It’s Fun to be a Kuya/Ate at Aklatang Pambata
It’s fun to be a Kuya or Ate once again! One hot and humid Saturday in the jungle that is Metro Manila, a group of officemates and I ventured to join a “Storytelling Session” for kids at Barangay Paltok, San Francisco Del Monte in Quezon City. The place is called “Aklatang Pambata,” and the experience is called “wow!”
Aklatang Pambata was having their Reading Festival which is aimed at providing children from their neighboring community with an opportunity to learn and appreciate reading while having fun at the same time. My officemates and I, per the suggestion of a friend from RockEd, another volunteer NGO, tried a taste of Aklatan. After going through pointers on how to deliver and manage a storytelling session for kids, we trouped to the place that Saturday morning and had a blast! The hunger for learning of those kids in the community was so palpable, and one can’t help it but just have fun as well.
While we were there, we met Vinia, a journalist of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ). She was covering the happenings. A PCIJ blog article on Aklatang Pambata eventually got published, with an accompanying podcast.
Aklatang Pambata is looking for more volunteers. If you’re interested to volunteer, do check out their site at http://www.aklatangpambata.org/.
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[...] On May 27, a few volunteers from Trend Micro, a multinational IT company in Eastwood City, trouped to Aklatang Pambata (also known as Narciso Abiad Community Library) in San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City. Do read related entries: (1) from Pinoy Urban Living Blog, (2) from this blog, and (3) from PCIJ.org blog. It was such a fun and inspiring experience for the Ate and Kuya volunteers that they did a take two on June 17. (They brought more volunteers too!) Early morning of this same day my plane touched down Centennial Terminal from Los Angeles, and thus I was once again saling-kit as photographer. For selected photos, please go to http://chrislagman.com/aklatan2/ [...]