2012/11/14

The Dental Mission, Nov,11,2012


The program was over. The following is Liz’s report.

 

I arrived in the office at 8:00am. It was a very rainy Sunday. I took a taxi because
I had to be early to meet the dentists. I brought with me the toothpaste sachets to
be paired with toothbrushes to be given to the children as gifts after their checkups.
I also brought the snacks, bottled water and juice for the dentists. I brought with me
my blender to make the shakes.

 

Daniel, Sarah, and Eric were there already with Kayla, Lily, and Fortune. Chloe
arrived next to Andrew. Fortune’s mother and I had to go outside near the road
to wait for the dentist van to be parked inside the Tejero Elementary School.

 

 

At this time also, Yumiko and Deo, our Japanese guests arrived and handed over
to me some Japanese toothpastes for the children. I thanked them for their generosity. 

 

At exactly 8:30am, the van arrived with Dr. Phil and his dental assistant. The school
guard left his post hurriedly after they arrived. He told them that he will be back a
little later. Dr. Phil was asking where to plug in the van so that the mobile dental van
can get electricity for the air-conditioned and some equipment.

 

Around 9:30, the school guard arrived. So we hurriedly asked if he could help us
use the school’s electricity. He let us go to the gym and there was an outlet, so
they parked the van inside the gym.

 

At 9:35am, I brought Yumiko and Deo to the van so that they can witness the dental mission. I served peanut butter sandwiches with cold milk to Dr. Phil, Japanese guests,
and his assistant who were very busy setting up the mobile clinic, while children were
in the office.

 

At 10:00 am, all the children except Gabriel were in the office. It was very noisy now, children playing, talking, and just roaming around the office. Some children used
the floor to play the memory game.

 

I brought Sarah with her mother in the Tejero gym. Next was Hannah. From the office,
I brought Hannah to the van. The 2 little girls were very brave. They each had their
teeth cleaned, and one tooth was extracted. They didn’t even feel pain and they
never complained. They were so happy.

 

Dr. Jun arrived at 10:15am and set up outside the van so that the job will be faster.
He cleaned the children’s teeth before their teeth would be extracted. Then Dr. Phil
filled the cavities. The children took turns in the dental check up.

 

After the dental procedure, the children went back to the office to claim their prize.
They got new toothbrush, a sachet of toothpaste, and the mango ice candy milk shake. 

 

At 11:30 I had to receive the lunch for the dentists and visitors. So I had to go back
to the office and bring some food to the van. It was a tiresome experience but very
fulfilling.

 

At 12:30pm, 13 children were done. We had six children left. The doctors then had
to take a break for 45 minutes.

 

At 1:15pm, I brought the 6 children to take turns for their dental checkups. We
finished at 3:30pm but the doctors in the van had to finish their on-the-spot report,
so they left at 5:00pm.

 

Thank God it’s over and was a very successful one, Thank you to our sponsors.
I thank also our new cluster presidents, who were there to watch over the office.
They decorated with some Christmas decorations so that we will have Christmas
spirit in the office. I thank Lily’s mother, Nikky’s mother, and Dorothy’s mother who
were there to give moral support to their children.

 

 

From Lomi to Liz,

Thank you very much for your hard-working and mothers' support. Please tell them
that we couldn't do such a wonderful work without their support.

 In addition, I'm proud of our children who were brave to come to the dental mission,
even though they were so scared.

I'm sure that they will take care of their teeth to avoid making other cavities. Hopefully,
they won't have any cavities next dental mission.

 

Good job!!!!!

 

 

From Liz to Lomi,

Only 1 tooth was extracted because the child cannot bear the pain and trauma. All
teeth with decay were restored. All children got the oral prophylaxis, meaning their
teeth are cleaned, and they are free of tartar and plaque. Now they know that brushing
teeth after every meal is important. All the children admitted that they don't brush
their teeth during night time because they are lazy. They promised to brush their teeth before bedtime. I am so proud of them because they were all brave, especially Sarha
and Hannah who were smiling after their tooth extraction.

