Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Good with his hands

Meet Devis, he is one of the foster kids here at the safe home, now all grown up. When he reached 18 he decided to stay and work on the farm and help with the work here. He also does a lot of work on the farm with vegetable growing. He is a great member of the team here and has a real heart for this work and helping the kids.

Very talented at craft, Devis makes beautiful decorations and useful items out of coconut shells. Coconuts are a widely available, renewable resource here on Palawan; even here at the farm there re several coconut trees. The kids are eager to learn his craft skills and he has times of helping and teaching them. Such items can be sold to tourists and can be an income to people here.





Devis recently graduated from a 3-month course in welding and he hopes to be a mechanic in the future. He is a Badjao and is now a Christian, and had his dedication only a few years ago. And I am his ninong (godfather)!