Christmas is almost here, and it’s getting late for sending packages. But I just wanted to share some information that I just recieved.
As many of you already know, the postal system here is not safe! I have heard many stories about people’s letters and packages never making it to their destination. First, and foremost, NEVER [...]
Posted in Holidays, Mail | Tagged cash, Christmas, expensive, Express Mail, FedEx, Holiday, LBC, Mail, packages, philippines, Postal Service, save, tracking system, UPS, USPS
Most people, who are not living in poverty, take many things for granted. One of those things is running water. You may have heard, or read, about a time when people used to have to go out and fetch water, but have you ever had to do it yourself? When I was a child, growing [...]
Posted in National Highway, Poverty | Tagged Almagro, Calbayog, Catbalogan, fetch water, filipinos, hand pumps, luxery, National Highway, philippines, poor, Poverty, running water, water containers
While I’m still on the subject of drying things, let’s talk about cooking. In the Philippines, and especially in Samar, many people can not afford a nice kitchen. The lucky ones have an oven with stovetop using LPG, a mixture of propane and butane. Next level down doesn’t have an oven, just an LPG stovetop. [...]
Posted in National Highway, Poverty | Tagged charcoal, coconut, cooking, drying, fires, LPG, National Highway, philippines, Poverty, samar, wood
Rice is an important agricultural product of Samar. It grows very well in this humid, tropical environment. But drying the rice is another story. Every year, too much rice is spoiled before it ever gets dry. Recently the Philippines government gave away many rice dryers to poverty stricken rice farmers, in an attempt to prevent [...]
Posted in Agriculture, National Highway, Poverty | Tagged Agriculture, drying, farmers, humid, National Highway, philippines, Poverty, product, rice, rice dryers, samar, tropical
Even in America, it is common to see people hanging their clothes out to dry…when the weather is nice. But when the weather is bad, most people have access to an electric/gas dryer. Either they own one, or there is a self searve laundry mat with one. In the Philippines, things are very different. I [...]
Posted in National Highway, Travel | Tagged clothes, drying, National Highway, philippines, samar
Today I want to talk about something that is a little bit off topic, as it’s not about Samar, but it is still relative. As many of you know, Expat2Phils.com has been reposting the “pagpipinta sa pulo” newsletter of Tara Alverson. Tara, a recent college graduate from California, spent most of this year helping International [...]
Posted in Art, Helping, Poverty | Tagged artwork, filipinos, for sale, ICM, inspirational, International Care Ministries, newsletter, pagpipinta sa pulo, Poverty, Tara Alverson
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