An early start from our hotel in Manila started us on the road north to our next distributions in Pulilan and Candaba.
Our progress to Pulilan was considerably quicker after an escort from the Philippines Army joined us on the way.
300 happy children received bed kits from caring friends that have generously donated to Sleeping Children.
Many times we were thanked by children and parents for the gifts they have received. Most items in the bed kit were beyond the means of the families we met.
Between sites we stopped at a roadside restaurant, enjoying more Filipino cuisine and hospitality, this time in "nipa huts", open-sided, raised cabins, bamboo framed, and thatched with palm fronds.
At Candaba we were yet again enthusiastically greeted by children, parents, and what looked like most of the population!
On top of meeting the children, an added bonus for the team was the opportunity to sit on a caribou (buffalo). They are used by a great many Filipino farmers to work their fields.
Team Philippines 2014
