Tambuan Dani Indigenous People School
Background
Tambuan Dani Indigenous People School is in Maasim, Sarangani Province. Most classes in the school are held in the two makeshift classrooms made out of coco lumber and bamboo, one of them being a former residential house. Aside from the lack of quality classrooms, Tambuan Dani is also lacking a source for clean water and electricity. There is also no designated room for teachers to stay in. Instead, they share the students’ classrooms.
All of the students in Tambuan Dani hail from the T’boli tribe, and the surrounding community is primarily involved in coconut farming. 178 students are enrolled for the upcoming academic year. In addition to the makeshift classrooms, HOPE has built two more, made possible by VitaCoco.
Impact Stories
The Tambuan Dani community is more than grateful for the help HOPE has given. Not only did the organization provide a well-lit and well-ventilated space that is also conducive to learning, but the classrooms double as areas in which other community events are held. In the past, these were a COVID-19 Orientation, a Recognition event, and a Parent’s Mentoring event.
This is not Tambuan Dani’s first collaboration with HOPE; they are also part of the organization’s Agricultural Program, where some members of the community were handpicked by HOPE to become demo farmers.
Made Possible by:
Year Built: 2017
School Principal: Jomaiza Duenas
Contact Information: jomaiza.duenas@deped.gov.ph
Contractor: Clean Makers Construction Services
Total Project Cost: ₱1,241,959.73
*Inclusive of construction costs and expenses related to: Project management and quality assurance including managing contractor bids and travel for on-site inspections; Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) for impact data collection and reporting, including gathering and generating content; Facilitation & processing of all tax certificates, donation documentation, filing and acceptance with DepEd’s Adopt-a-School program.