by Remco Pijper | Aug 23, 2010 | News, Visitors
We are Hans and Annemarie and we have worked with Sparrow for a week. After a flight from Amsterdam to Manila, a drive from Manila to Batangas by car and a boat trip from Batangas to the island of Oriental Mindoro we arrived in Calapan City, where Remco and Ellie...
by Remco Pijper | Aug 10, 2010 | Bible Studies, News, Open Office
Like every Tuesday we held our Open Office today in barangay Lazareto. Since three weeks, on the request of the community, we also do a little Bible Study together. Today the subject was 2 Corinthians 1: 3-11: “the God of all comfort”. We talked about...
by Remco Pijper | Aug 3, 2010 | News
I was born in Mindanao and presently residing at Baco, Oriental Mindoro, 15 minutes drive to Sparrow Foundation office. I’m the sixth sibling among eight. I graduated at the Divine Word College of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, taken up Bachelor of Arts major in History....
by Remco Pijper | Jul 29, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Roland James, our scholar in grade 3, stepped with his foot in a nail last week. The nail was very rusty so we had to bring Roland James to the doctor for an anti-tetanus shot. The doctor also gave him some antibiotics and a pain reliever. Sparrow Foundation is proud...
by Remco Pijper | Jul 26, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Jay Mark is one of our scholars. He is in grade 2. During the summer holidays he was complaining about pain in his back and upper legs. In the first weeks of school the pain got worse and his bones became swollen. He was skipping lessons because of the pain. Sparrow...
