The Philippines

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Adlas (Boystown) Biga (Girlstown)
Minglanilla (Boystown)
Talisay (Girlstown)
The Sisters of Mary child welfare and charity programmes operated and maintained in the Philippines provide live-in secondary education with intensive vocational training to boys and girls, who come from the poorest of the poor and who range in age from 12 to 18.

         Quick facts about the Philippines
  • Education is the only hope for children to break free of poverty
  • 41% of people living in rural areas lack adequate sanitation facilities
  • 30% of children under five suffer from stunted growth
  • 15% live on less than $1 a day – about 13 million people (From unicef.org )
  • 43% live on less than $2 a day - over 39 million people. (From infoplease.com )
Just look at her smile! And with good reason.
She has a chance to escape a life of suffering.

Biga (Girlstown)
  • 3 seven-story buildings with dormitories and classrooms
  • 1 gymnasium with three basketball courts and stage
  • 1 three-story workshop for vocational training
  • 2 high-speed sewing workshops & culinary arts workshop
  • 29 basketball courts
  • 1 semi-Olympic size outdoor swimming pool
  • 1 cistern for clean water
  • 1 400-meter running track with a football field
  • 1 three-story building to accommodate a workshop and auditorium
  • 1 graduates’ dormitory
  • 1 sewage treatment plant
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Talisay (Girlstown)
  • 3 seven-story buildings with dormitories and classrooms
  • 2 gymnasiums including 4 basketball courts and stage
  • 2 three-story workshops for vocational training
  • 17 basketball courts
  • 1 semi-Olympic size outdoor swimming pool
  • 1 culinary arts building with bakery

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Adlas (Boystown)
  • 2 seven-story buildings with dormitories and classrooms
  • 1 gymnasium with three basketball courts and stage
  • 1 three-story workshop for vocational training
  • 1 three-story auditorium, computer rooms, kitchen & laundry
  • 1 mechanical workshop
  • 1 automotive workshop
  • 1 graduates’ dormitory
  • 1 sewage treatment plant
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Minglanilla (Boystown)
  • 2 seven-story buildings with dormitories and classrooms for boys
  • 1 gymnasium with 3 basketball courts and stage
  • 1 three-story workshop for vocational training
  • 1 machine shop for vocational training with 20 lathes & 10 welding machines
  • 1 electrical workshop
  • 19 basketball courts
  • 1 semi-Olympic size swimming pool
  • 1 cistern for clean water

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