Trails

to Empower Kids
A volunteer organiza7on composed mostly of mountaineers
from dierent organiza7ons bonded together by the same
advocacy of helping kids and communi7es who live in the
mountains or other isolated areas.
Founded in December 2007 by seven mountaineers Kelly
Austria, Myrla Punongbayan, Rexandre delos Reyes, AKy.
Jong Navarro, Noel Dulay, JP Cruz and Elias Bacolot.

TREK
I
togon
December 8 9, 2007

Saybuan Primary School, Si7o Saybuan, Brgy. Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet

The school is situated near Mt. Ugo,

one of the most popular
des7na7ons among mountaineers.
The community is located 5 hours
away from Baguio city (3 hours on
foot).
Their livelihood includes farming
and panning for gold at Agno River.
Most children walk miles to get to
school.
They have only one classroom and
one teacher shared by grades 1-4
students.
TREK provided books, school
supplies, hygiene kits, health
products and bonded with them in
an aYernoon of games and party.

TREK May C1asiguran

-4, 2008

Sentrong Paaralan ng mga Agta, Barangay Cozo, Casiguran, Aurora

School of Living Tradi7ons, which

teaches Dumagat children about
their culture.
The school is 12 hours via land, 10
minutes boat ride plus one hour
trek.
The school uses the home school
program of DepEd.
Students stay in school but since
Dumagats are nomads, the main
concern of their teacher was
making them stay in school.
We provided them school supplies,
books, other educa7onal materials.
etc. We also had games with them
and of course, shared a meal.

TREK
T
anudan
December 12-14, 2008

Lubo Elementary School and Tandudan High School, Brgy. Lubo, Tanudan, Kalinga

One of the most remote areas of

Kalinga. It's a 4-hour bumpy ride in
a modied truck, which has
irregular schedule, followed by a
steep hike.
A village of about 3,000 people with
only 4 comfort rooms. Diarrhea and
other hygiene related illnesses are
common problems.
TREK donated construc7on
materials for comfort rooms,
reference materials, teaching
materials, books, school supplies,
lamps and toys for the kids.

TREK
P
udtol
May 1-3, 2009

Malibang Elementary School, Malibang Pre-school, Cacalaggan Primary School, Aurora Primary
School, Flora Primary School and Lydia Primary Schools in Pudtol, Apayao

Some of the students trek for hours

to get to school.
Most cannot aord to buy books
and school supplies. Their teachers
use por7ons of their very liKle
salary to buy them these so they
can con7nue with their educa7on.
No decent classrooms and comfort
rooms.
To help them, TREK donated bags,
school supplies and reading
materials for all the students.

TREK
S
ubic
T
own
September 25-27, 2009

Aeta ReseKlement Site, Subic Town, Zambales

A reseKlement site for the Aetas

displaced by the erup7on of Mt.
Pinatubo.
Managed by Sr. Eva Maamo, Ramon
Magsaysay Awardee and President
of the Founda7on for our Lady of
Peace Missions (FOLPMI).
Held together with SABIT
Mountaineers Basic
Mountaineering Course.
We also partnered with Philippine
Science Centrum for a fun science
workshop.

TREK
R
elief
O
pps
September and October, 2009

For the vic7ms of Typhoon Ondoy

at Barangay Wawa, Tanay, Rizal.
For the vic7ms of Typhoon Pepeng
in Pangasinan.

TREK
S
an
L
uis
December 12-13, 2009

Kalapnit Elementary School, Si7o Kalapnit, Brgy. Dibalo, San Luis, Aurora

In partnership with Aurora

Oroaders Club, we delivered
books and school supplies to the
students. We also constructed a
comfort room and donated
bookshelves for the school.
The community is reachable via 3
hours trek.
Most students fail in their exams
due to lack of school materials.

TREK
K
ibungan
August 21-22, 2009

Si7o Polis, Brgy Poblacion, Kibungan Benguet

Home to the third largest cultural

community in the mountain
provinces of Northern Luzon, the
Kankanais.
It can be reached via 4 hours trek
from the municipal hall of
Kibungan, Benguet;
Some trek for more than two hours,
some as young as 7 years old, on
muddy path carrying their
makeshiY bags made out of sacks
just to go to a school that also has
scarce educa7onal materials.
TREK provided school supplies,
books, toys and other giYs for the
students. We also had a party with
them.

