by Sherlyn Comia | Apr 4, 2022 | Meet Our Graduates
JONALYN CORAZA Girlstown Talisay, Class of 2007 I’m originally from Davao City, Philippines, where I was born and grew up. When I was young, I used to attend a Sunday school beside our parish church. One day, they announced that for those who were willing to study...
by Sherlyn Comia | Apr 4, 2022 | Meet The Children
Girlstown Guatemala “My father abandoned us, and my mom had to take care of us. I have three brothers. I spent a month bleeding from the nose, and I almost died because I was too weak. To buy my medicines, my mom asked my dad for help, but he said that he...
by Sherlyn Comia | Apr 4, 2022 | Meet The Children
MEET DOBRICK Boystown Philippines Dobrick is a student at our Philippines Boystown. He is the fourth child of seven from a very poor family. His mother is a laundry woman, and his father a construction worker. Due to the accessibility of his work, often times his...
by Sherlyn Comia | Apr 4, 2022 | Meet The Children
MEET HAPPYNESS Girlstown Tanzania Happyness is one of the first students at our Girlstown in Tanzania! She grew up with her mother solely raising her, as her father died when she was very young. The two of them lived in an adobe hut, and would often struggle with not...
by Sherlyn Comia | Apr 4, 2022 | Meet The Children
MEET CECELIA! Girlstown Guatemala “I have four brothers and three sisters. My dad works in the fields, but what he earns, he doesn’t give to my mom, but he spends it on drinking. My dad said that women don’t study, that they can only serve to cook and give children....
