye of my beloved small learners, the elated Balabad said.
MSWDO Dela Cuesta said UNICEF, in collaboration with government and non-government partners, supports ECCD initiatives and participates in promoting parental awareness and appreciation of the value of Early Childhood Care Development. it also promotes a holistic approach to early learning, bringing in many crucial child development processes such as children’s active participation through interactive learning and play, health, hygiene, sanitation, and overall well-being as well as teachers’ motivation, and community support for children’s safe and secure environment.
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