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Feedback on the 50 E Learning Modules given to the Mentors for the Alternative Learning System for the Out of School Youth

Modules were provided by Education Outreach (EDO) of the Sandiwaan Learning Center in Smokey Mountain, Manila.

Last July 19,2008, techies from EDO from Manila arrived in Cebu to train the Rotary Alternative Learning System ( ALS) mentors on the use of the modules prepared by them for the Department of Education Bu. of Alternative Learning System pilot schools. EDO provided the Rotary E Learning - ALS program with 50 modules on English, Match, Science and Civics
These modules will be used in the Rotary E Learning Centers and the street educators equipped with the laptops donated by the Canadian Dream Team who visited Cebu last March.
This is the immediate response we received from Sister Emirose on the modules.

Dear Sir Jun,

Truly the Lord is so good, He uses people to meet our needs.

Thank you so much for providing me an elearning for our ALS. Since Monday, I started teaching the modules to my learners both at CGGF (our main church at Gun-ob) and at DPC (our church in the dump site). The learners were quite impressed at the same time they're quite apprehensive that the lessons might be above their heads. Praise God, we're able to touch English (Parts of Speech), Math (The Metric and English System) and Science (The Nervous System), and they discovered that all the lessons we've taken up were easy to understand and easy to learn. Hence, they are now excited to attend our ALS, and they testified that they learned easily, unlike in formal school that they have a hard time understanding the books as well as the explanations of the teachers.

At DPC, I have 50 learners 19 Basic Elementary, 15 Elementary and 16 Secondary. I started teaching the Basic Elementary at 9 in the morning, followed by the Elementary at 10 and 11 until 12 for the Secondary level. Some of the learners are attending everyday but the scavenger learners are attending in alternate basis due to their work in the dump site. Our ALS at DPC started on July 1and after a week ALS was also started in CGGF (July 7). In CGGF, I have 13 learners and all are in secondary level. From the dump site I only take 1 hour rest and at 2:30 until 4 in the afternoon is our class. Our ALS is from Monday to Friday, then on Saturday I conduct Bible class and feeding to the children in the dump site. On Sunday is our whole day worship activity at CGGF.

In CGGF, we've open a Child Care and Development Center for free to very poor and needy preschoolers. We have 23 K 2 and 19 K1. Praise the Lord that 4 of our church members give their voluntary service in teaching those little ones. Most of our ALS learners are young mothers of our Child Care children. Thank God for Rotary Club of Mactan they donated school bags, school supplies to our children and 6 tables. Not only the little children are receiving free education but as well as the mothers. To God be the glory!

Attached are ALS pictures taken both at CGGF and at DPC. Included pics. are our Child Care & Development Center at CGGF.

It's a great privilege to be working with you. I thank God for people like you who have love and concern most specially to the very poor and needy people. Be assured you are in our prayers. The Lord abundantly blesses you.

Blessings in Christ,

Sis. Emerose T. Nemenzo