Growing up, a child becomes familiar with the everyday encounters that surrounds him or her. As long as there is family who can provide shelter, food and the basic necessities a child needs. But the recent crisis that has beset my hometown has left many families displaced, and kids have not only lost their homes, they also have lost their school materials, toys, and other material possessions that offer them familiarity in a different situation.
Adjusting can be difficult for young children, and they need all the guidance that they can get. But with our help, we can bring smiles to these children's faces through amBAG.
INITIATIVE
amBAG is a Filipino
word that means a form of contribution or a share in a collective affair.
As an initiative, it is our CONTRIBUTION to help the people who lost their
homes and their lives and our SHARE in the realization of the children's dream
to be educated and be the youth of tomorrow.
Approximately
10,018 structures were razed to the ground during the Zamboanga crisis,
according to the Bureau of Fire and Protection. Some among the important structures ravaged by fire were schools. The
Department of Education reported that the tragedy also affected over 20,000
students, causing some to vacate their homes and preventing them from going to
school.
The amBAG project is a
post-rehabilitation initiative by Ateneo de Zamboanga University that aims to
address the basic educational needs of the students who were affected by the
crisis. It will aid them in their journey back to normalcy. The team behind the
project believes that it’s the community’s moral obligation to help in
upholding the right of education of the students, especially now that an
incident of great gravity have caused the access primary education be tough and
elusive.
BENEFICIARY
Elementary
students from the areas of conflict, namely, Mariki, Rio Hondo, Sta. Barbara
and Sta. Catalina, will benefit from this project. Each child will be given a
bag filled with school supplies and other school needs.
DONATION
Donations for the initiative may be given in CASH or IN KIND. Cash donations may be deposited into the BPI Account
Ateneo de Zamboanga University 2111-0001-42 and email the deposit slip to
ambagzamboanga@yahoo.com or notify (0906) 353 7767.
In
kind donations may be dropped off in the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Fr.
William H. Kreutz, SJ campus or sent to El Consejo Atenista Office, Ground Floor Xavier
Hall, Fr. Eusebio Salvader, SJ Campus, Ateneo de Zamboanga University La
Purisima Street, Zamboanga City, 7000
Each Bag To School kit is valued
at P500. Every donation will help in gathering the necessary school supplies
needed for the kits. It will make a student go to school for the year and will
make his dreams closer to reality.
The collection period for the
project will run from September 30 to October 25. The kits will then be
distributed on November 4, 2013.
We’re
inviting everyone to join in this effort of providing a thousand bags for a
thousand smiles.
amBAG
Back-to-School Kit
Based
on Department of Education and Save the Children, Inc. standard
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Item
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Quantity
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Unit
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Rubber eraser
|
1
|
pc
|
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Notebook, composition, no spring, 80 leaves
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5
|
pcs
|
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Notebook, writing, no spring, 80 leaves
|
3
|
pcs
|
|
Glue stick, long
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1
|
pc
|
|
Crayons (12)
|
1
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box
|
|
Long brown envelope
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Short folder
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Pencil sharpener, double
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Pencils, Mongol #2
|
2
|
pcs
|
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Pencil case, tin or plastic
|
1
|
pc
|
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Raincoat, plastic, kid’s size medium
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Backpack, medium
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Long plastic envelope
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Lunch box 5”x8”x12”
|
1
|
pc
|
|
Tumbler, plastic
|
1
|
pc
|
A complete set is costed at
P500.00
