FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2003 – 2007 Hard work and respect. These were the two virtues my father taught me before he died in 2007. Despite the great loss, life had to go on as my father would have wished. Upon graduation from high school, I had high hopes of moving on to college. Then came another …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2005 – 2007 There are people born under difficult circumstances; others, who are able to overcome these, against all odds. My name is Marilou Rosanto Sandoval. Before I joined Friendship Home I experienced what it meant “to live below the poverty threshold”. I remember the many Christmas and new years when we didn’t …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 1995 – 2007 I was a nine-year-old Grade III student when I joined Friendship Home in 1995. Typical of those new to Friendship Home, I was shy, insecure, scared, and lacking in self-confidence. It did not help that at home I was also a kind of a loner. My only playmates were an …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2000 – 2006 Who am I? – before I joined Friendship Home? When I was at Friendship Home? After I have graduated and Left Friendship Home? Who am I? before, during, and after Friendship Home? I am now a Graphic Artist. I have a regular job. I am able to apply what I …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2001 – 2005 I used to live in my small, tight, cocoon. It was a safe world for a shy girl like me. Lacking in self-confidence, I kept mostly to myself. The only world I knew was home-school, school-home. I did not look for friendship but lo and behold! It was just waiting …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 1992 – 2005 My name is Camilo Palermo, Jr., twenty-nine years old. I belong to the first batch of children admitted to Friendship Home in May 1992. Since then, I have graduated from Epifanio Delos Santos Elementary School and Araullo High School. I have also finished several technical courses at Araullo, namely: welding, …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2003 – 2005 Whenever I hear the song “Wind Beneath My Wings” I am reminded of Friendship Home. It is not just an institution, it’s a home that gives hope, happiness, respect, faith, security and love. It is my second home. It has not only given me financial assistance for my studies, it …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2003 – 2004 As a child thru my growing up years, I had always dreamt of finishing school at the highest level possible. It had not always been easy, coming from a poor rural family. I made it through high school and partly thru college thru sheer determination, part-time work, and some financial …
FRIENDSHIP HOME, 1992 – 2001 My life before I became a part of Friendship Home was like a well-designed but empty house. My dream, then, was also like an empty house. Like many other children from our area, I could see no farther than the walls of our next-door neighbor’s cardboard-looking house. My thoughts were …