SFAS Coop Net Center - A First in Negros!

The St. Francis of Assisi School of Silay City recently received ten (10) more personal desktop computers from the Tapulanga Foundation. Last October 16, 2008, the computers were installed and activated, increasing the school’s total number of computers to twenty (20).

Resulting from various fund-raising projects by the school’s administrator's Ma. Carmela "Micmic" Abello-Golez’s friends and family in the USA and a partnership with Intel Technology Philippines and Asianic Computers, the school received 10 brand new Intel-equipped desktop computers. Under its Coop Net Center program, Intel Technology Philippines assisted the Tapulanga Foundation in providing the school with affordable computers in addition to refurbishing and dressing-up the school’s computer room.

Intel supports the Tapulanga Foundation’s vision of sharing God’s gifts through educational projects that provide students with more opportunities. With this project, Intel hopes to provide the students and the community with access to a wide range global learnings and technology transfers via the Internet. Equipped with Intel Core Duo processors, the new computers also give the students increased productivity in performing various computer tasks and enhance their computer skills.

Answered Prayer!

Parents of 20 students studying in St. Francis of Assisi School of Silay City have been "praying" for the school to provide a nebulizer machine in the clinic for their children who have asthma. Their prayers were answered today as the Babes of Bacolod, thru the Tapulanga Foundation, donated a nebulizer!

Donation of Supplies to C.L. Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital

The Babes of Bacolod, a Los Angeles-based fundraising group, recently donated over P170,000 worth of medical supplies and equipment to the Department of Internal Medicine of the C.L. Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital. Last year they donated 50 mattresses and two suction machines. This year, they were able to donate much more - six suction machines, nine nebulizers, over 200 ET and tracheostomy tubes, sterile gloves, valve masks, a diagnostic set and a laryngoscope blade - due to the overwhelming success of their fundraiser. Mrs. Micmic Golez, Executive Director of the Tapulanga Foundation, represented the Babes as she delivered the supplies to the following: IM's (Internal Medicine) Training Officer Dr. Rafaelito Salvador, Chief Resident Dra. Mari Cris Bacinillo and doctors Juliuis dela Cruz, Carina Frayco, Kristin Atonson, Celestelyn Barredo, Gerard Espilita, Mary Anne Jocson and Mark Agana. (Please visit our website photo gallery for more pictures.)

Facebook Fan Page

We now have a Tapulanga Foundation Facebook fan page. Pictures, videos, events and announcements we share will appear in your Facebook news feed

Please do us a favor and start sharing the fan page with all your friends!

WE CAN NOW "SEE" A BETTER FUTURE FOR US!

Since the foundation started giving free eye-glasses to students and teachers in SFAS that have poor eye sight in 2003, twenty have benefited. The program also provides to mothers and fathers of Hacienda Tinihaban who need eye glass.

MORE BABIES FOR THE INFANT FEEDING PROGRAM

Through the Infant Feeding Program of the foundation, ten babies ages 8 months to more than a year old are now receiving free infant formula milk. These three 4-month old babies are "waiting" to be part of the program. They are Jose Miguel Antolo, Shane Jaden Macahilig and Jessa Mae Negrito (from left to right). They have been breastfed for their first 4 months but their mothers are "running out" of breastmilk already. :) Their mothers are hoping and praying that more donors would help the program so that their babies can have a more steady supply of milk.

New Shirts for 12 Lucky Girls

Ella Mae, Jamia, Ana Rose, Alondra, Shane, Diza, Eden, Thalea, Josie, Christy, Jeselle and Emily were given "cute" girl's tshirts by Mrs. Jana Koffman of Los Angeles. Mrs. Koffman's bestfriend in LA design the shirts and sell them at Fred Segal for $20 - $30 each. Mrs. Koffman is the donor of one of the girls to SFAS as well. THANK YOU MRS. KOFFMAN!