Who We Help

The St. Francis of Assisi School is a private institution established in 1964 with a vision to provide quality education to the children of farm workers. Located in a 5 hectare campus just outside Silay City, Negros Occidental, the school provides kindergarten to high school education for approximately 450 students. With their parents earning an average of $4/day in the farms, most of these children cannot afford tuition. The Babes, through the Tapulanga Foundation, help in sending these kids to school and providing them with medical check-ups.

The C.L. Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) is the main public hospital in Negros, an island in the middle part of the Philippines. The hospital mainly serves the poor who have no health insurance and can barely afford medication. Funding for this hospital is at its bare minimum and patients oftentimes have to bring their own beds or sleep in hallways due to the lack of facilities. It is not unusual for 3-4 children to share one bed or for patients to sleep on cardboard boxes. We intend to buy mattresses, medical equipment and supplies for this hospital.