Community Project:
Ongoing
Community Project
Strong Roots Ministry plans to serve the Yapak by providing the following:
Church Building: To offer a building to the community as a central place to meet, housing a church, library and computer lab. In January 2017 the land was purchased for the building of the church. A full-time pastor will be hired.
Medical Emergency Fund: Strong Roots will continue to provide the funds and transport the sick to get medical help that is beyond the scope of the medical clinic in the community centre.
Feeding Program: Strong Roots will continue to feed those identified by teachers as most at risk.
Project Updates:
February 2019
We currently have 115 children under sponsorship. This includes two university students and eleven out of town high school scholars studying in Roxas.
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August 2018
So we decided to do what we already are doing only to make it on a larger scale. At this point we have provided over 16,000 meals and will continue to do so until the Island opens for business again. A small girl came to have a meal one day.
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February 2018
Yapak Community Church/ Community Centre: A dream of Strong Roots Ministry has been to build a church in Yapak. At the end of 2016, the land was purchased for this to occur.
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August 2016
As of September 2016 the playground has been completed. There are swings, firemans pole, climbing wall to name a few items. The children love spending time on this new item.
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December 2015
In the past month we have been trying to have all the high school children get their teeth checked. Out of 41 students only 1 child did not have any cavities.
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November 2015
We have been providing meals 3 times a week at the elementary school with an average of 140 children attending. The school indicated that the program is helping the students to stay in school and it lessens the drop-out rate.
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September 2015
It is always a pleasure to go to school with a container of hot food. The children eagerly anticipating a nice meal for their stomach but mostly an opportunity to play with me.
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