Brigada Eskwela

June 4, 2011

We have this organization at my present work who handles social responsibility related program. Last Saturday the volunteers headed to Batangas to help in this year's Brigada Eswela - DepEd's program inviting all volunteer to help prepare classroom for the school year 2011-2012. So after our shift, we boarded the vans, hit the road and headed towards NAVERA School in Batangas City.

After an hour and a half ride, we arrived at Navera wherein all the teachers welcomed us warmly. We wasted no time and started with the chores assigned to us. Some went on repainting the walls, some, started cleaning the school grounds, others went into gardening, the boys started digging the compost pit, and I started fixing broken chairs.

The day passed by quickly and before we knew it, there's nothing left for us to do. So we just basked around the school grounds, took photos - a lot of photos, mess with everybody. Just bond and have fun. Then we were surprised that before the program commemorated, the teachers at Navera presented us with certificate recognizing our help in preparing their school for the school year.