{"id":1334,"date":"2011-06-08T05:42:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T19:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2011-06-08T05:42:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T19:42:29","slug":"poor-farmers-kid-hurdle-schooling-with-foundations-help-by-jeremaiah-m-opiniano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"Poor farmer\u2019s kid hurdle schooling with foundation\u2019s help  by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cotabato, Philippines. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\nDarylle Asuncion, 12, didn\u2019t know what hit him. For five years, the timid son of a farmer is sad-faced while envying classmates\u2019 new school bags and notebooks at Mlang Pilot Elementary School in North Cotabato. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>But on his first day as a sixth grader last school year, Darylle showed his freckles in glee. He sported his own new blue backpack that carried new school supplies. That\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am now enjoying free schooling,\u201d said this scholar of the Hong Kong-based Filipino foundation WIMLER Partnership for Social Progress, which helped 19 other scholars whose families earn less than a dollar a day.<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity Asuncion got from WIMLER not only made him finish elementary schooling last school year: he finished in style\u2014with academic honours.<\/p>\n<p>Ask Marilyn Cabardo, Asuncion\u2019s adviser, who noticed that Darylle begs off from participating in class discussions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI observed some changes in (Darylle\u2019s) attitude. He started to join school activities and recite before the class. He did well in his subjects,\u201d Cabardo said.<\/p>\n<p>Asuncion and 19 other scholars were recommended by the schools\u2019 parents and teachers\u2019 association (PTA) for support by WIMLER.<\/p>\n<p>WIMLER president Leila Rispens-Noel, a Filipina-Dutch, said that while WIMLER will continue finding sponsors for poor students from Mlang, she hopes the Mlang Pilot Elementary School\u2019s PTA can earn enough income to cover the needs of their own pupils.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with the PTA, not just for scholarships but also for a school-based vegetable garden and poultry project, is among the highlights of the two-year-old foundation\u2019s 2010 projects.<\/p>\n<p>WIMLER, an example of an overseas Filipino group involved in migrant philanthropy, doesn\u2019t even mind if its fund balance at the end of the year 2010 is below a million pesos. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we are still a young, small foundation, Rispens-Noel says. <\/p>\n<p>The commitment, though, to promote inclusive and sustainable development is there, WIMLER said in its 2010 annual report.<\/p>\n<p>But for the new elementary graduate in Darylle Asuncion, his pride is now evident.<\/p>\n<p>On graduation day at Mlang Pilot Elementary School, he scribbled a \u201cthank you\u201d note to WIMLER: Darylle says he would have definitely missed the 6th Grade had WIMLER not given him a scholarship grant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope WIMLER can continue to support me,\u201d he said in Ilonggo.<\/p>\n<p>The WIMLER Partnership for Social Progress implements projects aimed at local communities in Mindanao, especially women and out-of-school youth. The foundation (www.wimler.org, http:\/\/wimler.blogspot.com) can be reached at leila.wimler@gmail.com or at info@wimler.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cotabato, Philippines. Darylle Asuncion, 12, didn\u2019t know what hit him. For five years, the timid son of a farmer is sad-faced while envying classmates\u2019 new school bags and notebooks at Mlang Pilot Elementary School in North Cotabato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}