IP school children get educ assistance from NDBC, DepEd,, DSWD
Local News • 16:08 PM Sat Dec 19, 2015
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By:
Edwin Fernandez
ARMM Education Sec. John Magno (standing 4th from left), NDBC’s Jeff Mendez (3rd from left) and partners flash peace sign during the NDBC-DEPED-DSWD outreach convergence in South Upi. (Radyo Bida)
SOUTH UPI,
Maguindanao – More than 600 Indigenous Peoples (IP) school childrenand village educators have
received on Thursday early Christmas gifts” from the Notre Dame Broadcasting
Corporation (NDBC) and its partners from social welfare andeducation departments of the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Salamat,
Thank You,” were the only words that the beneficiary could say since it was the
first time such activity reached Biarong Primary School and Lamud Elementary
School, both in the upland town of South Upi.
NDBC and education
and social welfare departments of ARMM, along with IP peoples organization and
the Philippine Marines, travelled to the upland village and distributed school
bags, school supplies and sleepers to IP public school students. A feeding program was also conducted,
according to Jeff Mendez, DXMS Radyo Bida and DXOL-Happy FM news and current affairs
director.
Mendez said the event was more meaningful with the presence of DepEd-ARMM Regional Secretary John Magno
who personally witnessed the sorry state of two public schools.
Action man and service oriented, Magno took no time to act and told local educators and their
parents that DepEd-ARMM will repair the school buildings, provide brand new
classroom blackboards and new arm chairs.
Obviously
emotional seeing school children and teachers using dilapidated school facilities with more pupils and few mentors,Magno vowed to deploy more teachers to Biarong and Lamud
schools.
Teachers and
parents keep on clapping and applauding as Sec. Magno made the
announcement. Some teachers were in
tears, convinced that the simple outreach program of NDBC was translated into
educational assistance from DepEd ARMM. sand//fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/10466712_326093017514715_1714129898_n.jpg?oh=52beb0d9ce3804438dbaa11b510baf39andampoe=5676F62Dandamp__gda__=1450655869_6040d1a6884ab02ae22c23e2c0d644de (South Upi school children wait for their school bags, supplies and slippers from NDBC, DepEd-ARMM and DSWD) Before Sec. Magno ended his speech, he made one last announcement. Your school will receive new solar panel for electricity and a brand new sound system you can use in all school activities and programs, courtesy of DepEd-ARMM,” he said in Filipino
Happy kaayo eh,
maraming salamat sa Happy FM pati sa Radyo Bida, kay Sec. Magno at sa
lahat-lahat,” one parent said after the event.
(Edwin Fernandez) sand//scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t34.0-12/12366797_326093267514690_967080263_n.jpg?oh=a3a69deda4584773e422e3d376ec8db2andampoe=5676DD80