KidsGrow-A-Tree

This is it !!!

We started planting trees here while others look for more location. it's nice to be a part of greening the globe. At our early age, we are given the responsibility of doing our share.

It's a complete success...
With thumbs up, ICL School Kid Scouts on the way back to the campsite
"We planted trees together with other scouting troops from various schools in Camarines Norte.This is our humble share for the green environment we live in, which others must follow without let up."

In the eyes of a child...

A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible.
This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes.
I wonder how often we take for granted that children understand what we are teaching???

Through the eyes of a child:

The Children's Bible in a Nutshell

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that.

Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.

Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden......Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.

Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something..

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Restoring normalcy for children in aftermath of tropical storm Ondoy

PASIG CITY, Philippines, 19 October 2009 – The flood waters that still inundate much of the Philippines' capital have become black with waste and garbage, a daily reminder of tropical storm Ondoy, which struck the country on 26 September.

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Efren was nominated to CNN Hero because of his work with children at the slums of Cavite. At 16, together with his friends, Efren put up the Dynamic Teen Company that reaches out to teens, instilling in them the spirit of volunteerism, as they teach young children basic reading, writing and personal hygiene.

I miss my books

© World Vision 2008
by Karen Rivera

MANILA -- “I miss my books. I lost them in the flood, along with my notebooks and papers,” says 7-year-old and first grader Jerome.

Before the typhoon Ketsana struck, Jerome and sister Jasmin, 11, would pour over a book after school. “I teach him to read because he is really interested to learn. We would read children’s stories,” says Jasmin.

Since they moved in to a classroom in Bautista Elemetary School in Marikina, the siblings haven not been able to resume their reading lessons.

The classroom which they share with 30 people had been emptied out of books and teaching materials to make room for some 600 families that sought temporary shelter at the school.

Jerome’s family came into the evacuation center a day after the flood swept their home away. In the midst of the confusion and panic that ensued with the rising floodwaters, the siblings were unable to secure their things. They eluded death by clinging to on to their grandmother who swam them to safety.

While surviving the flood has been one harrowing experience for the siblings, getting back to their old life, is another thing.

“I miss school and my friend Wilmar. I don’t know what happened to him. I want to go back to school soon,” Jerome says wistfully.

It might be a while before Jerome would resume his studies since his school was also flooded in. But he may be able to take up his reading again in a World Vision’s Child Friendly Space (CFS) at the evacuation center.

As part of World Vision’s disaster response to Typhoon Ketsana, 5 Child Friendly Spaces have been established in Marikina, Pasig , Cainta, Pasig and Angono – areas that have suffered the brunt of Typhoon Ketsana.

Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) are safe structured places where children can play, interact with other children and learn basic skills to help them cope with their experience following a disaster or conflict through games, songs and dances.

It aims to provide psychosocial support to 1850 children to help them gain a sense of routine and normality.