Learning on an empty stomach is tough on anyone, but most especially on pre-school children and those in elementary schools. And when you have to walk many kilometers to school every day, the problem of hunger and poverty becomes urgent and critical to
development.

Elementary schools in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) may soon enjoy the benefits of directly receiving funds for their operating expenses.

Members of Diamond Hotel Philippines’ employees’ association, Ugnayan, spent an entire afternoon repainting fences, iron railings, and other facilities of Fernando Ma. Guerrero Elementary School (FMGES) in Paco, Manila.