On our teachers day we was treated like a princess! Of course I'm going to tell you why, on our arrival I could see there was students rushing about to get their preparation done in time for their performance, we was told to wait in our room for someone to come in and escort us. We waited for a bit until a student from 4th year came and collected us, we was paired with the opposite gender to escort us into the hall, before that we had MILLIONS of photos taken- ...

It has been almost a month since i got to Cebu, all i got to say is, it has been an massive eye opening for me! So many people here are living below the poverty line, i could see so many people living in the street even families, and they've set their " home" in cardboards with a ground fire to cook their food, wash themselves in the public, wash their clothes and just chilling. The beggars are also everywhere and they would just follow you constantly if they thi...

It has been 3 weeks since i first started working in the school. I could see my confidence is growing each day from the teaching experience, my Filipino Sign Language is getting better, and i have also learnt alot of new things every day especially from the p.e. lesson! There is also alot of english lessons included in the timetable comparing to the first time i came in when there was hardly any and now they are learning Romeo and Juliet, although, i got to be ...

Was due to start my placement last Thursday but it got cancelled due to bad weather. Started work last Friday instead. However, my first day at the school was bizarre but very interesting experience! Was introduced to the students,the staff and the building. First thing I've noticed that there is a hearing school next door is in a modern facilities whereas the deaf school is in a poor facilities and the building surroundings was also very poor but it didn't stop...

During our intercom training before starting our work placement we was introduced to places such as police, schools, GVSP, and city hall. On our visit to the police was rather interesting so please read further down the page on their attitude towards to the disability. We visited regional 7police station, there is 157 police stations in Cebu and 7main regional stations. We met a officer who is a community law enforcement officer and gives us a lecture about the ...