AGAPP Foundation, Inc.Pinky  Aquino-­‐Abellada

11  April  2013

ICoASL III(International Conference of Asian Special Libraries)

GOAL

To  equip  the  poor  Filipino  child  with  the  

ammuni>on  to  help  him  in  his  fight  to  escape

poverty  .

• Cri>cal  period  for  brain  development

• Highest  Dropout  rate  is  between  grades  1-­‐3

• Support  for  Govt’s          Kinder  +  12  thrust

• Start  things  right!

* Philippines and two African countries have the 10 year basic education system

WHAT  :  Public  preschools  with  library

 AKLAT  (book)

 Classrooms  &  Library

 GABAY  (guide)

Teacher  training

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HOW:  Public  Private  Partnership

Dep  Ed Donors

AGAPP

Volunteer*Local  Units** Other  NGOs***

**  Dep  Ed,  DSWD,  Local  Gov’t,Community***  Global  Voluntary  Service  (GVS),  ASA,  PBSP,  Children’s  Hour

Silid  Pangarap

*  People  Power  Volunteers  who  want  to  see  change  in  the  country

AGAPP  CLASSROOMS

Completed  to  date:  ~500In  ALL  regions!

We  expect  to  reach  the  600  mark  by  our  3rd  year,  1  Aug  2013.

(1  classroom  every  2  days)

AGAPP  TRAINING

Teachers  and  School  Heads  Trained  to  date:  800

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Aklat(Classrooms  and  Library)

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Aklat(Classrooms  and  Library)

• Provide  books  for  the  K-­‐Grade3  kids

• Pre-­‐selected  by  award  winning  educator

• Principals  and  Teachers  are  encouraged  to  provide  an  hour  a  week  for  K-­‐Grade3  to  use  library

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Gabay(Teacher  Training)

• Stress:  the  most  cri>cal  stage  in  brain  development

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Gabay(Teacher  Training)

• Demonstrate:  read  books  to  engage  kids

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Gabay(Teacher  Training)

Engaged  kids…

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Gabay(Teacher  Training)

• Books  and  Literacy  Extension:  science,  Social  Studies,  Math,  etc…

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  Gabay(Teacher  Training)

• Writers  Workshop:  allow  teachers  and  students  to  “publish”  own  stories

AGAPP  -­‐-­‐-­‐  ARUGA

• Include  toilet  and  sink  -­‐-­‐-­‐  teach  hygienic  habits

• Feeding  programs  in  some  schools

• Livelihood  programs  in  some  schools

• By  Crea>ng  AGAPP  awareness

• By  helping  AGAPP  raise  funds

• By  being  be  an  AGAPP  volunteer  in  your  province/region  and  help  find  the  needy  schools  where  we  can  build  the  Silid  Pangarap

How  Can  You  Help

As  of  last  count  (approx.  500  classrooms)….  

Annually,  at  least  25,000  needy  Filipino  children  have  a  beder  chance  at  escaping  poverty.

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