You have made a big difference with your donations this year. Through your generosity and ongoing support, we delivered a number of key initiatives across 6 schools which have had a meaningful impact on these rural communities. A new school roof and learning resource centre in Cancabalong provided a major upgrade to school facilities. Continued investment in kindergarten programmes delivered Hexagonal tables for five schools to enhance the classroom environment.

Cebu was hit by several natural disasters towards the end of this year including the Bogo 6.9 earthquake at the end of September, and Typhoons Tino (Kalmaegi) and Uwan (Fung-wong) in quick succession in November. Luckily our six partner schools were not badly damaged. The infrastructure work we did in Cancabalong with the new roof and resource centre increased disaster preparedness resilience and provided safe shelter for some locally impacted families.

Projects completed with the support of our generous donors and sponsors this year include:

FEBRUARY – New Comfort Room for teachers and visitors at Cancabalong ES

MARCH – Kindergarten student packs at Sungko ES – Kindergarten student packs and materials for Lipayran ES and Doong ES – Girl Scouts of the Philippines uniforms at Cancabalong ES

APRIL – Bantayan Island Mission: TV’s and movable stands, kindergarten materials, and student packs at Sungko ES, Lipayran IS, and Doong ES – Donation of school admin supplies at Lingatong ES

JUNE – Completion of Project F delivered a new outdoor floor area at Obo ES – Completion of Project C delivered a new school roof at Cancabalong ES

AUGUST – Donation of Hexagonal kindergarten tables at Sungko ES – Donation of Hexagonal kindergarten tables at Obo ES – Donation of BSP uniforms at Cancabalong ES – Construction of a new School Learning Resource Center (SLRC) at Cancabalong ES

SEPTEMBER – Donation of Hexagonal kindergarten tables at Lipayran ES – Donation of Hexagonal kindergarten tables at Lingatong ES – Donation of Hexagonal kindergarten tables at Doong ES – Donation of Special Needs classroom resource materials at Doong ES

In April we launched our appeal for funds to support six target infrastructure projects at Obo and Cancabalong Elementary Schools. Three projects were fully funded with two completed on budget in June. The funds for Project A at Cancabalong ES are ringfenced to extend the covered court and the project is pending the carpenter to schedule the work. We will roll the remaining three projects into our fundraising appeal for 2026.

Project A – FUNDED – Cancabalong ES Extend Covered Court to provide shelter for student assembly and school activities – work to be scheduled (₱84,360)

Project B – PENDING – Cancabalong ES Tiling of classroom floors at Kinder & Grade I&II building and Grade IV-VI building – fundraising in progress for 2026 (₱67,940)

Project C – COMPLETED – Cancabalong ES Roof Repairs Grade IV to VI building to replace rotting timbers and storm damage ( ₱66,930)

Project D – PENDING – Obo ES Complete Covered Court shelter for student assembly and school activities – Fundraising in progress for 2026 (₱ 630,000)

Project E – PENDING – Obo ES Tiling of 3 classroom floors for Grades II/III/IV (₱125,550)

Project F – COMPLETED – Obo ES Flooring outside Grade VI classroom terrace area (₱27,000)

As 2025 draws to a close, I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to our partner school communities – school heads, teachers, admins, PTA, parents, focal persons, and pupils – for your strong collaboration throughout the year. The smile on the students faces and your warm welcome when we visit your schools makes it all worthwhile.

To our volunteers who make it possible to organise and run our missions with a lot of work behind the scenes to coordinate the purchasing, delivery and admin, my heartfelt thanks to you.

And finally, to all our financial supporters, without you none of this would be possible. My sincere thank you for your ongoing generosity, support, and encouragement over the past 10 years to enable us to give back and pay it forward in these school communities. Looking forward to your continued support next year.

Together we can make a difference in 2026…

Mike Hickey – Project Coordinator, Project Ripple