Pinky Aquino-Abellada

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


• Demonstrate: read books to engage kids


Engaged kids…


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


• 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.

visit us at www.agapp.com.ph

JOIN US

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