Date: 9 - 19 December 2006
Location: Barangay Tingo, Olongapo Island, Lapu Lapu City, Cebu
Focus: Healthcare and education

You can look forward to...
• Working with young children and teenagers
• Acquiring a more universal yet unique perspective on life
• Increasing social and cultural knowledge
• Building teamwork and more importantly, friendships
• Developing virtues of service, generosity and cheerfulness
• Exploring Cebu - a historical place with a rich culture heritage!

The Philippines Outreach project, entitled "Mabuhay Service Project 2006", aims to participate in a community building project and to conduct classes on basic life practices, life skills, and values for young women and children. The proposed dates are from 9th up to 19th of December, 2006. Our wish to participate in a community building project was inspired by the success of our service project in Manila back in 2000.

For this year, we are liaising with the contacts in the Philippine to be able to visit the poor area of Cebu. Cebu is not only one of the historical places in the Philippines but also one of the highly developed places in terms of infrastructure and business establishments. It provides the region with opportunities for employment and therefore the population is growing tremendously and is in need of support in terms of housing facilities and building projects. It could also help us in our search for meaning in our lives, providing us with a wider and unique perspective, social and cultural awareness, teamwork and the concept of interdependence like carefully woven silk threads in a beautiful silk cloth.

Another important aspect of this project is its aim to provide practical education to young women covering topics such as basic life skills, practices and values. Women play a vital role in any community. With women as a source of light in each family, more emphasis has been given to her task not only in the household level, but also in the professional and spiritual level. We believe that this dream can be realized through our ../common efforts such as in endeavors like this.


Those who wish to participate in the project could email
Philippine2006@familyes.org.sg with the following details:

Name:
Contact no:
Age:
School (if you are a student):
Organization (if you are working):
Address:

Any enquiries could also be sent to the email address above or directed to
Imelda at 90102986