God bless you all and Mabuhay!

Thank you,

Lomi :)

 

The Day Before of the Dental Mission

Hi, I’m Lomi.

 

It is the first attempt for us to do dental treatment. The dentists will
come with their portable equipment. They have a lot of opportunities
to go to schools or children’s shelters. If we have water and light, they
can treat children’s teeth. They use regular chairs.

 

I’m so interested in their work, but I’m sorry to say that I’m too far away
to go to see the treatment. So, I’m waiting for Liz’s report.



 

From Liz,

I am so busy today preparing for the dental check up tomorrow. I will
ensure that every scholar should be given equal attention on this day.
Some of them are scared. Charles's mother asked me if it is okey if
Charles will be absent? I said no because Sapnay is spending a big
amount for this dental checkup. I told her that she should be thankful
because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that her son should not
miss because it could prevent many toothaches in the future. She is also scared of the dentist. That's why she understands why Charles is scared,
too.

Good luck to all of us and thank you for the support you gave to our

scholars. They are very, very lucky!

God bless,
Liz

Children's Teeth in Cebu

Hi, I’m Lomi.

 

I want to write about children’s teeth in Cebu.

There are so many people who have lost their teeth, because they
can not pay for the proper dental care. Some of them don’t have
their front teeth, so it is very striking. I was very sorry that one of
my friends didn’t have her front teeth, even though she was in her
teens. Fortunately, she could meet someone who paid for the treatment.

 
One of the parents also didn’t have front teeth, but her church member supported her to treat the teeth. After the treatment, she said, “I was
told that I looked younger than before.”

 

Usually, they live from day to day, so they can’t afford to go to dentist.
In addition, they are afraid of the dentist.


 

Some of them are not used to brushing their teeth everyday, so many
people have some cavities. If they go to the dentist as soon as possible,
it doesn’t take a long time to be treated.

Usually, they don’t go immediately, so their teeth are getting worse and
finally they lose them.

 

This school year, we have told the children to brush their teeth after
eating lunch in the office. They do very well. How about after breakfast
or supper in their houses? I don’t know.

 

We, the board members really want them to give a chance for a dental treatment. Luckily, we have gotten money for this, and one of the Filipina 
board members has asked her dentist friends to help us.

 

Children were not happy about this program. They really wanted to escape.
I can understand them, because I don’t like to go to the dentist, even
though I’m an adult now.

 

In spite of their fear, almost all of the children came and had their
cavities treated. I’m proud of them. I’m so happy to know that they are
so brave.

 
Lomi :)
 

2012/11/07

after the educational tour

This is Lomi :)

Children in Cebu went back to school after the one week semestral break and the national holidays.
The following is Liz's report about the children in the office. 

The children were very happy about the educational tour. They still talk about it and I hang
their banner inside the office. I also had their pictures shown to them and they were laughing and reminiscing their experience in the tour. They look forward to the next educational tour and
the grade 3 scholars are very eager to join them next year. I told them yes you can come
if you will pass all your subjects. And they just smiled at me.

Liz




To Grade 3 boys,
You can do it! GOOD LUCK :)))))

I'm appreciate for those who supprt us. We couldn't hold such a wonderful educational tour
without your support!


Lomi

2012/11/06

Educational Tour


October 27, 2012
 

Report

 

At 7:00 am the Presidents of the cluster arrived in the office to cook rice, boil bananas and sweet potatoes. I arrived in the office at 7:10am.
Some of the children were accompanied by their parents.
 S.S donated Fudgee Bar and juice while E.R donated a birthday cake in honor of James birthday on October 31 .
M.B on the other hand donated a loaf of slice bread.
I let Chloe borrow my Sapnay t-shirt because hers was stolen after she washed and hanged it to dry.
Since our game prizes were eaten by a big rat, Chloe and I went to 360 Pharmacy to buy some goodies as replacement. We buy also straw string to tie our banner in front of the bus.
Children were so happy to see their faces on the banner.

