News from our schools this May

A few selected students from Talisay Girlstown joined the Youth Speech Congress competition to foster communication and leadership following the pandemic.

One of our students, Jessica won first place out of 300 runners in the 3k category in the Cebu City Summer Fun Run of Coco.

In the Provincial Skills Competition 2022, Talisay Girlstown students received gold medals in the Fashion Technology, Electronics Product Assembly and Servicing, Patisserie and Confectionery, and silver medals in the Baking, Cooking, and Visual Graphic Design.

At the Regional Schools Press Conference, students learned more about journalism as a career.

On the 16th June, we celebrated Day of the African Child and the girls gathered together to celebrate with members of their local community. This year’s theme was eliminating harmful practises affecting children.

A big focus of our work and the work of the Sisters, is to provide an excellent education and a place of safety for children to learn and thrive in. An education provides girls with independence and financial security, giving them options beyond entering child marriages, which is an ongoing practise that harms girls’ futures.

Also in May, our girls in Kisarawe Girls School were visited by Cassie and Jordan from Agape Visuals, who photographed the programme and heard first hand the stories from the students and Sisters.

In Tegucigalpa, our girls were excited to harvest the first mangoes of the season, grown on the grounds of the school, which help supply the students with fresh fruit. As the cost of living soars worldwide, this kind of small scale, subsistence farming at the schools will become even more valuable and necessary to keep costs down and ensure that the funding goes as far as it can to help as many children as possible.

Also in May, the girls received visitors from Germany, who support the programme. The visitors were excited to meet the Sisters and students and see first hand how the students are doing.