Executive Director Raffy Magno presented Angat Buhay’s low-cost, fast-build classroom model at today’s public hearing of the Senate Committee on Basic Education.

“Civil society has long proven that we can build quality classrooms faster and at a lower cost,” he said, explaining how Angat Buhay constructs a fully furnished classroom with fans, boards, chairs, and initial school supplies for only ₱800,000 to ₱1.1 million in just three to four months.

The longer we delay, the more we condemn the next generation to a broken system. Each peso wasted and each day lost reflect neglect, and when that neglect robs children of their future, it becomes a failure our nation cannot and must not accept.”

—Raffy Magno, Executive Director, Angat Buhay