When Supertyphoon Odette made landfall in Ubay in December 2021, one of the casualties was the 66 year old wooden building of the Holy Child Academy of Ubay, Bohol. The roof and walls were blown off, leaving only the pillars of the second floor intact.
Holy Child Academy, which serves more than 1,000 high school students, started constructing a new building in June 2022. TYF’s P1-M donation helped complete the building’s P9.5-M budget.
Through the pictures sent by school director Fr Jojo Gudes every week, TYF is able to track their progress– the foundation laid out, then the trusses went up, walls next, workers in a constant whirl of activity.
Fr Jojo has just confirmed that construction will be finished at the end of February 2023.