I have recieved an update from Tara Alverson, the American artist who wrote the Pagpipinta sa Pulo newsletters. If you remember, she spent most of 2008 in the Philippines, helping International Care Ministries with their Feeding, Medical, Precious Women’s, and Children’s Outreach Programs. You can still read her newsletters here.
While she was in the Philippines, [...]
Posted in Art, Helping, Poverty | Tagged Art Show, children, International Care Ministries, pagpipinta sa pulo, Tara Alverson, tax deductable
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
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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