Boracay International European School recently invited Kool Earth to join forces with them in order to assist the school in their coastal Clean-up Drive and tree planting on April 7 and April 8 2011, in conjunction with the ‘Earth Day Celebration.'
April 7, 2011, the President, the Vice President, and the secretary of Kool Earth together with two new members arrived in BIES at 10: 45 in the morning. The children, whose ages ranged from three to fifteen, were already in the room waiting for Dr. Felma de la Cruz to talk about the effect of garbage on our health and upon our environment.
The President of KE was welcomed by the children with warm hugs and beautiful smiles. The school has forty pupils. The children were well behaved for their ages, and yet I expressed some doubt regarding how much these young minds would comprehend the issue. To my surprise, Dr. Felma captured their attention from the outset. After her talk I encouraged the children to give feedback on what they had heard and what they had understood.
These children exhibited a real grasp of the issues discussed. After the talk they had their lunch, and at 1 p.m. they were lined up in front of their headmaster, Mr. Adonis Miles. A young soft spoken gentleman who instructed the children about how they should behave outside the school premises. He stressed the need to respect and listen to their teachers, to respect their guests and also their fellow classmates. We then went down the road, led by Miss Kate Bliss, going towards Isla Boracay for the clean- up afternoon. Sadly Dr Felma and I had to return to Kalibo for another appointment, but we were never the less extremely impressed by this noble endeavour. I will write more about these excursions in the next issue after the children complete their tree planting./TE
Note: This article was originally posted at Western Visayas The Explorer by the author: Ms. Chita Dela Cruz-Heap (KE President)
WHAT'S UP ON DECEMBER 3, 2011?!!!! 
