LDS Charities In The Philippines Partners with DepEd On One Child, One Lamp Project

​Mormon Pinoy Newsroom recently released a news article that states that “LDS Charities, the humanitarian arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDSC) has responded to the call of DepEd for private sector participation in public education. The “One Child, One Lamp” Project aims to provide solar lamps to students of unenergized public schools. Students will be able to continue their studies at night, reduce their exposure to harmful fumes from kerosene lamps, and improve their overall academic performance. Three thousand solar lamps were donated by LDS Charities.  LDSC together with Mormon Helping Hands volunteers traveled to some remote areas on roads that were barely navigable.  A few of the schools were located in remote areas that could only be reached after hiking many hours or by habal-habal.

​The project beneficiaries were students from eighteen schools located in six regions identified by the Department of Education.

Cordillera Autonomous Region
1. Tapayen Public School, Tineg, Abra (53 lamps)
2. Caganayan National High School, Tineg, Abra (109 lamps)
3. Montabiong Elementary School, Lagawe, Ifugao (112 lamps)
4. Namal Elementary School, Asipulo, Ifugao (133 lamps)
5. Nankatengey Elementary School, Asipulo, Ifugao (106 lamps)

Region 3
1. Panglit Elementary School, Masinloc Zambales (94 lamps)
2. Babuyan Elementary School, Santa Cruz, Zambales (130 lamps)
3. Luakan National High School Annex, Dinalupihan, Bataan (242 lamps)

Region 6
1. Tomina Elementary School, Cauayan Negros Occ. (310 lamps)
2. Sura Public School, Cauayan Negros Occ. (72 lamps)
3. Montelo Elementary School, Ilog, Negros Occ. (189 lamps)
4. Gusnit Elementary School, Ilog, Negros Occ. (138 lamps)
5. Damutan Elementary School, Hinoba-an, Negros Occ. (281 lamps)

Region 7
1. Taptap Elementary School, Cebu City, Cebu (291 lamps)

Region 10
1. Cadayonan Public School, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental (96 lamps)
2. Caribao Elementary School, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte (89 lamps)

Region 11
1. Banarao Elementary School, Davao City, Davao del Sur (107 lamps)
2. Nangalid Public School, Davao City, Davao del Sur (60 lamps)