WESTERN VISAYAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE 60,000 BOOKS

WESTERN VISAYAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

TO RECEIVE 60,000 BOOKS

Over 100,000 students from 332 public schools from the provinces of Guimaras, Antique, and Iloilo in Western Visayas will benefit again from truckloads of imported books from AAMBIS-Owa Partylist and a non-government organization beginning on February 18. (Are Aklan and Negros Occidental parts of Western Visayas? They have no share of the books.)

The $46,000 (US Dollar) book donation was made possible by AAMBIS-Owa Partylist Representative Sharon S. Garin in partnership with NGO Children International Philippines, Inc. (CIPI).

Book donations came from the United States through the initiative of Rep. Garin who also takes care of the logistics to make the book donations accessible even to far-flung barangays.

Rep. Garin and CIPI are partners in providing books for public school pupils since 2012. They have distributed a total of 60,000 books since then. This year they will provide an additional 60,000 books to mostly impoverished students in the Visayas.

Books delve on different subjects of Math, Science, Arts, Literature, History, and other subjects.

Department of Education (DepEd) District Supervisor Daisy Villasis of Sibunag, Guimaras appreciates the donation for the children. “These donated books supplement the effort made by the national government to provide free basic education to our youth. These donations mean a lot to us as it reduces our students’ daily struggle with shortage of reference and textbook materials.”

The public schools in Guimaras are the first of the 332 schools to receive donations. Turn-over ceremonies will happen on February 18 at Jordan San Miguel Elementary School, Jordan and at Buenavista Central Elementary School,  Buenavista.

Rep. Garin thanks the CIPI with this collaboration and the DepEd officials for their cooperation in ensuring that the books will reach as many students as possible. /MP