Community Outreach: ASCM Changes the Life of One Community in Need
As part of ASCM’s Community Transformation Initiative (CTI), students participated in a “local outreach” ministry in March to the Manggahan community.
There are about 120 families, squatting on the edge of a private subdivision next to a creek that overflows during the rainy season within Barangay Sun Valley in Bicutan, Paranaque. As part of ASCM’s Community Transformation Initiative (CTI), students participated in a “local outreach” ministry to the desperate little community.
On the first visit, students evangelized both the adults and children and distributed relief goods as the community was greatly affected by Typhoon Ondoy. The purpose of this visit was to maintain our relationship with the community and to encourage further change by focusing our efforts on the children who do not attend schools and are greatly undernourished. ASCM also partnered with a small church within Sun Valley to connect them with a local church.
The 150 children were divided by age groups and placed in one of four “classrooms,” each headed by a team of ASCM students. The makeshift classrooms were set up under tents and large shaded trees. The student-teacher teams conducted a rotation of classes which included Bible-based activities, games, songs, and a values education session. Students fed the children pancit for breakfast and adobo, rice and juice for lunch.
Lead by ASCM faculty member Danny Camandero, the students distributed a care package for each child which included a notebook, a pencil, a sharpener, crayons, and a towel and soap for bathing. Also given were more than 100 bags of used clothing for the entire community to be distributed to each family.
Scott and Carol Rains
President – ASCM
Project Number 0600104
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