 

 I let the groups form 2 lines with the high school buddy as their leader. The grouping system was very effective. Whenever I call them, I just shout group 1, group 2 and so on. Catherine even bond with her group. She bought some chocolates to give to her groupmates.
We marched to Museo Sugbu. Then I presented our tickets to the guard.
We were sent to the room at the leftside to wait for our tour guide. Children then roam around and read fascinating stories about Filipinos which were on the wall and on the glass of the display glass showcase.


 
 
 After 15 minutes, Macy came in and announced that she will be our tour guide. She explained some of the artifacts that are displayed and what Filipinos looked like long time ago. Cebu is rich of gold long time ago. Some gold are put on their teeth to show art even grinding holes on every tooth to fill in gold.
But early Filipinos traded their gold with nails because they are very useful to build houses. Their gold is of no value at all.
 
 
 
 
  
It was almost 10:00am, the children were eating their snacks at the right side while I was talking with the tour guide. When we were on the last room, it was about different leaves of the trees that exist in the early days, the children were glad that the journey to the entire museum was over.
 I promised them that snacks will be served inside the bus. The bus arrived at 9:50am while all the children went up inside the bus, again they have seating arrangement according to their group. Snacks were then served, the fudgee bar and juice. While in the bus, I act as their tour guide.
When our bus pass by  known buildings and establishments, I say some few words about the building. We pass by Ayala, Mabolo, University of Cebu, Countrymall, Banilad Town Center, Gullas school of medicine, University of San Carlos and Family Park. Our travel was only 30 minutes.


Bro. Algie noticed that the children are not familiar with the saints he mentioned. He found out that they don’t respect the house of God. They lack Catholic manners and practice. He suggested that I should incorporate on my lectures about our religion. All the children were listening to him and learned so many lessons about saints. He even talked about the San Pedro Calungsod who was canonized. Jack on the other hand was turning white and he said he is hungry because he didn’t ate his breakfast. I raised my hand and told Bro. Algie about it and he hurriedly finished his lecture to the children.

 I let the children proceed to the bus because snacks will be served there. Boiled bananas and sweet potatoes are distributed and we shared softdrinks. I promised them when we arrived at the beach resort, we shall eat first our lunch before they go to swim in the swimming pool. I let my brother broil 21vslices of porkchop as our lunch and I let him buy also 3 lechon manok and 20 pcs of ice. 

 During our journey,  I let group 1 sing their song they prepared for the journey to Green Lagoon. Then followed by group 2 and etc. It is like having a radio during a trip. I distributed 1 pc. of junkfood for every group as their reward. They had so much fun during the trip.


Children in the resprt pool



When we arrived at the resort, the children were then busy changing their beach attire while I was paying for the entrance and pool fees. I told them that we will eat lunch first before going to the pool. It rained before we arrived but during lunchtime, it was steamingly hot.
There were plenty of flies flying around like thousands of them!
When you open the container of food, you have to be fast so that the flies could not enter. We hurriedly distributed the rice, porkchop, lechon manok and spaghetti.
 Mr. Kazu ate only spaghetti and lechon manok. After the children were “busog” they asked permission if they can go to the swimming pool. I accompanied them with their tickets to the pool. The in-charge tied a yarn string around their wrist so that they can go inside and out anytime.
Peach string for the children and green string for the adult. Since I was so tired, I decided not to swim because I have to travel after the tour. I let the cluster presidents take some pictures and held games inside the pool. Group 2 and group 4 won the games. The prizes are distributed inside the bus.


 The children stayed on the pool around 2 ½ hours. During that time, some would go back to the cottage to eat and went back again to the pool. Almost all our food was eaten by the children.
They enjoyed very much playing with the beach ball that Mr. Kazu provided and enjoyed the slide into the pool. The cluster presidents had also a wonderful time.
It was 3:30pm, we called all the children that it is time to go and change their attire. We have our pictures taken. Afterwhich the children went back to the pool again. I have to shout at them that it is time to go. Ava was the last to change, she had a wonderful shower at the side of the pool. I told everyone if they are not finish changing, we will leave them. So at exactly 4pm they were all loaded in the bus.
Around 5:30pm they arrived and some parents are waiting already to fetch their children. It was a successful educational tour, thank God!!.

