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Providing free support and services to homeless, displaced, disadvantaged and illiterate Filipino children to live up to their potential since 2015.
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The Hesser Foundation
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
When a child reads, they can write their future
The Hesser Foundation’s purpose is to provide these children an education, which will in turn give them the tools to help themselves for...
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The Hesser Foundation
- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
END CHILD ILLITERACY!
Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a society where children in poverty, who work hard, could rise to middle-class status? Yet many children...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
Dunesa Saraga Hesser grew up in the Philippines
Dunesa's Family “Growing up in the Province was wonderful, and I enjoyed my very young childhood days with friends and neighbors,...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
FULFILLING A CHILD’S DREAM
“When individuals learn how to read, write, do basic math, and use computers, they have the power to lift themselves out of poverty,...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
The Hesser Foundation Allowing Children to Reach Their Potential
My daughter-in-law was always sending money to the Philippines. I asked her why and she said “Every child is not born with the same...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Why we give to the Children in Escalante
The Hesser Foundation is very passionate about the children of illiterate parents who wanted to be educated. Why? Give a man a fish and...
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Jeffrey Puckett
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
Rural Life in the Philippines
Negros Occidental is primarily agricultural, with sugar as its main product. This earned the province the moniker “The Sugar bowl of the...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min
The Children are our Future
Over six million (6.8M) Filipino children are illiterate. In the Philippines, people make less than $2.00 per day. Many are single...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Jun 20, 2018
- 3 min
STOP CHILD ILLITERACY!
Imagine what it would be like if YOU could not: Fill out a job application Read a road sign Read food labels Read a story to your child...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
Lyft is a proud sponsor of The Hesser Foundation
No matter where you end up, count on Lyft for rides in minutes. The Lyft app matches you with friendly local drivers at the tap of a...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Nov 27, 2017
- 2 min
It is not too late!
You still have until December 31, 2018 to donate to a charity of your choice. What you should know before you donate. Charitable gifts...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Nov 6, 2017
- 2 min
Poverty in the Philippines
Poverty overshadows most lives in the Philippines. By 2016 more than 26 million remained poor, and nearly 12 million live in extreme...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
STOP ILLITERACY
Since 2008 we have funded schools in the Philippines. We find that we cannot do enough by ourselves so we started this charity in 2015...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Mar 31, 2017
- 1 min
Are you changing the world?
In the Philippines the people make less than $2.00 per day. Many are single parents. They cannot feed their children let alone pay...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Jan 4, 2017
- 2 min
Saving one Child will not change the world, but it will change the world for that one Child!
Keep the cycle of illiteracy from passing from one generation to the next. Every year, thousands of young and healthy minds are going to...
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The Hesser Foundation
- Oct 25, 2016
- 2 min