TREK
I
togon
2

December 10-12, 2009

Saybuan Primary School, Pe7can Elementary School and Tinongdan Elementary School
Itogon, Benguet

A visit again to Saybuan to fulll a

promise to help rehabilitate
Saybuans drainage system.
Addi7onal schools were Pe7can
Elementary School and Tinongdan
Elementary School.
Both schools are remote, accessible
only by trek. They also have a
dearth of textbooks and school
supplies.
Some student walk hours to get to
school.
TREK again provided books and
school supplies, plus other giYs for
the students.

TREK
A
tan
August 20-21, 2011

Atan Elementary School in Purok Atan, Brgy. Runrono, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya

Purok Atan is a very remote

community that requires four hours
trek from the road.
Many students walk 2 hours each
way to go to school on steep paths.
During ber months, when the
rains come, aKendance drops as
the muddy terrain become dicult
for the barefoot students to
navigate.
Aside from the challenging
distance, terrain, and weather, the
students also have to contend with
the dearth of textbooks, notebooks,
pencils, and even slippers.
TREK built a comfort room for them
and water system, plus provided
books and school supplies.

TREK ROctober
elief
O
pps
3

29, ,2011
Dilasag, Aurora

The town received heavy bea7ng

from the typhoons, which rendered
some roads impassable, destroyed
major phone networks and caused
power outages.
Organized by the Aurora Oroaders
Club, in coopera7on with Trails to
Empower Kids (TREK).
TREK provided books and school
supplies for the students.

TREK January
Casiguran
2

21-22, 2012

Sentrong Paaralan ng mga Agta in Si7o Niyog, Brgy. Ildefonso, Casiguran, Aurora

Another project of Sentrong

Paaralan ng mga Agta for Dumagat
students.
No classroom; the students use the
barangay hall.
Located in a disputed land.
TREK provided construc7on
materials for a new classroom;
school materials and also bonded
with them in an aYernoon of games
and dancing.

TREK August
Nag7punan
24-26, 2012

Tamsi Primary School and Kakidugen Primary School, Nagtipunan, Quirino

We helped two schools, both in dire

need of school materials.
The volunteers trekked for four
hours to reach the farthest school.
Students belong to the ethnic group
called the Ilongots.
TREK provided books, school
supplies, raincoats, bags and other
giYs for the students and the
teachers.

TREK
K
ibungan
2

November 30-December 9, 2012

Polis Barrio School, Palina Elementary School, Tabbac Primary

School, Legleg Barrio School, Napsong Barrio School, Lanipew Barrio School, Batangan
Bario School, Les-eng Barrio School, Gasal Barrio School, Lubo Elementary School,
Tonquey-Nalusbo Primary School and Ewa-Bokes Elementary School, Kibungan,
Benguet

This is in celebra7on of TREKs 5th

Anniversary.
TREK started upcycling old tarps
into school bags and we gave them
to all the students of Kibugan, with
notebooks, pencils, pad papers,
erasers and sharpeners.

TREK
M
ansalay
August 24-26, 2013

Anahaw Elementary School and Lucban, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro

TREK reached the kids from the

Hanunuo-Mangyan tribe in
Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro.
Aside from dona7ng sturdy
footwear which the kids need to
traverse the muddy path to school,
we also brought them school
supplies, books and other giYs.

TREK
P
apaya
December 8-9, 2012

Mapedya Elementary School, Papaya, Nueva Ecija

The primary concern of the

community is potable water so the
group nally delivered the system
needed for this.
We also donated medicine for
common illnesses, which the
community lacked plus of course,
school supplies, bags and toys.
We also asked the students to write
their Christmas wishes and we
delivered. We partnered with an
school in Manila and their students
gave school supplies.
Other giYs were donated by other
TREK volunteers.

TREK Tinglayan
August 23-25, 2014

Buscalan Elem School, Loccong Elementary School, Southern Tinglayan High

School, Tinglayan, Kalinga

Home community of Wang-od, the

popular mambabatok or taKoo
ar7st.
Despite the inux of tourists in
these communi7es, there has been
liKle help.
TREK provided raincoats, boots,
backpacks, school supplies, books,
other educa7onal materials and
giYs for the students.

TREK Sta. Elena

December 6-7, 2014

Salvacion Elementary Schoo, Sta. Elena, Camarines Norte

Salvacion is a coastal community

bounded by a mountain range, which
makes the community isolated.
TREK provided them with comfort
rooms with rain catchment facility to
address two of the schools major
problems lack of water and toilets.
TREK also provided help for their
feeding program because some of
their students were already considered
wasted or severely malnourished.
TREK also provided raincoats, slippers,
books, school supplies, backpacks, etc.
We also piloted our playground made
from recycled 7res.

Next project:
FUGA Island