1. FORD (Philippines) will visit the New Jeannies TOE²S, Tala Burgos, San Jose, Tarlac, taking school supplies, goodies and fun. Happily, this has become an annual adventure day for Ford personnel. Reaching this school involves multiple crossings of a meandering river, so it can be quite an adventure. FORD vehicles ford that water with ease !!!!

2. Bahi will be working on the new card designs - we are getting ready for Christmas early!

3. MMQ School due to open.

4. SHOM construction due to start.

5. New deliveries of Mt Pinatubo Stoneware to Tesoros and Silahis for those wanting unique gifts to take home.

The congregation of St James the Great Church, Morpeth, UK has designated 27th May as prayer day for EVA charity foundation and for all who have insufficient food. They included the charity in their World Wide Web of Prayer and reported this in the Concorde magazine with a description of our work.

This congregation has helped finance the buidling of two school, Morpeth Kinaragan and Morpeth Concord and given donations towards school supplies. You can find out more about them from their website parishofmorpeth.org.uk

Click here to read the article.

Pack&Yack resumed at Jenny's house in Ecology Village, Makati- you are always welcome to join this friendly group which packs up the fundraisers ready for sales, while enjoying each other's company and sharing coffee and cakes. Ring Jenny on 8172621 for more information and directions.

EVACF was invited to sell the stoneware fundraiser products at both BWA & MWF meetings. Thank you BWA and MWF for giving us the chance to raise funds for a valuable cause.

During April we also organised 2 work visits to Pampanga by EVACF volunteers to take boxes of donated clothes and school supplies and to collect lahar for the ashglazed stoneware.

STOP PRESS - The new MMQ TOE²S School (2 rooms) is under construction on the side of Mt.Terranos, at Sitio Dinalupihan, Bataan. We have already supported the procurement of materials and construction of the 2 room school is started with assistance from NCIP R3 & the army(PAF). This school has been delayed due to bad weather and other unforeseen difficulties but we are all looking forward to the opening of the School for the New Year in June 2010.

        DATE&TIME: Tue 9 Mar  7.00am
        VISIT TOPIC:Workvisit to NCIP R3 & possibly meet a scolarship beneficiary/tribal leader of a TOE²S Aeta community.
        Follow up progress of the latest TOE²S school construction.
        Visit Bacolor & the church in the lahar
        Visit to SACOP to collect progress reports on the livelihood fund.
        DURATION: short day & try to be back by 3.00pm
 

Visit to DAP Aeta School and Tanner Trust multipurpose-Livelihood Center in Bataan to deliver school supplies generously donated by British Chamber of Commerce (Philippines) and ELKS club Manila and to admire the renovated school premises, work carried out through the generosity of Governor Garcia. For a full account of this visit by Angelo Songco please Click Here

And for the history of the Dap school Click here

On February 2nd 8 EVACF officers and volunteers visited the Social Action Center of Pampanga for an overview of their Livelihood Loans project and then the group went on to visit 5 current beneficiaries & 1 previous beneficiary including the pottery to the right. Click here to see Raquel's personal account of the trip and more photos.

JOINING EVACF TRIPS: contact us 7days in advance via <evacf_org @yahoo.com>  inform us whether you have /will need transport and please notify if you are forced to cancel.

It was a beautiful cool morning when EVACF volunteers and officers, Jenny Wallum, Carolyn, Leliani, Jonathan Mok and Angelo N. Songco met in Holy Trinity Church last 21 January for the first visit to two TOE²S schools in Pampanga and Tarlac.  Please visit the school pages for more photos and News at Maganday Nobokah and Standard Chartered Bank. It was the first time for the new PRO Angelo as well as new volunteer from Hong Kong, Jonathan and Leilani.

First stop was at the NCIP in San Fernando where accummulated donations from volunteers were dropped off and school supplies picked up for donation for schools to be visited.  NCIP Region III coordinator Dr. Catherine Ramos was also picked up before proceeding first to the Maganday Nobokah school in Pampanga then theStandard Chartered Bank (SCB) school in Tarlac.  Donations of school supplies were given to the IP children and gardening supplies to the teachers.  A site inspection of the two school premises was also done and discussions with the teachers on improvements and upkeep of the schools.

Lunch was at an American restaurant along Fields Avenue in Clark followed by a short stopover at the Bacolor Church for some sightseeing and to gain an understanding of the destruction wrought by the lahar of the Mt.Pinatubo eruption.  The group split in Bacolor as Jenny had to bring Dr. Ramos back to San Fernando while Leilani, Carolyn and Angelo proceeded home.