 

 

2012/11/03

Livelihood Program

Hello,

I’m Lomi :)



We are supporting not only children, but also their families. If the families have some problems, it is too hard for children to live peacefully.



This school year, one of our targets is to teach some skills to mothers to make them independent.



We taught them how to make "puso", hanging rice in the first session.



This is a very typical local food. At first, weave small baskets using coconut leaves. Then, put rice into them, and tie them. Put them into boiling water until the rice is cooked. Many Filipinos eat them for their lunch or dinner.



In the second session, we made “binangkal” which are donuts sprinkled with sesame seeds.





In the third session, we made “yema”, milk candies. The following is a report of Liz, about how to make these candies.





I told the parents to wash their hands before we start making the “yema”. “Yema” is a milk candy. Two mothers were busy preparing the packaging for the candies. They cut the cellophane into 2.5inches by 2.5inches squares. I heat the frying pan, put in margarine and pour condensed milk into the pan. I put in egg yolks, then crushed peanuts. I let one of the mothers cook the yema by constantly stirring the mixture until it makes a fold when it is scooped. Then, let it flow into the mixture.



The frying pan was then put on the table to cool. One young mother is just observing because she carries her youngest son while breastfeeding. The yema mixture is now ready for packing, so everybody got spoons and scooped the mixture. I taught them how to make a neat packaging. They divided the yema candies equally to everybody. They were all happy that they learned how to make Yema candies.



We made 119 candies. Our cost was only 139.00pesos (3dollars 50cents). If we sell at 2.00pesos (5cents) each, the total sales will be 238.00pesos (about 6dollars), so they will have a profit of 99.00pesos (2dollars 50cents). Not bad at all.



This is a nutritious candy for their children. They are now planning to make them so that they can earn money later for additional income. They plan to sell them around their neighborhood. They were very happy that they learned a lot during livelihood class. They are so thankful for the lessons.



They then washed all the utensils that they used and went home.

Liz



I used to buy yema which was small rounded shapes covered with granulated sugar. According to Liz, they made a ball of yema by hands, so sometimes they are not so clean. In addition, if we wrap yema with cellophanes, they look bigger than they are. It is very important to show the products attractively. I agree with her.



Actually, I really like yema, so I always buy it, when I go to Cebu. Once I start eating them, it is too hard for me to stop, because It is so yummy!

Lomi :)

2012/10/24

Tutorial ③



This afternoon before I went to B.J's place, I texted J.B and Ann Gabriel that I am coming. When I arrived at their place, Daniel was happy to see me. A.M texted me that she will text her younger sister to accompany Gabriel to Daniel' house. But Gabriel didn't show up. So J.B, Daniel' s mother volunteered to look for Gabriel. She saw him near the river. She brought him along and he was ashamed of his t-shirt because there are many holes on it. Charles came down after a fresh shower. Eric didn't show up. His house is very far from Daniel.

I then started my class. We reviewed multiplication and division. Charles was poor in Math according to his mother. So I explained to the 3 children that in order to excel in Math, they should know the multiplication table. They should memorize them. So I gave them tests. I let them read the instruction if they understand and when they do, that's the time they will start answering the questions.
Gabriel is lazy to answer. He doesn't want to think. But I persuaded him to answer. he sometimes cheats. He looks at the  multiplication at the back of his notebook. I told him that you should know and memorize the multiplication table. Daniel have difficulty at first with the instructions but when I explained to him he answered them correctly. Since the grade 3 boys are still answering the Math, I gave a test to Charles about alphabet staircase. The instruction is to put the words shown in alphabetical order starting at the bottom and climb upstairs. He did it correctly.

