Hi Caroline,<br><br>We were working with them (GK-SFC) on a Contributor's program proposal. They have a unique program in that they take very underprivileged children from the surrounding neighborhood (they have a classroom set-up in Manila) on a weekend program and teach them for a couple of hours. It's a great program and is run by very passionate and enthusiastic volunteers that we are very much willing to work with. However, the way the program is set-up currently (mixed grade levels of children and limited number of hours that they have them) means that the laptops would be under utilized and content development might be an issue. We have not abandoned the idea and are willing to make it work or try it with a different program under their umbrella altogether so just waiting for things to settle out there and we'll reconnect. <br>
<br>Regards,<br>Cherry<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Jerome Gotangco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgotangco@gmail.com">jgotangco@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Caroline Meeks<br>
<<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I was invited to a GK event yesterday to meet Tony Meloto. I looked over a<br>
> sample budget for building a village and it includes hiring teachers and<br>
> building a community center in later phases. Education is definitely on<br>
> their agenda. Is GK a group that you are interested in working with?<br>
<br>
</div>Hi Caroline,<br>
<br>
GK was one of the organizations that we've discussed with a few months<br>
ago via a subgroup called the Singles For Christ in a local community<br>
here. However, discussions didn't prosper much because of the various<br>
events that happened lately. If there's still some focus on their part<br>
with this for next year, could be interesting to jump start<br>
discussions again.<br>
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--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Jerome G.<br>
<a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/jgotangco" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/profiles/jgotangco</a><br>
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