Current Projects
Caubian Island
Dental mission.
The biggest challenge that the foundation faces is on the tiny island of Caubian. Caubian has a land area of 6.5 acres and is home to almost 3,000 people, of which 40% are children. There is no potable water source nor electricity. Sanitation and health care facilities are almost nonexistent. Infant and child mortality are extremely high. Families exist through fishing and monthly income per family is about $15.00/month. There is a school but the students have no books and only about half of the children attend school. Last year, Lloyd and Carol Brown agreed to support the seemingly impossible task of improving the livelihood, literacy, child health and nutrition of this island. We have made significant progress but the overall project is far from complete. We now have the Carol and Lloyd Brown Development Center where we conduct our child feeding program, livelihood projects and operate our mini-pharmacy "botica sa isla". We also have a prototype "fish cage" and a small "seaweed farm".
In 2007, the H.E.L.P. Foundation's goal is to accomplish the following:
- Develop and Implement a potable water collection and distribution system using rainwater harvesting.
- Expand the "fish cages" and "seaweed farm".
- Provide a means to transport critically ill persons to the nearest medical facility located on Mactan Island.
- Begin a sewing program for women.
- Acquire used textbooks for the school.
- Continue with the feeding program for malnourished children.