Concept Paper

 

Gusto Kong Mag-aral Project: Encouraging Children to Stay in School

 

 

Introduction:

The Philippines overall has 1.4 million children who are out-of-school, according to UNESCO's data, and is additionally the only ASEAN country that is included in the top 5 countries with the highest number of out-of-school youth. In 2012, the Department of Education showed data of a 6.38% drop-out rate in primary school and a 7.82% drop-out rate in secondary school. The increasing number of out-of-school children is being caused by poverty. The price increases in prices of oil, electricity, rice, water, and other basic commodities are further pushing the poor into dire poverty." Subsequently, as more families become poorer, the number of students enrolled in public schools decreases, especially in the high school level.

Description:

Over the years of visiting different provinces of the Philippines, Operation Sagip of ABS-CBNLingkod Kapamilya Foundation, has heard so many stories of children who cannot go to school on time or not at all because their families lack the means of buying them their own school supplies. Instead of buying school kits, their parents opt to buy food and other neccesities for their everyday lives instead. This was the inspiration of the Gusto Kong Mag-aral Project. 

Interactive Multimedia Used

ABS-CBN Foundation Official Website

ABS-CBN Foundation Official Facebook Page

ABS-CBN Foundation Official Twitter Account

ABS-CBN Foundation Youtube Channel

Purpose:

Under ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, the Gusto Kong Mag-aral Project or GKM has the purpose of encouraging children to stay in school by giving them school bags and school kits before the school year starts.

Support:

Donate via bank donation.

For donations please use this bank information and make it payable to:

Bank Name: BANCO DE ORO
Bank Account No: 393- 011-4199
Bank Account Name: ABS-CBN LingkodKapamilya Foundation Inc.- Sagip Kapamilya

Contact Information:

ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation works to awaken hope in the Filipino through implementing projects via multi-sectoral partnerships in the spirit of bayanihan.(For more information on ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation visit: foundation.abs-cbn.com)