No place too far for these youth volunteers bringing school supplies, hope to remote communities

MANILA, Philippines -- When traveling by sea, it takes about 15 hours for volunteers of youth-led organization Streets to Schools (STS) to reach learners in a far-flung village in Tawi-Tawi. But no place is too far when fueled by their goal to bridge education gaps in the country, said STS founder Qjiel Mariano. With its seventeen chapters across the regions, STS has helped out at least 873 students since April of this year by distributing school supply kits and building community libraries in their so-called priority areas -- remote communities, which STS believes, need assistance from their organization. "We're still trying to get to the other schools but the first [few] s...

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