Youth organization to give 1,000 school kits to kids in Cebu

This red bag contains school supplies which will be distributed to children in Olango Island. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebuano Youth Ambassadors Inc. (CYA), a youth-led organization based here is eyeing to distribute 1,000 “Gugma Eskwela” kits to children in Cebu province.

Mark Lester Gerasta, ambassador of Gugma Eskwela, said the program is an online bayanihan initiative of CYA that aims to provide bag and school supplies to children residing in remote areas in Cebu.

The organization aims to distribute 100 school kits to every Gugma Eskwela community in the province.

The organization currently has five Gugma Eskwela” communities in Olango Island, Barili, Gilutungan Island, and Tipolo, Mandaue City

Gerasta said 100 kits are now ready to be distributed in Olango Island on July 20.

“We activated Gugma Eskwela in Barili as our next target community,” he said.

The program has raised 15 school kits for Gugma Eskwela Barili.

This will be distributed on July 27, 2019.

The program started in 2012 along with the movers of Barkada Campout after attending an outreach program and met children, who expressed interest in pursuing their education but cannot afford to buy the supplies needed for school.

“Gugma Eskwela is not just a distribution-of-school-supplies initiative. A workshop will be provided to inspire them to dream, believe in the power of dreaming and fight for that dream,” Gerasta said.

Gerasta added that the organization is knocking on the hearts of the Cebuanos to support their program by donating Gugma Eskwela kits which costs P400 each.

Inside the bag are notebooks, pencils, pad paper, sharpener and eraser.

People can donate by reaching the group in their official Facebook page, Cebuano Youth Ambassadors, or email them at [email protected]. / celr