Back to School and Pencil Drive distribution Springboard Foundation

After weeks of build up, the distribution for the Pencil Drive and Back to School challenge was finally under way. Spanning over 20 schools and organisations across Manila and beyond. Find the Pencil Icon on the map to see the different sites. In total over 3000 students received school supplies and 80 teachers received teaching packs.

We received donations from, Bixbee Bags, Springboard Foundation Germany, Concur, Sykes Asia, Q2, Colliers International Philippines, Arcadis, The German Club, Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club, St. Andrews Society, British School Manila, International School Manila, The German School, Weir Minerals, Nestlé as well as numerous private individuals. Thank you to you all! Also a special thanks to Versatile Enterprises for producing the backpacks for us!

It was an enormous task that required organising the collection of donations, recording every item donated, finding schools who needed help, finding volunteers to help with the packing of the supplies, packing the supplies into the individual packs, organising distributions across multiple sites, as well as liaising with many companies and private donors scattered across Manila. Now that the distributions are now complete, the unglamorous wind down task of getting all the official paperwork together and reconciling the books begin. Wish us luck!

Contents of the Pencil Drive packs
Contents of the Back to School Pencil Drive Challenge

Recipients of the Pencil Drive received a school pack that contained the following: 2 notebooks, 2 pencils, a pencil sharpener, a box of crayons, a pair of scissors, an eraser and a ruler.

Recipients of the Back to School Challenge received a pack of school supplies (as listed above) and a backpack.

Teachers at the various educational establishments received a teachers pack that contained, glue, marker pen, art paper, a pair of scissors, ball pens, Manila paper, stapler, staples, tape dispenser, tape and bond paper.

A massive thank you to everyone who donated to those who lent a hand at the various stages of the Pencil Drive and Back to School Challenge.

Keep watching this space to see more photos from different distributions as and when we receive the photos.

Cashew Nut Elementary School

Cashew is located in the north of Manila in an economically deprived area called Payatas. Many families make a living from scavenging through waste at the dumpsite or processing/re-purposing materials scavenged from the dumpsite.

Cashew received 160 school bags with school supplies and 12 teacher’s packs.

Back to School Challenge bags handed out to Cashew students
A girl hides herself from the camera
One seriously colour coordinated fella
School bags donated by Springboard Foundation Germany
A quick lunch break
Students patiently wait while others receive their bags
Waiting for the last students to collect their bags donated by Springboard Foundation Germany
Distribution complete
Students with their new bags at Cashew
Thank you from the Cashew students

Calayan Island
Calayan Island located 24 miles (39 kilometers) west – southwest of Babuyan Islands, north of Luzon.

Calayan Island received 97 school bags with school supplies for their students in partnership with Go Share Foundation.

A boy felt attached with his bag
Children with their parents and backpacks filled with school supplies at Calayan Island
Transport of backpacks with school supplies to Calayan Island
A father with his son along their way home with a backpack and set of school supplies at Calayan Island
A girl filled with happiness as she received a backpack of school supplies at Calayan Island
Children falling in line for school supplies
A girl with her mother carrying a backpack with a pack ofschool supplies at Calayan Island
A child hiding from the camera using her backpack
Children carrying backpacks with a packs of school supplies at Calayan Island
A student walks off his donated backpack

Fairplay For All

Fairplay For All…..located just up the road from Cashew in Payatas.

FFA received 60 packs of school supplies for their students and 8 teacher’s packs.

Pencil Drive distribution at Fairplay For All in Payatas
Waiting in line for their turn
Students of Fairplay For All receive school supplies
A student receives their school supplies
A selection of students with their donated supplies

Pittland Elementary School

Pittland Elementary School located 1 hours drive south of Manila.

Pittland received 460 packs of school supplies for their students and 15 teacher’s packs.

Students of Pittland Elementary school
The warm up to the main event
Distribution of school supplies
The distribution continues
Teachers from Pittland Elementary school

Hope Worldwide

Hope Worldwide is located in Binan, a small town south of Manila.

Some of the donated school supplies went to their other site in Daanbantayan, Cebu.

Hope received 360 school bags with school supplies and 13 teacher’s packs.

