Reaching out to a forgotten school in the Jolo town

The KES' mentors, parents, and staff had a long get-together meeting before the long holidays last 18 December 2014. With them were the new principal (the previous one retired) and the President of Kasanyangan Association, Mr Rogelio.

Mr Rogelio renewed his commitment to support KES revival initiated by the concerned parents, who were trying to survive amid the onslaught of criticisms that KES was a Ghost School with ghost teachers, students, building, and what not.

And to top it all, KES was reported to have situated in a very dangerous place.

OMG, everything was a lie. The report was only a means to discredit effort to resurrect the school, which was long been neglected by almost everybody.

Can't we erase all the variables and concentrate more about the welfare of the 358 indigent pupils? Let us leave something before we die. Hubris, control, and greed we must forget.

It's not about us, let's remember that. It's about those 358 future leaders. We should not be showing them bad examples.

It's about Zafra who wanted to become a nurse despite her borrowing of pupud pencils from her classmates.

It's about Nurmiya who still goes to school regularly despite walking six kilometers from her home and back.

It's about Angelica who still attends her class despite her dirty and worn-off and torn school uniform.


And so, God bless everyone! Pakamdusun ta pa in pagkasilasa.

Alhamdulillah! Thanks to the One World Institute for the heartwarming promises for the school: a library, four rooms, and desks.

We're counting on that.

Thank you also to everyone, who responded kindly to improve the learning environment at KES. Allah bless po.

When we are done with this, maybe we can then crawl to some other schools who would also be needing a little lift like the Kasanyangan Elementary School (KES).

Inshaa Allah!