by Ellie Pijper | Oct 10, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Jeffrey is 20 years old and was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. He sat behind his drunken friend on the motorcycle when they were hit at great speed by a car. Both of them did not wear helmets and only wore short trousers and T-shirt’s. His friend died...
by Ellie Pijper | Sep 28, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Lazareto, the neighborhood where Sparrow works, is a slum with a lot of problems. Since poverty is often hopeless a lot of people flee into alcohol. Every moment of the day you can see drunken people in the street, which results in other problems like fighting and...
by Ellie Pijper | Aug 31, 2012 | News, Scholarship Program
Dear Sparrow Foundation, Thanks a lot for Sparrow Foundation, because if Sparrow Foundation did not exist, a lot of children would not be able to go to school, since it is difficult to provide in basic needs already. We are very grateful to Sparrow Foundation, since...
by Ellie Pijper | Aug 24, 2012 | News, Scholarship Program
In the Philippines the new school year has begun and we are happy to be able to bring all last year’s sponsor children to school again. A couple of students often skipped school and after several warnings we decided to stop their sponsoring. Because of this we...
by Ellie Pijper | Aug 16, 2012 | News
Several companies donated a large amount of clothes to Sparrow. Last week we gave a part of it to the Mangyans. The Mangyans are the original inhabitants of Mindoro, the island where Sparrow is situated. They are still really living on their own and they try to...
