Goducate Laguna has already 4 existing Literacy Centers. When we came last Nov 16, the latest center (in Ulik), which used to be under a temporary structure, was still being constructed by volunteers. We also visited the other centers and we met the teachers and workers in Sitio Lalao, Talahiban and Burol.
The literacy centers are small, but organized. Some of the workers were husband and wife teams. I could sense from within the four walls the love and care of the teachers towards the students. The children were much behaved.
Aside from the Literacy Center, the ministry in Talahiban also holds music classes, extension classes and livelihood programs. One mother showed to us the process of creatively turning scraps of perforated paper strips into cute give-aways and souvenir items.
We visited the mini training farm which was in the middle of a grassy field, surrounded by a few “named” cows. There were hydrophonics plants and the night crawler worms for the vermiculture process.
Our last stop was the Music Learning Center, which was in the second floor of a 3-storey building. Curtains were drawn to divide the classes. I wonder how can they not eaves-drop due to proximity.
All of these smooth visits on the same day had been possible because of the good weather, and thankfully, for Leo and hs wife, for their time and kindness. If time did permit, we could have been ferried to the flood-stricken area to visit the families whom Goducate had helped.
In my next visit, I desire to visit on dry lands again because, hopefully, the flood waters would have subsided by then.
