Thanks thanks thanks!

Thank you to Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez and her friends for putting together some book donations!

Do you want to donate to BASA but are unable to send your books to libraries affected by Ondoy? Get in touch with us and we'll get them from you!

Thank you donors!

The National Australia Bank through Sally A. de Guzman, (Filipina Information Control Officer, Trades Processing - National Asset Servicing) donated $1500 AUD to BASA! NAB allows its employees community grants, and Sally chose BASA as a beneficiary. Thank you to Kathrine Deakin for facilitating the transmittal.

Agnes Mendoza Padilla of Philamlife Insurance Co., pledged to support one street kid go to school with a transpo allowance of P500/monthly. Her donation covers an entire school year.

Thank you to our generous donors! We continue to accept monetary donations to BASA! and book donations for libraries affected by typhoon Ondoy.

Karangalan Library Update

In September 2009, Typhoon Ondoy ravaged Cainta, Rizal, and Karangalan Library was not spared. After 4 years of operation, Karangalan Library is officially closed as of October 1, 2009. Due to this development, we are no longer accepting door prizes for the reading point system for the kids. We are thankful to Marcy and Mitos Buenaventura, all the benefactors through the years, and all those who volunteered to serve the children in Cainta, Rizal.

Photos from the BASA workshop with Gawad Kalinga-Molave Sibol moms now up!

Here's something to cheer us up!

Photos from the BASA workshop with Gawad Kalinga-Molave Sibol (June 13, 2009) moms and volunteers are now up! Photos courtesy of Thom Banatao. Special thanks to Mai Ventura.

BASA workshop with Gawad Kalinga-Molave Sibol moms

Libraries affected by Ondoy

Thank you to everyone wondering about the libraries affected by Ondoy.

If you feel called to donate books to those libraries, please send the books to:

BASA c/o Fr. Ted Gonzales, SJ (Ondoy-affected libraries)
Center for Family Ministries
Seminary Drive
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Philippines

Include a return address and name, and indicate whether you would like your donation acknowledged online.

Comembo Elementary School, Makati, Sept 1-2, 2009

Thank you to the thirty elementary teachers [grades 2 to 6] who attended the 2-day BASA seminar/workshop! During these 2 days, your Principal, Dr. Elita T. Lopez, attended and participated in the seminar workshop. We greatly appreciated your participation and hospitality.

Thank you to the BASA volunteers Baby Timbol, Jayzl Nebre, Marifel Castriciones and the ICAM students: Jun Salcedo, Jo Ann Casenas, Mark Rivera, Tess Espino, Melvin Fernandez, Jean Morales, Lynn Panaligan & Victoria Reyes.

Thank you to Fr. Ted Gonzales, SJ.

Comembo Elementary School Makati Sept 1-2, 2009

If you wish to bring BASA to your school, outreach area, church, GK community - invite us over!

A testimony from Comembo Elementary School

Sa ngalan po ng buong paaralang elemetarya ng Comembo, ang aming taus-pusong pasasalamat sa pagbibigay ninyo ng inyong oras at panahon. Alam namin na di-matutumbasan ng kahit anong pasasalamat ang inyong mga sakripisyo upang maisakatuparan ang proyektong ito.... dalangin namin na patuloy kayong biyayaang ng Panginoong Maykapal nang kalakasan ng katawan upang patuloy kayong makapalingkod sa bayang kanyang ipinagkatiwala sa atin... patuloy nating gisingin ang malay ng mga kabataan at ng mga taong gumagabay sa kanila..... mabuhay ang BASA!!! mabuhay and Diyos na tunay na Dakila..... muli salamat

Ariel Sarmiento

Filipino Authors/Translators Needed!

One of our future projects is to use the BASA approach in telling Bible stories. We wish to meet up with volunteer writers to translate the stories in everyday Filipino. Do you feel called to use your abilities as author and/or translator to impact Filipino children's lives? If so, let us know!