Saturday, November 23, 2013

Project Banig Isabela

“Latag. Buklat. Kuwento” – Project Banig is a storytelling-everywhere literacy campaign, and site-specific volunteer storytelling and book-drive project focusing on underprivileged Filipino communities.It started in December 2012 as a storytelling and book-giving literacy project for children of the Ulingan-Tondo community under Project Pearls. Project Banig is an initiative of storyteller, theatre-maker JK Anicoche and children’s literature writer Christine Bellen together with the contemporary community theater company Sipat Lawin Ensemble, in partnership with the Museo Pambata. 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Banig-Storytelling-Everywhere/272017162930503?id=272017162930503&sk=info


Having said that it is a site-specific volunteer storytelling and book-drive project, concerned citizens from Isabela started Project Banig in their community.

PROJECT BANIG ISABELA (PBI) was launched last July 28, 2013 in San Juan, Quirino, Isabela.This project has an advocacy to promote love of reading as well as to incorporate values through books.It was headed by Pastor Daniel Pedro and Sister Jennifer Joy Pedro.


Teacher Gelda,one of our members is from Isabela so our group M.A.F.I.A. (Mars And Friends In Action) decided to support the project by doing storytelling and distributing storybooks. We would like thank our friends for their donations.Without you, this project would not be possible. You know who you are.Labyu!

Special thanks to OMF Publishing House for providing books to the kids of Isabela.
As Vera Nazarian once said,"Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light." 





Day 1-- October 30. We have had storytelling in Barangay San Juan which was followed by arts and crafts activity led by ate Charlot Cachuela of Museo Pambata. 





Hot and delicious sopas was served by the generous hosts after the activity.





Day 2-- October 31. We went to Barangay Rizal. I've met the grandmother of one of the kids so I decided to tell the story "Bru-ha-ha-ha". It is a story about old age and also teaches the children to respect the elders.


This was taken last November 1, 2013. The children were trying so look scary but oh! they were still so lovable.