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Goducate produces book of stories by children at Goducate Children’s Home

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Ever wondered what it is like to be an abandoned child, to see your family split up because a parent is always drunk, to have to pick garbage to help feed the rest of the family? And when “fortunes” change as a child is admitted to a children’s home, … … Read More

Goducate violinists undergo intensive training in Singapore

Arrival at Wolfgang Violin Studio for first day of training

What an experience and what a luxury it was for the Goducate violinists from Laguna to be trained at the Wolfgang Violin Studio in Singapore. Until they were featured in the Channel News Asia programme Once Upon a Village and then selected for a short period of intensive training … … Read More

Goducate violinists arrive in Singapore for training

Arrival at Changi Airport, Singapore. L-R: Matthew, Liezl, Melissa, Veronica, Bernard (Goducate orchestra conductor), Jayson

In March this year, Channel News Asia brought two experts from Singapore, violinist Min Lee of Wolfgang Music Studio and director of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music orchestra Wang Ya Hui, to Bay in Laguna Province, The Philippines, to see Goducate’s music project and to suggest what … … Read More

Goducate benefits from MHC Medical Centre’s (Amara) Open Day

Choosing postcard (postcards with messages written are in the jug)

MHC Asia, a finalist at this year’s British Chamber of Commerce’s (Singapore) 12th Annual Business Awards in the Exceptional CSR Practice category, is one of Goducate’s loyal corporate sponsors. Not only does MHC Asia (www.mhcasia.com) contribute generously to Goducate, it loses no opportunity to create awareness of and to … … Read More

Goducate model farm flattened by typhoon Nesat

Tomato plants brought down by typhoon Nesat.

When typhoon Nesat (known locally as typhoon Pedring) swept across The Philippines last week, it brought floods to many parts of the country. However, in Laguna province, the main damage was wrought by the wind.

The strength of the wind was of storm signal 2 (the system has … … Read More

Goducate at ActivAid 2011

Goducate at ActivAid2011 exhibition booth

Goducate was represented again at this year’s ActivAid conference organized jointly by the NUS (National University of Singapore) Medical Society and Health Expeditions International.

Goducate at ActivAid2011 exhibition booth

The theme of this year’s conference was Creating Real Impact. As such, apart from speeches and workshops, a session … … Read More

ieatishootipost community ate for Goducate learning centres in Sabah again

Dr Leslie Tay of ieatishootipost introducing Catherine from IconiQimage

Last Saturday saw another session of the ieatishootipost blogging community’s eating for a good cause—ie, for Goducate learning (literacy) centres in Sabah. The community has pledged to collect for 100 learning centres. At present, there are 17 Goducate centres serving some 2000 students.

The fabulous 5-course lunch was held … … Read More

Goducate Sabah at Transforming Our City Together Exhibition 2011

Goducate booth

Goducate Sabah was invited to put up a photo exhibit in the Transforming Our City Together Exhibition 2011 in Penang, Malaysia.  The conference was a gathering of organizations, businessmen, leaders, and volunteers who are calling for transformation in society.

One of the main speakers, Dr Kim Tan of Transformational … … Read More