Online Learning Tools for RAFC Scholars
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.
Education
Rebuilding Homes, Building Future
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.
Hats Off To RAFC Scholars!
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
“Back to School” for Beneficiaries
This month, 140 student beneficiaries of Rise Above’s Educational Sponsorship Program began their modular and online classes in their homes and at the Rise Above Centers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school set-up in the Philippines has shifted from face-to-face to distance learning. In the first few weeks of October 2020, the Rise Above …
A Life Story of Hope and Determination: Amputee Student Success Story
A very happy graduate in Hospitality Management at Cebu Technical University in Moalboal, Junevieve Pales, tells us her story of hardship, challenges, and victory. She received sponsorship from Roskilde Rotary Club, Denmark, for her 4-year course. Her desire is to support her family and younger siblings so they also can get a good education and …
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