NEWSLETTER: December 2021

In 2005, I dreamed of having a development and learning

center built for the poor children of the Philippines. For

$7,000 it was built and was opened in July, 2006.

How did it happen? In the same year of 2005, after my

trip to Sri Lanka to help the displaced school children of

the massive Tsunami, I realized I could also do good to

our poor children in the Philippines. I consulted the once

homeless Filipino man, Noel, whose love for our country

is the same as mine. He's no longer homeless because I

gave him a roof over his head. Soon after, he climbed a

huge mountain to go to college by working for different

fast food restaurants and applying for scholarships. He

now is an electrical engineer.

Noel, without hesitation, went home to the Philippines

and organized a group of professionals who volunteered

their talents by preparing the school curriculum, uniform

and other government requirements to open a school.

My architect cousin, Lito, finished building the school in

time for its opening in July, 2006.

Fifteen years later, when the kindergarten children were in their

teens, a need for a vocational-technology school came to mind. The

head of the school, Vivian, got an estimate on how much it would

cost for another building. The price is $40,000 and the estimated

cost for the computers and supplies is $10,000.

St. Anthony Development and Learning Center provides a quality

education to the graduates who have become honor students of the

elementary and secondary schools they went to. Now it is my goal

to provide a vocational-technology school to further their education

to be able to get a good paying job or a business of their own.

Hence, our appeal to you, good hearted people, is to help us to fulfill

that dream. Your investment on their education will yield 50% profit

(Your $1 is equivalent to 50 pesos).

Please share this newsletter with friends, family and those who are

willing to help fulfill the dreams of our youth. They will change our

world. Noel is only one example.

Salamat po (Thank you),

Josie C. Garcia, President