Rise Up Crafts is a social enterprise and livelihood program, created by the Rise Above Foundation Cebu (RAFC). Recybags [re-si-bags] are the main products hand-woven by the mothers who have no stable means of income to sustain a healthy life for their families.
Rise Above Foundation is extremely grateful to Developing World Connections (DWC) from Canada for thinking about us and our scholars as we closed the last quarter of the year 2021.
The Rise Above Education Sponsorship program has helped hundreds of students from underprivileged families through the years. Sadly due to Typhoon Rai, most are living in houses that are in shambles.
If there is one story that touched us to the core in 2021, it would be that of Alma and Little Mary. Help us in rebuilding their home after Typhoon Rai.
We at Rise Above Foundation Cebu (RAFC) collaborate with Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) to continue improve and elevate the quality of life of the people we serve, especially the underprivileged families in Cebu.
Our hearts sunk when visiting Carol Baclayon’s abode! It’s a pity to see the living condition of this very courageous family, 12 siblings live there.
On Dec. 16, Typhoon Odette a Category 5 typhoon swept through the central Philippines with wind speeds of 300 km/hour or more. It caused death and widespread damage and destruction in a gigantic area.
Congratulations to the eight successful Senior High School graduates of the school year 2020- 2021 from the Rise Above Foundation Cebu, Inc. (RAFC) Education Sponsorship Program. All new graduates are sponsored by ICare2 Foundation.
Alma drives her old motorcycle using one hand and the other hand to hold her 4-year-old daughter with special needs, Mary.
Photo Credits to AR Photography
