Parish Trip to The Philippines April 2007
The Lenten Campaign for 2007 was to raise money to build houses within the Gawad Kalinga project in The Philippines. As a culmination of the campaign a group of parishioners visited The Philippines from 9th-21st April 2007. A major highlight of the trip was the day spent at Kalinga Escalante to see the work in progress and to hand over the cheque from the parish. Our parish in the end collected a grand total of around 24,000 euro, a sum doubled by the Dutch government which means 48 houses can be built.
 
 

A formal Welcome
Fr Sjaak becomes an adopted son of Escalante
Ambassador Arguelles becomes Honorary Mayor
Letty de Ungria becomes Good Will Ambassador
Welcome to Escalante

Burying a time capsule 1
Burying a time capsule 2
Handing over our cheque
A 2nd cheque from other Dutch fundraising activities
Lots of colour (and shade!)

Necessary parasols
Down to work!
Joan helped!
And others too...
And the kiddies found shade

From slum living..
..to decent housing
& pleasant surroundings
At Malacañang Palace
At the President's table

Party time
Our return visit to the choir
The last dinner

 
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