CMP NEWSLETTERChildren's Mission Philippines Hills of Grace Foundation Inc.

Volume 3, Issue 3

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"CMP Newsletter" is thepublication of Children's MissionPhils. Hills of Grace Foundation

Inc. (CMPHGFI). The CMPHGFI isa child caring agency under theScandinavian Children's Mission

Philippines, Inc. and wasestablished in 1984. CMPHGFIhas several centers that cater to

children in need of specialprotection. It is duly licensed bythe Department of Social Welfareand Development (DSWD) and a

member of the Association of ChildCaring Agencies of the Philippines

(ACCAP).

CMPHGFI is located at No. 0014 F.Rodriguez cor. E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave.,

Brgy. San Jose, Rodriguez Rizal.

Editorial Team

Eva-Mari BlomqvistBernadette Megano

Lucila ResuenaCatherine Ramos

Contributors

Emy CaraanInes Asilo

Carol TalosigMaricel Baltes

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No Corruption Generation Emphasis Monthby: Zeny Ablang

No Corruption GenerationEmpahasis Month - - - - - - - - - - 1

A Hardworking Mother - - - - - - 2

Success Story - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

KBC Closing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

Dengue Awareness - - - - - - - - 3

CMP School celebratesBuwan ng Wika - - - - - - - - - - 4

Counselling Little Prince - - - - 4

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CMP believes that the fight against corruption should begin in the school and that is why wehave set the month July as its “No Corruption Generation Emphasis Month”. The “No Cor-ruption Generation” is from this year integrated in the school curriculum as part of the les-sons. For the whole month there were teaching on corruption and how it affects the commu-nity and the society in which we live.

Towards the end of the month culmination activities were held by the different school whichfeatured the Slogan Making Contest, Jingle Making Contest, Poster Making Contest and Pic-ture Coloring Contest for Pre-schoolers. Some were individual tasks but most it was a groupeffort.

In the end, the schools were able to gain the pupil’s participation in the campaign againstcorruption. Each student rally with the theme which is: “ Let’s create a new generation thatstrongly stands up against corruption”. The advocacy on “ No Corruption Generation” wouldbe a wake up call to the students about ill effects so that their generation will really stand upagainst corruption.

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A hardworking MotherBy: Emy Caraan

By: Ines AsiloSuccess Story

Nanay Flor (FlorenciaMaglente) is 53 years old anda mother of four children. Herhusband works as a companydriver. Previuosly she was re-cipient of Skills Training in1989 where she learn how tosew dresses and pants. Heryoungest child become a re-cipient of Sponsorship Pro-gram Nanaywas asked tojoin in ULE andbecame activein group meet-ings and ARMsessions. To beable to help herhusband to aug-ment family in-come (becauseat that time allher childrenwere in College),she started a va-riety store busi-ness but she felt

boring and it was not a goodincome. She decided to bringher sewing machine in thestore and started to sewdresses and shorts out of ma-terials from the dumpsite.She continue her savings inthe ULE and when she haveenough savings she asked forloan to buy good materials

for her sewing business. Sheis now renting a shop for P1,500 per month and sheaccept contract of work forschool uniform at thenearby school (MadrigalDay Care School and Vine-yard Elementary School).She gives jobs to her friendsand neighbor who are alsoa sewers. She is earning P2,000 per week that couldhelp for the school allow-

ances of her children. Her1st child now have a fam-ily, the 2nd child have fin-ished college stuides tobecame an engineer and isnow working. The 3rd and4th children are still in Col-lege and both graduatingthis coming summer On ofthem is in Education andther other is in Fashion De-sign. Nanays youngerstdaugther (fashion) is help-ing her in making quotationand contract with her cus-tomers. According to her,her child is a big help to her

in making design of gown, sheeven asked her to be hermodel in some of her gowns,and help her to posted inFacebook. She received a lotof orders from their friendsand through their friends. Inthe future Nanay plans to usethe vacant space beside theirhouse to have additional fivesewing machines and ven-ture to this business.

Geneline Mercado from SitioCalumpang, Antipolo City is30 years old and a mother offour children. She belongs tothe ULE-group “GracefulMoms” and she joined in theULE Project 2010. She is ac-tive in attending ULE sessionsand activities held in the com-munity. Through ULE sessionsshe meets a lot of friends andher personality has devel-oped specially in dealing withother parents. She has be-

came friendly and active andis not shy to deal with otherpeople. She has realized theimportance of being in thegroup and the importance ofsavings.

She had been granted for fourloans intended for IGP In-come Generating Project andfor LSI – Living Standard Im-provement. The first loan wasused for house repair of a walland the flooring in her house.Thanks to the second loan she was able to buy 48 pieces

of coconut seedling and sheplanted these in the lot thatshe purchase in the provincein Real Quezon. So far, accord-ing to Geneline, the coconutare growing. With help of thethird loan, she bought a sec-ond hand tricycle for trans-portation service, but after ayear the family decided tosell that and they keept themoney for a while. Then sheapplied for a fourth loan to

buy a van. The van is now forhire/rent. The cost of rental isfrom Php 3,000.00 – 5,000.00depending on the distanceand contract. It has been ofgreat help for the family toaugment family income. Thehusband is taking care of thecar and the business.

