First Feeding Program "Binignit"

         October 21, 2012- It was a rainy day and that was the day that the Student Leaders Association of the Philippines (SLAP) had their first activity, a feeding program with the theme of "Binignit, A food for us...A food for all at San Miguel Academy, Mayana, Jagna, Bohol. That was also an important and historic day of all Filipino. The day of canonization of the second Filipino saint that we must be proud of- San Pedro Calungsod. Then it was a perfect day for us to help the children in a simple way.
        Since we don't have money to buy spaghetti,bread,adobo and etch. for the children, I asked the students of San Miguel Academy  to contribute 10 pesos for the feeding program.Luckily, I got a positive response from the students and they contributed and participated in the said activity. Now, when I collected their contributions,still the money is not enough. So i called a meeting and we planned and decided to cook only binignit (BINIGNIT IS MADE OF SLICES OF SABA BANANA,TARO,SWEET POTATO, LANDANG (PALM FLOUR JELLY BEANS, LANGKA (JACKFRUIT), AND THICKENED WITH MILLED GLUTINOUS RICE. COOKED IN A MIXTURE OF WATER, COCONUT MILK AND THE LOCAL LANDANG AND SWEETENED BY BROWN SUGAR).  To save money, I asked again the student to give some ingredients for the binignit like taro,sweet potato,coconut and banana. That's it. Our plan must be put into action.

    Now, The SLAP faced another problem. We didn't know if we still continue the activity or not because of the bad weather.We have no proper place to cook. We can not use the school kitchen for our activity. So we decided to cook the binignit beside the school fence. We prayed and asked God for a good day.God answered our prayer and blessed us a nice weather.
        At exactly 1:00 p.m. we started the program and I saw the children coming with the student of SMA as their guardian for one day. And the officers? Oh! They  had just started cooking the binignit. The members were so busy entertaining the children. I did not expect to have a huge number of children to participate in our activity.

        The program started with Invocation, followed by triple hymn (Philippine National Anthem, Awit sa Bohol and Jagna Hymn) and opening dance performed by SLAP officers. Actually, our original plan was, before we will feed the children, the officers will have to teach first in English,Mathematics, storytelling,dance steps and more. Since, we don't have enough time, I told the officers to suspend some other activities. It was a very successful activity.