Bulletin Board Makeover!

Our educational makeover continued this last weekend with a multi-pronged bulletin board makeover courtesy of the education students from the University of Saint La Salle (USLS).  Morning and afternoon groups quickly transformed our faded and outdated boards into colorful, engaging and informative displays.

Brothers Mark, Cliff (seen above) and Edgar joined their collegiate classmates in implementing these whirlwind improvements.  

While all of this was going on Br. Mark and volunteer students involved the residents with activities that included discussion, music, signing (for the hearing impaired) and dance!  This is what Lasallian collaboration looks like!

Educational Makeover at BPYC!

On Saturday, two big groups of education students from the University of Saint La Salle arrived at Bahay Pag-asa to do an "educational makeover" - fixing up our computer room, math/science classroom, and music room. And after all that work, they still had energy to dance! The staff and residents send a big "Salamat god!" to all our friends who helped make this day possible. We look forward to more events like this - building Lasallian community for the purpose of making education accessible to all!

Agricultural Science at Bahay Pag-asa

Gardening turns into agricultural science at Bahay Pag-asa. BPYC residents measure off square meter plots in their ICA (Institute of Culinary Arts) garden and measure the soil pH. This data will help us determine what to plant and where. We have already located certain areas of the garden that have more acidic soil. We're starting with about 500 plots and later expanding to 1000. Mr. Dan Garcia of the USLS Ecopark is directing our efforts to implement a Natural Farming System using organic and environmentally sound methods of weed and pest control. This is one way in which Bahay Pag-asa incorporates academics (in this case, science and math) into its livelihood skills programs.