Finishing Off the School Year with a Camp
The public education has just ended last July and what a way to cap off the whole school year than to combine fun and learning on a 3 Days- 2 Nights camp inside the Rise Above Community Center (RACC).
Chery’s Small Steps to Success
Cheryl was only 7 years old when Elisabet, Rise Above Cebu founder, met her at a special school for the handicapped. Cheryl is now turning 26, and a 3rd-year college student taking up Psychology at a premier university of Cebu. Just recently, she received her Tuition fee for July-August Summer Classes.
Mission Rice Distribution
The pandemic has impacted communities and livelihoods for more than a year now. Through our Food Sharing Program at the Rise Above Foundation Cebu (RAFC) and with the help of sponsors, the team set on another mission to share basic needs such as our staple food — rice.
Laptops for our Scholars
The Rise Above Foundation Cebu continues to serve the youth, even in this time of the pandemic. Due to this crisis, all public schools are closed and shifted from physical attendance to ‘home-schooling’. Most Senior high school and college students depend on reliable computer equipment and a good internet connection…
The Learning Continues for our Scholars
More than one year ago in March 2020, the school system shifted from face-to-face to distance learning due to the threat of Covid-19. Most public schools had to adapt Self-Learning Modules wherein parents retrieve the modules from the school, students engage themselves in learning the concepts and answering activities presented in the module, and parents …
Distribution of Rice to Struggling Families
Our dear friends from Switzerland, Heinz and Eva, have lived in Cebu for a few years already, and they enjoy volunteering with Rise Above. Recently the Rotary Club that Heinz is the president of, collected funds and purchased 500 kg rice to be distributed to poor families that were affected by the Corona lockdown. The …
Sharing Love Through Donations
In February 2021, the Rise Above Team distributed blouses and blankets knitted by a group of lovely ladies from Denmark to mountainous areas around Cebu, Philippines. With the assistance of staff from the local government, the team was also able to visit a small community of street-dwellers who live in makeshift houses made of scrap …
Christmas Became Special Because of You!
In the past year, most of Rise Above’s programs have been put on hold but we were able to continue reaching out to those in need through the Food Sharing Program, Educational Sponsorship Program, Livelihood Program and Gift-Giving Program through your care and generosity. Before we finally leave the year 2020 behind, allow us to …
RISE ABOVE CHRISTMAS LETTER 2020
Wow! What a year!! This little devil has caused untold suffering and problems during the year 2020. Not only here in Cebu, but all over the world, and most affected is of course the many poor people living in cramped living conditions with limited income. No work means no money, no money means no food …
Learning Outside the Classrooms
“The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes.” -Jack Hanna With this school year’s educational set-up being confined in homes and limited to printed or online modules, we have to make sure our young students still get to experience holistic learning about …