49 Pinoy kids complete RP culture course in Brunei

MANILA, Philippines - Forty-nine Filipino children have completed a pilot Filipino language and culture course organized by the Philippine Embassy in Brunei, an online report said.

The Philippine ambassador to Brunei Darusallam, Virginia Benavidez, said most of the participants are children of overseas Filipino workers.

“The launching of the first Filipino class is the fulfillment of a dream for the children of OFWs to learn about the Filipino language and culture," Ambassador Benavidez told the Borneo Bulletin on Sunday.

Benavidez said that with 8.5 million Filipino workers out of the country, Philippine history and culture cannot be taken out of them.

“Thank you to the Filipino ladies in Brunei who shared the Filipino values for education and pride and the love for learning," she said.

Moreover, this educational program dedicated to OFWs apparently received a lot of positive feedback from the parents.

“Although short, this course helped a lot for our children know our national language," said a parent, Malou Ramos-Wong, in the report.

She said that it is not easy for children to have parents of different nationalities, just like what her son Ronald experienced.

“Most of the time, the Filipino language is left out and what they learn first is the foreign tongue," said Wong.

As such, she said she was thankful that the temporary class, which the children dubbed the “Philippine Embassy School," was formed.

“Thanks to the volunteers from the Filipino Ladies in Brunei, this language and culture course for our children became a reality," she said.

After their graduation, the children feasted on native snacks like ukoy (fried shrimp fritters), lumpia (spring roll), barbeque chicken, chicken sotanghon (glass noodles), pancit molo (wonton soup), royal chocolate cake, taho (soya bean cake in syrup) and Selecta Philippine ice cream scooped from an authentic sorbetero cart and served on sweet cones specially brought from Manila by Benavidez.

A bigger number of students is expected to enroll in the next Filipino language and culture classes to be held in March and September. - Kimberly Jane T. Tan, GMANews.TV

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