The Practical Skills Center in Sagubo, Philippines is thriving. One of the skills that is taught there is tailoring techniques. Single parents, including widows, widowers, and those who have been abandoned, come to the village from thirteen outlying mountain villages. They hike, sometimes two hours each way, to the little hall in Sagubo every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to improve these skills.
For years, Kandas had been a temporary settlement, a stopping-off place. Parents would seek work in other provinces, take their older children along with them to work in the fields, and leave the younger kids behind in the care of fragile older folks.