Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) volunteers, a group of mountaineers, have been providing school supplies to students in remote Philippine villages since 2005. Due to the pandemic, they were unable to continue their outreach activities from 2020 to 2023. However, they recently resumed their efforts with a trip to Nagtipunan, Quirino, where they reached over 10,000 students.
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'The time and effort may be tiring, but it is very fulfilling to see the children and their parents so happy,' says Angie Tan, team leader of the Big Brother Big Sister Community Outreach Programme BAGUIO, Philippines – In far-flung areas, especially in remote mountain villages, students have to walk hours to get to school. This is a situation that many hikers are well aware of, as they sometimes stay in these schools located in high altitudes. “Sometimes, their parents cannot afford to provide them with school supplies, so they are discouraged from attending school,” Angie Tan, team leader and project coordinator of the BigBrother BigSister (BBBS) Community Outreach Programme, said. BBBS started when a group of dedicated mountaineers, Tan among them, brainstormed about going beyond just hiking for the weekend. They found that not only did they all enjoy disconnecting from their hectic work week, mostly in Metro Manila, but also craved to do more for the people they met in the villages where they would hike and camp. Since 2005, BBBS has held outreach activities annually. They have distributed school bags with enough school supplies for one year to remote communities in Abra, Albay, Aurora, Benguet, Camarines Sur, Ilocos, Ifugao, Kalinga, La Union, Marinduque, Mindoro, and Quezon. They had to take a break from 2020 to 2023 due to the pandemic. But this year, they pushed through with a long-delayed trip to Nagtipunan, Quirino. In the process, they have reached more than 10,000 students. ENGAGING PLAY. BBBS volunteers facilitate different activities in Nagtipunan, Quirino. Courtesy of BigBrother BigSister Facebook pageIn the summer of 2005, BBBS organized a climb to Mount Ugo in Itogon, Bengue
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