By Cyrus A. Natividad

Project ETC distributing the donated materials to the teachers of Tapikan Elementary School.

443 school children from Kindergarten to Grade Six received school supplies and snacks from Project ETC (Changing lives through Education, Technology and Community) on Friday, November 6, 2020.

School supplies will include plastic envelope, art and pad papers, notebooks, and pens among others; with juice and bread for snacks.

Nico Catedrilla, nephew of Ann (BSN Class 1977) and Loy Seisa (devout benefactors of CPU) was with Joan Sabran and CPU Community Engagement and Service Learning Program Director Dr. Levi Delos Santos and other representatives from CPU – to distribute school supplies and snacks to kindergarten and grade 6 students from 2 adopted schools of Iloilo namely: Tapikan Elementary School, San Joaquin, Iloilo and Agsirab Elementary School in Lambunao, Iloilo, with 187 and 256 students, respectively; a total of 443 school children for this year 2020.

Project ETC is a non-profit organization that partners with the CPU Community Engagement and Service Learning Program . It gives greater opportunities to school children in developing areas of the world and their families through its core values of education, technology and community. Project ETC believes that education is one of the greatest tools for positive change in children and in communities.

Project ETC founders Ann and Loy Seisa and children Tristan and Andrea are generous advocates of technology; they respond to the needs of technology in expanding to other areas of the world. ETC’s humanitarian goals would not be achieved without the support of the community. It also aims for a positive relationship with community leaders, parents, and school officials in order to understand their exact needs and make resolutions together.