Achievements


From August 2005, hundreds of CERV volunteers have already offered the following to their placement areas:


  • Enhanced, repaired and built school buildings in Iloilo, Romblon and Quezon City to help schoolchildren and teachers achieve a higher quality of education. In so doing, the volunteers contributed in creating a sense of pride in the community and ownership of the school


  • Built toilets in Managuit, Dumangas (Iloilo) and in Logbon Island, Romblon [2006]
  • Built 8 water pumps for Tabucan, Bolilao, Bantud Fabrica (2), Nanding Lopez, Maquina (2), Balud in Dumangas (Iloilo) to give residents clean and drinkable water [September 2005-April 2006]



  • Repaired a school roof at the Ermita Elementary School in Dumangas, Iloilo [2006]



  • Built 2 water tanks to catch rainwater and store drinking water in Cobrador Island, Romblon



  • Planted 10,000 mangroves on the coastal areas of Dumangas and help increase fish stocks 



  • Built huts for the Managuit and Tabucan Day Care Centers in Dumangas



  • Donated a school bus to Sapao, Dumangas to transport children to and from school and encourage higher school attendance among students



  • Built play areas in schools and day care centers



  • Repaired a faculty room at Quirino High School in Quezon City to improve the teachers’ working atmosphere



  • Donated sums and medical supplies to different clinic and hospitals in Iloilo and Metro Manila and donated books and educational equipment in Quezon City, Iloilo and Romblon



  • We have donated hundreds of books to schools in Quezon City and Pasig City in Metropolitan Manila, in typhoon-ravaged Iriga City in Camarines Sur province, in Bislig City in Surigao del Sur Province, and in San Agustin, Romblon Province.



  • Donated hundreds of school supplies (crayons, school bags, pencils, paper, educational materials) to the same areas.



  • Donated medicines and medical supplies to San Agustin District Hospital and Municipal Health Centers



  • Conducted medical missions in Nasugbu, Batangas Province; Antipolo City in Rizal Province; City of Manila and Quezon City in Metropolitan Manila



  • Established its own mangrove nursery and planted hundreds of mangrove seedlings in San Agustin, Romblon.



  • And spent hundreds of man hours teaching, dispensing health care and working on environmental projects.




In San Agustin, Romblon, our current placement area, we have the following achievements in the local schools:


  • Long Beach Elementary School
    Constructed fences, repaired and painted roofs of three buildings, rehabilitated one classroom, enhanced the principal's office, and painted school cabinets.



  • Long Beach National High School
    Built a math center building, repaired chairs and tables.



  • Long Beach Day Care Center
    Painted a classroom and educational materials



  • Carmen Elementary School
    Made tables and chairs and painted a fence.



  • Carmen Day Care Center
    Repaired the roof painted classrooms and other education materials.



  • Cawayan Elementary School
    Repaired school roof and painted the school building.



  • Cabolutan Elementary School
    Repaired fence, painted roof