by Kristia Solete | Jun 1, 2020 | #OBAgainstCOVID19, Bless-A-Child, Children
The lockdown due to the coronavirus has brought unprecedented hardships not just for the Filipino workers but also to the tribal communities, as it drastically threatened their livelihood. Adding to their burden is their limited access to healthcare, education and...
by Kristia Solete | Mar 19, 2020 | Children, Healthcare
Kristine, like a typical child, loves playing in the field barefoot. Little did she know that too much exposure to dirt may cause the wound infection on her foot to last for almost six years. When she lived with her father in Davao, the only remedy her father...
by Kristia Solete | Mar 1, 2020 | Children, Disaster Response, Healthcare
On a sunny day of January 12, Taal Volcano erupted after a long sleep of 43 years. Along with the ashes, rash and wounds started to rupture on Nico Galla’s sensitive skin. “When the eruption happened, we boarded into a boat hurriedly, bringing nothing. All...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 31, 2020 | Children, Disaster Response
They say that children are the first ones to be greatly affected in times of calamities. Last January 12, the province of Batangas was put into a state of calamity because of the Taal Volcano eruption. Due to this, most cities and towns in CALABARZON were covered in...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 9, 2020 | Children, Healthcare
Living in the mountains means favorable access to abundance of natural resources, cool breeze of air, and supplies of root crops and vegetables. Dumagat tribe’s origin is the same as Aeta’s in Northern Luzon or the Negritos which are the earliest inhabitants in the...
by Kristia Solete | Jan 7, 2020 | Children
Salt is a basic condiment for cooking in the Philippines. But in the small Sitio of Kabuhuan, Brgy. Puray, Rodriguez Rizal, salt has been a dish partnered with rice that serves to the hungry stomach of the residents there—one of whom is the 11-year-old boy named...
