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Education Center & Health Clinic,
Mindoro
In 2008 CRY was able to obtain a grant for the
building of an education center and health clinic in partnership
with Ministries Without Borders. This building was successfully
completed in the middle of 2008 and has subsequently been reaching
out to the local community, bringing much needed relief and support.
The local Mangyan and Tagalog communities are
extremely poor and generally excluded from government provisions,
socially, medically and educationally. Schools are distant,
difficult to travel to and people are often too poor to afford
required books, uniforms etc. This especially affects the 5-9
year-olds, but also few opportunities exist for young people, and
adult illiteracy is high.
Mandatory fees for hospital treatment are
prohibitive, the nearest hospital being 34km distant, as are the
services of professional midwives. The need for basic health checks
and treatment is huge.
The new Centre is already impacting on the lives of these people. |
