Cagayan de Oro

Best travel reports from Cagayan de Oro

Batulong with the new team

Our new social worker's first day at work is a bit chaotic and unsatisfactory. We all meet in town to go to the diabetes doctor with the caretaker Diana. We had some difficulty...

Back in Calaanan

The new situation in the Philippines and work for Batulong

Letzte Arbeitswoche in Calaanan

Wir haben nochmals viel Programm für die letzte Arbeitswoche mit unseren Batulong-Mitarbeitern. Die Zeit der Pandemie hat uns gezeigt, dass Thata und Keno bezüglich...

Week 2

A week with interesting impressions and sometimes emotional ups and downs, but overall very good: More home visits We are pleased that many parents or sometimes the children...

Back in Calaanan!

First week We are back in Calaanan and it's super nice to hear children's laughter and parents cooking again. Although masks are still mostly worn in the Philippines (especially...

Week 3

Although people continue to come to Batulong to register their children (who will then be visited later to make sure they also need the support), we are completing the first...

2nd week

It's Saturday again! Last week, we made home visits to families in different settlements around Calaanan on three mornings. Except for one family, all meet our requirements: low...

Erste Mittagessen werden wieder ausgeteilt

Nachdem wir im Batulong-Team lange hin- und her geschrieben haben, wie wir die Essensverteilung mit den neuen Gruppen organisieren wollen, wurde der Plan für den...

Travel plans and preparations

This is expected to be our longest stay in the Philippines so far! We plan to extend a few weeks to the 59-day visa, as there is a lot to do and we also want to spend as much...