St. Ezekiel Moreno Dormitory is a facility of the St. Ezekiel Moreno Parish located in Macarascas, Puerto Princesa City under the supervision of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians or known as the Salesian Sisters. The dormitory was conceptualized by then Father Broderick Pabillo, the parish priest since May 2, 1999 with the help of a Dominican friar, Rogelio Alarcon, O.P.
Father Pabillo saw the hardships of students enrolled at Macarascas National High School who came from far-flung barrios striving to achieved at least a basic education. Mostly coming from very poor families, students would stay in boarding houses resulting to early pregnancy and high drop-outs.
Meeting with the Parish Pastoral Council, the parents of students and civic-minded individuals, there came an idea of establishing a dormitory where, initially, girls would be accommodated.
Pabillo met with Father Alarcon of the Angelicum College in Quezon City and finalized a concept of an alternative learing system. It was coined REAP or Re-Entry Education Alternative for the Poor targeting students to finish school in a modified way.
Today, the dormitory is getting support from various non-government organizations in the country and abroad who attested to the effectiveness of the program as it changes lives of youth in Palawan.
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