Next test is to use the words given to finish the sentences. He has difficulty here because he is poor in comprehension. I always have to give a hint into what word should be used. It was Charles turn to answer Math. I gave him a multiplicatioan and division to solve. He was learning so fast. I gave him some hint into how to check his answer in division.

For the 2 boys, I let them match the sentence by drawing a line to the picture. They take turns in reading the sentence and draw a line to the picture. It is a test if they really understood the sentence they are reading. Gabriel was not good at it. Then they answer about pronouns. They circle the word that finishes each sentence. I gave them a hint when to use him and his. You use him if there is no noun after. Use his if there is a noun next to it.

Afterwards, I read a story to them about King Midas and his Goldfingers. They were very interested to hear the story specially Charles. Everything that the king touches turns to gold. But he returned his power because greed can lose someone you love. Since all he touches turns into gold, he cannot eat or drink or cannot play with his daughter. He doesn't want his power because he wants to live to take care of her daughter.

At 4pm, we adjourn and I went home. I reminded everyone to memorize the multiplication. Our next session will be on Thursday. I have a very important thing to attend to on Wednesday.

Regards,
Liz

Children’s Activities  October 21, 2012


1st Session – Grades 2 & 3


Time: 8:30am – 10:00am

 

Attendance: 1) Gabriel 2) Sarah 3) Eric 4) Hanna 5) Daniel

 

I let Gabriel lead the prayer “Our Father” as our opening prayer.

 

My lesson for today is about Parts of Speech – we have Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition and Conjunction. They wrote them on their notebooks that they bring during activity. Since it is on the wall, all the children were moving their tables and chair so that they can clearly see the poster and copy them on their notebooks for them to read so that next meeting, I will give them a test. 

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, idea, or quality.

Examples:  John, Mary, boy, girl, children; Pasadena, CEC;  classrooms, notebooks; freedom, intelligence; hope, anger, joy

A pronoun takes place of a noun.

Examples:  I, mine, me; you, yours; he, his, him; she, hers, her; it, its; we, ours, us; they, theirs, them.

A verb expresses an action or a condition (a state of being).

Examples:  Robert will eat the hamburger.  (action)      

Sara is happy.  (condition or state of being)

An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb. Adverbs usually tell how (for example: slowly), when (e.g., lately), where (e.g., there), how much (e.g., very), or why (e.g., therefore).

Example:  The old man walks slowly

Adjectives describe, or modify, nouns and pronouns.

Examples:  tall, young, pretty, light, blue, new, white  (The tall, young, pretty girl is wearing a light blue dress with her new white shoes.)   

A preposition usually  shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of a sentence.

Examples:  My pencil is under my desk by my foot.         Martha drove from LA to NY.  

A conjunction connects words, phrases, and clauses.

Example:  The dog and the cat are hungry.

When I let them copy, everybody went nearer because according to them, the letters are very small. I noticed Daniel was complaining. He was putting his notebook on the wall as he writes them on his notebook. I asked him if he can see clearly? I stepped back and grab Daniel to move backwards and asked him if he can read the letters? He said no. I think he has problems with his eyesight. I will just observe him more. Having a poor eyesight can be one of the reason why a child is not attentive in his class.

After writing, I gave them a drawing paper to copy a colorful design using only crayons and also to keep them busy because there is still time left for the activity. I put them on the wall in the kid’s corner.

After they all submitted their drawings, I served them hamburger and Milo and I distributed the mango cakes that Min & Hana brought for the children. They really love to drink Milo. While they were eating, I asked Mr. Kazu which drawing is the best? His choice was Daniel because his drawing was nearer to the design they were copying. So I graded Daniel’s drawing as 1st! He is improving! I am so happy.

 

I thanked  A.M and  J.B who helped me prepare the hamburger and Milo.

