Lao (1972-2022) found inspiration in the simple joys experienced by the Dulangan Manobo girls at the RNDM Dormitory in Kulaman when they received humble donations from Jojie's family and friends. The second year was dubbed "Buckets of Joy," urging donors to contribute biscuit buckets along with other donations for the dormitory girls. Since then, it has become an annual tradition for Jojie, her family, and friends to visit Kulaman, calling it "Christmas Fun In Kulaman." Donations have poured in from family and friends, including food packs, clothing, school supplies, laundry supplies, and bedding. Two significant projects included the installation of water pumps for three indigenous communities and the construction of a classroom for the Manobo Kids at Manobo Elementary School. In December 2022, the Kulaman Project celebrated its 10th anniversary. Sadly, on December 26, 2022, Jojie, the founder of this project, passed away. However, her legacy will live on through her family, relatives, friends, and friends of friends, whose kind hearts were ignited and inspired by Jojie's kindness, generosity, and compassion. This year, in 2023, we are launching this website for the project to facilitate convenient and generous donations from our supporters. To honor Jojie's legacy, we will keep this project as simple as possible. Therefore, please understand that this is a nonprofit informal charity foundation intended exclusively for family and close friends. As a side note, RNDM (Religious of Notre Dame of the Missions) is a religious missionary congregation in the Philippines. One of their missions is located in Poblacion, Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat, also known as Kulaman, with the Dulangan Manobo community being the primary beneficiaries.
