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WORK ACTIVITIES
WORK ACTIVITIES
We will be working in Mahayag Elementary School and St. Nino High School in Barangay Mahayag, Southern Leyte, which were due to the typhoon persistently conducted in transitional learning spaces for the past two years.
Our projects will involve constructing two new buildings, one for Mahayag Elementary School and one for St. Niño High School, with a total of eight classrooms. This will impact 182 students and 18 staff from Kindergarten to 10th grade across both schools. Mahayag has 82 students enrolled in Kindergarten to 6th grade and 4 staff, while St. Niño School has 100 students and 14 staff from 7th to 10th grade.
Along with the new building construction, site conditioning, and a WASH proposal will be implemented for both schools. We will use CBFT (Cement Bamboo Frame Technology), a sustainable, cost-effective, and disaster-resilient system that also promotes livelihoods in the communities we serve.
In addition to the construction project, AHAH aims to broaden its impact in the area by conducting training and engagement projects to empower local communities. By engaging local authorities, we will implement Disaster Risk Reduction training to increase DRR knowledge and best practices within the local community. We will collaborate with Streetlight to provide training and expertise to schools on topics related to Child Protection.
Comprehensive construction training for the site team and local workers will be provided in collaboration with our local partner Base Bahay. Additionally, we will offer training on a comprehensive maintenance manual for the new CBFT building to the local community to ensure ownership.
TYPICAL WORKDAY
TYPICAL WORKDAY
We will be starting our days early! Breakfast will be available from 6:00 AM, and we will leave for the site at 6:45 AM. The Philippines is very hot, so we will start work early - at 7:00 AM. Lunch typically starts at noon and then the work continues between 1 and 4 pm. We also factor in some 10-15 minute water breaks throughout the day to ensure everyone stays hydrated and gets some rest because the work could be intense.
After you return home from the work site, you will have a chance to unwind, relax, and reflect on your day as a part of our nightly team meeting. After that, we’ll serve dinner. Every All Hands and Hearts base has a curfew and quiet hours in place to ensure we all get enough rest before the next working day. Please remember that they are non-negotiable and apply both to staff and volunteers. We are taking our work very seriously, so we expect that you will understand and obey the rules to help us make this program a successful one!
Take a look at the daily schedule here!
WORK PICTURES
WORK PICTURES
The following pictures are examples of work done on previous All Hands and Hands programs in the Philippines. They were selected to resemble the work that you are likely to perform. Once our work upcoming project starts, this page will be updated with pictures from the current program specifically.
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