The family is thankful for thehelp of ULE Project and for theCMP as a channel of blessings.

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KBC ClosingBy: Jay Anne Alera

Dengue AwarenessBy: Carol Talosig

After having our 12 weeks ofKBC in different places, shar-ing the love of Christ to thelittle ones our heart over-flows with gladness witness-ing about how God worked inthe lives of the children andeven to grown-ups.

Last week of August until firstweek of September 2016, wein the Child Development

Program conduct our KiddyBible Class Closing Program in10 areas within Montalban,Payatas and Antipolo with atotal number of 751 students.The places were filled with joyas they have games, singingand dancing. We heard thechildren voices laughing asthey witnessed and was givena chance to mingle with ourpuppets. Their hearts wereblessed through the Word of

God shared to them by thepastors.

It was a wonderful week forall of us. We praise God forblessing us with wisdom andstrength so the program willgo according to His will. Forsure we will miss the children,our fellowship with them andthe memories we had duringour stay in the differentchurches. We are sure that

the Lord will guide them asthey grow up as they nowhave learned about Jesus andpractice their faith.As like a gift from God, thechildren gave as hugs andkisses and a word that theywill continue serving and lov-ing Jesus. Indeed that minis-tering to these little ones is aprivilege for all of us.

To God is all the glory!

From June up to Novemberit’s rainy days, stagnant wa-ter and a lot of mosquitoes.When this three come to-gether; it is time for dengueawareness.

Because of this MCHC staffhave been focused the mo-bile clinic service this Augustby providing dengue aware-ness leaflet thru house tohouse distribution in differentplaces. During the said activ-ity we encounter differentresponses. We would like toshare their responses and ourexperience:

Mothers: received withthanksgiving and verbalized“It’s good we have some in-formation about dengue”Fathers: they read the leaflet

with interest and verbalizedto share it with their wifeChildren: more interestedand even willing to help dur-ing distribution. We encoun-tered a child who was in-fected by dengue virus and heshared his experience andsaid “I almost died of Den-gue” so he helped us with en-thusiasm.

We informed them to readand share the information tothe people they know and bean advocate in prevention ofDengue . We only met a fewthat were less interested andalmost 98 % were willing toaccept the information. Itsuch a wonderful experienceto be a vessel of informationfor disease prevention and tosave lives.

CMP School celebrates “Buwan ng Wika”by: Zeny C. Ablang

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Counselling A Little Princeby: Maricel Baltes

I have met a 4, 5 years old andmalnourish little lad whoseems to chew and sip hisfood and he became one ofmy clients as community nu-tritional worker. He lives withhis grandmother who com-plained: “He eat but sip onlythe juice and then eat thepulp. His favorite food is ricemixed with sugar and histeeth has became terrible”.I spend some time with him,

talking and telling storiesabout different food groupthat will benefit him but hisseems unresponsive.

After two weeks I went totheir house again and thelittle prince has gained weightand his weight has becomenormal! He did take the ad-vice seriously and the grand-mother verbalized:” He isnow eating vegetables and

variety of nutritious food littleby little after counseling”. Thegrandmother asked as tocounsel the older sibling aswell.

We can see and share that achild deserves time and at-tention to be able to changea bad habit and live ahealthier life.

CMP School marks August asits Buwan ng Wika or Na-tional Language Month. Thecelebration was spearheadedby the Department of Educa-tion to enhance the use of theFilipino language. Schools aremandated to come up withactivities that will make thestudent understand why theFilipino language is one thatidentify us as a Filipino and

boast our national pride.

This is the time of the year forCMP School to focus its at-tention to the importance ofFilipino as our national lan-guage. The month long cel-ebration includes the appre-ciation of the Filipino cultureand heritage which is incor-porated in the curriculum.

For this year’s the theme wehave was: “Filipino: Wika ngKarunungan”.

On August 25, 2016, CMPSchool - Molfrid Center con-cluded the month long ce-lebration through competi-tion of all level (Grade 1 -4)in Poem Recitation andBalagtasan using Filipino as amedium. August 26, 2016

was the culminating activityof CMP School - Shining LightCenter who did it differentlythis time. The children of theschool showed their prowessin dancing. They had a Cul-tural Dance Competition; it isa folk dance in the tune of thelatest Original Filipino Music.And last but not the least, onthe 31st of August, 2016, CMPSchool - Open Heart had theirown way of concluding themonth long celebration. ThePreschoolers proudly pa-raded their Filipino costumesin the grounds of Hills ofGrace. And to top it all theyhave a contest on Poem Reci-tation.

That is how CMP School ob-served Buwan ng Wika andall lessons and events weredesigned to deepen thechildren’s appreciation forthe Filipino language.