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STUDENT LIFE DEPARTMENT 6

Help the Kids! Children’s ChaREADty! When Tiago mentioned that he needed to
come up with a Service Learning project, he

For our Grade 7 Service Learning Project, we already knew that he wanted to do
were tasked to come up with a project that something for kids – as a kid himself who
helps people in need during the Covid-19 could relate to other kids.
pandemic. Tiago’s initiative is to collect
donations of books to be donated to children However, he didn’t know what kind of help
with less access to books, while Addie’s he could give. So, I just asked him about
initiative is to collect toy donations and things he loves doing. He said, playing video
donate them to children in charities and games, reading and playing with toys.
orphanages. Among the 3, he eventually decided to share
his love for reading. He quickly coined his
Since we both have similar initiatives, our initiative Children’s ChaREADty.
teacher, Ms. Selene Olvido suggested that we
pair up. Our Service Learning project is We did quite a few relief drives during the
called Children’s CharREADty. We aim to first few months of the lockdown, so he
help less fortunate children to get access to pretty much knew the system and network
books, toys, and educational materials. All (aka, neighbors, family, friends, friends of
donations will go to our partner beneficiary, friends) we had in place. His partnership with
Library Hub Philippines (LHP). LHP is a Addie Yao even widened this network and
private volunteer organization that strives to scope of donations. He created and co-
contribute to nation building by building manages a social media account for
Library Hubs. Their mission is to create Children’s ChaREADty, informs relatives and
Library Hubs in outlying communities across friends about this project through texts and
the Philippines by connecting willing donors social media. I help by spreading word
and to further engage with community through my personal networks, give inputs in
recipients to build a holistic program for crafting his texts, emails and posts, supervise
development. and help the social media account.

We hope to get the support of the I personally appreciate initiatives like this
Domuschola community. Please follow us on because it teaches Tiago how to
Instagram, @childrens.chareadty and DM us communicate and work more professionally
for inquiries and donations. with other people and more importantly, it
teaches him kindness and compassion. And
Tiago Santos and Addie Yao that even during a pandemic, we can still
Grade 7 extend help even if we are stuck at home.

Anne M. Santos
Grade 7 parent