A soapy tale: Kids lend a hand to typhoon relief efforts

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The plan was for the kids to make soap bars and sell them, with the proceeds to be used as donations.

Basinillo is one of the Casa-A students from The Abba’s Orchard Montessori who participated in a soap-making project—one which took a deeper meaning for a reason: Santos wanted to help victims of Typhoon Ulysses, which caused destructive flooding in Metro Manila, the Bicol region and northern Luzon two weeks ago.“I was thinking of a way to help while allowing the children, my students, to participate,” said Santos, a Psychology graduate from Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City.

And it was a joy for the parents to watch their kids participate, taking every step in the production process—slicing the soap base, melting the pieces, mixing colors and essential oils, pouring the thick paste into plastic molds, and cooling the molds until the mixture hardens into soap bars.Along the way, the parents made sure their kids understood why they were doing the project in the first place.“I had to show Klay photos of the typhoon victims for context.

Basinillo and Anika Ochoa made videos to help market their bars. Ochoa also made a painting and had replicas laminated as a freebie for buyers.“Our neighbors bought most of Adiel’s soap because she keeps on repeating that this is for a fundraising activity and that they will be able to help the typhoon victims,” said mom Karen Magat.

In her YouTube post, Ochoa urged people to buy her products because “We want to help [typhoon victims] have a Merry Christmas also.”The class initially aimed for a modest P10,000—but by the end of the fundraising, they hit close to P17,000. Small, maybe. But oh-so-meaningful.

 

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