 

At 10:00 am, Daniel lead the closing prayer “Angel of God”.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd  Session – Grades 4 to 6


Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm

 

Attendance: 1.) James 2.) Jack 3.) Mike  4.) Lily 5.)  charles  6.)Ava
                                      7.) Fortune 8.) Dorothy9.) Anna10.) Nikky 11.) Rachel

 

Report

 

We started at exactly 10:30am. Our opening prayer was “Mother Mary’s Tagalog song” which Dorothy, Mike and Fortune are the leaders. For our exercise, Rachel performed and exercise she learned from her Girl Scout camping. We all listened and followed her when she performs.

 

Our last value for this semester was all about Sportsmanship. This means that in every game you engaged, if you lose, you should not get angry. You should accept that you didn’t win and you should shake hands with your opponents. I asked the children if they really understood sportsmanship?
They chorused “yes”! Rachel is always chosen to be a contestant in grade 5 because she is good.
She always accept defeat when the contest is fair. But she is much happier if she won the contest.
I told them if they play badminton or volleyball, once you finish playing the game, they should shake their hands of their opponents. Thanking them that it was a good game.

 

Since S.S and R.M didn’t show up to help me in preparing their snack, I ask the assistance of H.S because I cannot do it alone. Thank God she gladly accepted my plea. While we were preparing their snacks hamburger and Milo, I let the children draw anything about Christmas. Just to keep them busy, I instructed them to draw anything associated with Christmas. Most of them draw Christmas trees and decorations in the house like Christmas lanterns.
During snack time, Mr. Kazu instructed me to tell the children about the educational tour. I discuss with them the schedule, the attire to wear and what to do during the tour. I divided the group into four. I wrote all the cat 12:00nn children’s names on a paper and let Mr. Kazu pick the members of group 1. Group 1 is composed of Mike, Fortune and Nikky. Group 2 is composed of Avw, Charles and Rachel. Group 3 is composed of  Jack, Dorothy and lily. And last but not the least, Group 4 is composed of James and Anna. All the 4 boys were equally distributed in each group.I explained to them the buddy, buddy system. Their group is responsible for keeping the group in joining contests, should look at each others shoulder and specially makes bonding moments so that they they will know more about their co-scholars. They will all be responsible for their actions and behaviours during the educational tour. Each high school student will be assigned to a group.

 

The children ate their  snacks, hamburger and Milo at 12:00nn. Everyone was delighted and they were all full. I distributed also the cakes that Min and Hanna bought for the children.

 

At 12:30pm, we formed a big circle and the children sang  “Amahan Namo” as our closing prayer.


 

3rd  Session – High School


Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

 

Attendance: Ashley, Kayla, Andrew and Chloe

 

Ashley arrived so late. She arrived at1:50nn.  She was late because she just came from Talamban and there was heavy traffic.

 

I let Chloe lead the opening prayer “Our Father”.

 

Our topic for this day about values is “Sportsmanship”.  I asked the children if they know sportsmanship? Kayla didn’t know what it is. I explained to her during a volleyball game and your team lose, they should accept their defeat with a smile.If you lose in a games, you should not be mad instead you should be glad because you can learn something from your mistakes.  I asked them if anyone joined a contest like Math, Science or Spelling contests? They all chorused “never”.  So I explained to them whenever you are in a contest, one should shake hands to the opponents to show them that you are “sport”. If you won, you should do likewise to the lossers. 

 

I explained to them about educational tour. I told them that they will be assigned to a group. I put numbers 1 to 4 and roll them. I let the children pick a number and that will be the group they will be joining. Ashley will be joining group 1, Chloe joins group 2, Andrew joins group 3 and Kayla will be joining group 4. I explained to them that because they are much older and wiser, they should take care of the younger ones. They need to bond with them specially Chloe and Andrew, this is their last tour that they will be joining because they will graduate in March 2013. They were all very excited.

 

I served them their snacks hamburger and Milo.

 

It was Chloe’s turn to wash the plates and tumblers. They they all brushed their teeth.

 

At 3:15pm, I  lead the closing prayer. Then they all went home.