For information contact:
John Van Laar
John Van Laar
Rotary Club of Collingwood South Georgian Bay

vanlaar@sympatico.ca
Balik Aral, Inc (Philippines)
Rotary Club of Cebu North
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Founded in 2006 as a Rotary project in Cebu Philippines, Back to School recognized that every child counted and that every child deserved the chance to attend school and to learn.
Back to School provides this opportunity by creating a bridge to literacy through sponsor donations.
Back to School provides this opportunity by creating a bridge to literacy through sponsor donations.
For $50.00 You Can Change a Life
For every $50.00 you donate, one child will be sponsored for one year.
In our first year we helped 259 students go Back to School, now we have over 1,000 children benefiting from our program. Help us to help more children.
Your donation - big or small - will help poverty-stricken children in the Philippines to attend school with necessary items such as a school uniform, shoes and school supplies. Donations also help fund the Mobile Eye Clinics, the Mobile Dental Clinics, and our new Mobile Library- programs that also benefit these children.
For every $50.00 you donate, one child will be sponsored for one year.
In our first year we helped 259 students go Back to School, now we have over 1,000 children benefiting from our program. Help us to help more children.
Your donation - big or small - will help poverty-stricken children in the Philippines to attend school with necessary items such as a school uniform, shoes and school supplies. Donations also help fund the Mobile Eye Clinics, the Mobile Dental Clinics, and our new Mobile Library- programs that also benefit these children.
The ROTARY MOBILE EYE and DENTAL VANS are currently on a 3-day Mission in Bogo City Northern Cebu. Bringing EYE CARE and DENTAL CARE closer to the community. ...A project partnership with Philippine Air Force, 560th ABW. 53rd Engr Brigade Philippine Army, Projects Abroad, Bogo LGU. Dental Service includes Tooth Extraction, Oral Prophylaxis, Oral Hygiene Lecture; while EYE CARE includes eye check up, distribution of Reading and Prescription eyeglasses.

Your generous donations have helped the following programs:
Achievements of the past 15 years
1 Global Grant : feeding
2 large Global Grants, education etc
First year- kids enrolled in school- total 15,236
Alternative Learning
Total passed High School
6,788 - 70 % employed, 6 % entered college.
Skill Training
Various skills as of 2020 - 1,870
Sewing department 2020 - 138
In 2021 so far 98 employed by Metro
Equipment
Dental Van, Eye Vision Van, Mobile library, Mobile Tool Library
Ambulance, Mini Hotel, building block equipment
Other Activities:
2X Dengi /island Cebu project,
40 children heart operation
8 schools rain water system,
Typhoon ( $25,000 donation )