Distribution day of Bixbee bags for students at Hope International
Students waited patiently
A group of friends with their new bags
Two friends take shade from the sun at Hope Worldwide, Binan
Entertainment in the form of a rubber
Students show off their new bags
One of the students from the distribution
The bags do not come off in the playground
The girls show the boys how the monkey bars are done
Mother and daughter pose for a photo
A mother left holding the bags whilst her son plays
A student snoozes
One of the many school bags donated by Bixbee
Students from Hope International in Binan
A group of students making their way home
Student with his new school bag
Friends walk off to join the group
It is a legal decree that at least one selfie has to be taken
Students return home along a raised walkway
Students at Hope Daanbantayan, Cebu receive new school bags

Kalayaan Elementary School

Kalayaan Elementary School can be found close to the office of Springboard Foundation.

Kalayaan Elementary received 527 packs of school supplies, 321 school bags with school supplies and 19 teacher’s packs

Distribution of school supplies at Kalayaan Elementary School in Paranaque
School packs ready for distribution
Students take a break from waiting in line to pose for a photo
Waiting in line with their new school supplies
Scenes from the distribution
Scenes from the distribution
Students return to class
A group of Kalayaan students
Kalayaan Elementary students
Waiting to go back to class at Kalayaan Elementary School
Students examine the contents of their Pencil Drive packs
Students wait in line before returning to class
So many happy faces
Students on their way back to class
Students examine the contents of their Pencil Drive packs
A student with their Pencil Drive pack
Where there is a camera, students will pose
Students with bags donated by Bixbee Bags via the Back to School challenge that ran alongside the Pencil Drive

Little Mary’s Home

Little Mary’s is a small orphanage run by nuns in Merville that looks after both boys and girls.

Little Mary’s received 10 school bags with school supplies.

Some of the recipients of school bags and school supplies
Children search through every pocket of the bags at Little Mary's Home
Representatives from Springboard, Merville Barangay and Little Marys pose with the children
The Chairman of the Barangay meets some of the children
Distribution of bags with school supplies
Letting the kids play with the camera
Another photo taken by one of the kids at Little Marys
A girl shows off her school supplies
A inspects the contents of her bag

Kalayaan Community Ministries

Kalayaan Community Ministries is located near the Smokey Mountain dumpsite in Tondo, Manila.

Kalayaan Community Ministries received 30 school bags with school supplies.

Children in Tondo happily holding their school bags filled with school supplies
Delight of a girl who had just received a school bag filled with school supplies
Distribution of school supplies in Tondo

Payatas Orione Foundation

Payatas Orione Foundation is located in Quezon City.

Payatas Orione Foundation received 250 school bags with school supplies and 6 teacher packs.

Children with their school bags
Children excited to see the contents of their school bags
Packs of school bags and school supplies to be distributed to the children
A happy boy proud to show off his bag with school supplies

Kid’s International Ministries

Kid’s International Ministries helps at-risk children in indigent communities.

Kid’s International Ministries received 40 school bags with school supplies and 2 teacher packs. The donations were distributed in Leyte at the Lighthouse.

Girl hugging her bag
Children holding their school bagstightly
During the distribution of school bags at the Lighthouse
Kids walking with their backpacks

Manggahan Day Care

Manggahan Day Care is located in Sitio Manggahan 2 near Merville.

Manggahan Day Care received 45 school bags with school supplies and 1 teacher pack.

Students checking on their bags
During the distribution of school bags
Children raising their bags
Group picture of the students at Manggahan Day Care, Paranaque City
Child carrying his bag
A boy proud to show off his bag
Children happy to receive school supplies
Letting the students play with the camera

Bonfal West Elementary School

Bonfal West Elementary School is located in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.

Bonfal West Elementary School received 273 school bags with school supplies and 4 teacher packs.

A group of students raising their bags at Bonfal West Elementary School

Wella Day Care

Wella Day Care is located in Sitio Wella near Merville.

Wella Day Care received 66 school bags with school supplies.

While children are waiting to receive their bags
Twins holding their bags
A girl holding her bag at Wella Day Care, Paranaque City

Go Forward Foundation

Go Forward Foundation is located in Biñan, Laguna.

Go Forward received 41 school bags with school supplies.

Children participating in class
Students of International School Manila who organised the bags as part of Project Awesome.
Children receiving their bags
Children with their school bags
Group picture