Education
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08, 2017
Up to 270 Bicolano teachers trained on Developmental Reading
For a week last month (13 to 18 July 2017), about 270 reading teachers and coordinators from across Bicol gathered in batches in Naga City to train on Beginning and Developmental Reading with Educo and UP College of Education. Through the training, elementary teachers enhanced their knowledge and skills on literacy instruction. They learned how [...]
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07, 2017
Boats are back for children in Bato, CamSur
When super typhoon Nina blew away their boats, fisherfolk in Bato, Camarines Sur had to take temporary construction jobs away from their families. They shared with the few who managed not to lose their boats. A day’s worth of one boat’s catch had to be cut in halves or thirds, even. Some are forced to [...]
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07, 2017
First Educo Early Childhood Project launched
Educo just launched its first initiative on early childhood in an effort to contribute to upholding children's right to survival and development. This collaborative endeavor aims to improve child development workers' competencies and implement developmentally appropriate Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs in Castilla, Sorsogon. “The hope is through education. The government should have strong [...]
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06, 2017
Educo signs agreement with DepEd V for project on children
Fundación Educación y Cooperación (EDUCO) recently signed an agreement with the Department of Education Region V—particularly in the divisions of Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon—to work with local governments and other stakeholders in implementing the project, Ensure a Nurturing, Accessible and Better Leaner’s Education (Project ENABLE). Project ENABLE is a three-year (2017-2020) project that aims [...]
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06, 2017
Project HeaR turned over to Pinit ES, Ligao City
The Healthy Readers Project or Project HeaR was turned over today to Pinit Elementary School in Ligao City, Albay, Philippines. Project HeaR aimed to create a more conducive learning environment in Pinit Elementary School by building a water and sanitation facility as well as providing reading spaces and materials for children. Project HeaR water and sanitation [...]
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01, 2017
Schools and communities at center of Educo’s post-Nina response
10 January 2016--Typhoon Nina (International Name: Nock-Ten) hit Bicol, Philippines on Christmas Day in December 2016. At its peak, the storm had sustained winds of 185 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 255 kph. It affected up to 1.7 million people in Bicol Region. It wreaked havoc in 613 barangays, almost half [...]
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10, 2016
A Community for Reading
“Ang tunay kong accomplishment ay ang mga batang natutong bumasa sa tulong ng reading program. Yun na po ang pinakamalaking deal para po sa akin na ipagpapatuloy ko hanggang akoy nasa serbisyo pa”. These are the words of teacher Charina dela Cruz Aurellano, or Ma’am Ynah, when asked of her great accomplishment in the teaching [...]
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09, 2016
Riding Towards Learning
Children of all walks of life must have equal opportunity to education – this has been the battle cry of Educo Philippines for the past 11 years. We have been partnering with schools and communities in mostly far flung areas to make sure this happens in our time. One of the pressing challenges that children [...]
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09, 2016
Bicycles of Blessings
A simple bicycle can change lives. No matter how big or small our dreams may be, what matters is the experience of joy when you finally have it. That is how 13-year old Jesus Latagan sums up his thoughts as he receives a much-awaited bicycle from Educo Philippines. Jesus or “Boy” is a sixth grader [...]
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08, 2016
Living A Dream
Teaching reading is truly not just the job of teachers. In San Jose Elementary School in Pilar, Sorsogon, parents and community members help teachers in the school’s reading program to attain zero non-reader status. Among the most active volunteers in the reading program, Mr. Eliseo A. Loma, Jr. stands out. “As a kagawad (village councilor) [...]