A few miles outside of Naga City in the northeastern Philippines, down narrow one-lane roads and sprawling rice fields, lies a tiny, one-room building. This structure, hardly large or sanitary enough for one person to live comfortably, is home to eight: a father, mother, and six sons. Both parents work at manual jobs every day while their sons attend a public school. Despite their long hours, the family brings home less than the equivalent of US$3 a day. This pays for their daily food, which is always rice. All of the children are sickly thin, constantly on the verge of starvation.
菲律賓東北部納嘉(Naga)市外幾英里處，走過狹窄的單線道路及散亂的稻田後，座落著一棟狹小的單房建築。這棟在空間或衛生方面，幾乎無法讓一人舒適生活的建築，卻是八個人的家：住著父母和六名男孩。父母每天出賣勞力工作，小孩則就讀於公立學校。儘管耗費漫長時間工作，這個家庭的每日所得卻不到3美元。這點錢得應付全家三餐，全以米飯度日。所有小孩彷彿生病般瘦弱不堪，時常處於挨餓邊緣。
 
The youngest boy, Christian, reached the point of starvation at six months of age. His parents dropped him off at a local orphanage, and he was immediately taken to the hospital. Christian is not the only child who lives at the orphanage despite having a family to go home to. In fact, nearly all of the children are there for the same reasons as Christian.
年紀最小的男孩Christian，從六個月大就幾乎餓死。父母於是將他留在孤兒院，他亦隨即被送醫治療。Christian不是唯一有家可回卻住在孤兒院的孩子。事實上，幾乎所有院童都是基於與Christian相同的原因而留下來。
 
While the orphanage is the best alternative to living at home for many of its residents, it is not a suitable place for children to grow up healthy and well adjusted. The orphanage lacks the funding and caretakers to give Christian and the 32 other children what they require, either physically or emotionally. This leaves the orphanage relying heavily on volunteers to keep it running. 
儘管對許多院童而言，孤兒院是住在家中以外的最佳選擇，不過，這裡卻不是孩子得以健全成長且妥善適應的適當場所。孤兒院缺乏資金與照護人員，無法給予Christian及其餘三十二名院童身心之需。這一點讓孤兒院極需仰賴志工來維持運作。
 
Lorenzo Rosales, a respected pediatrician and member of the Rotary Club of Naga East, Camarines Sur, volunteers at the orphanage. During one of his weekly club meetings, he met Rotary Youth Exchange students Josh Babcock, 19, and Lisl Stadler, 17, both from Washington, USA. After hearing that Stadler wanted to assume a more humanitarian focus during her time in the Philippines, Rosales took her and Babcock to the orphanage. The children they met and the conditions they saw left lasting impressions, driving them to volunteer often. With the orphanage so limited in staff, supplies, and care, Stadler and Babcock knew that the children could use their help, no matter how small the resulting change. They spent every spare moment they had with the children, doing anything that required doing, but they knew that the children needed more than what they alone could offer. 
Lorenzo Rosales是受人敬重的小兒科醫師，亦是南甘馬鄰省(Camarines Sur)東納嘉扶輪社員，他在孤兒院擔任志工。他有次在每週舉行的扶輪會議中，遇到了扶輪青少年交換學生：十九歲的Josh Babcock與十七歲的Lisl Stadler，兩人來自美國華盛頓州。Rosales聽到Stadler希望在菲律賓的交換學生期間，能夠更投入人道關懷活動後，遂帶著兩名學生到孤兒院。學生們遇到的院童及親眼所見的情形，讓他們留下難以磨滅的印象，促使他們經常前往擔任志工。由於孤兒院人手、補給品與醫療照護皆不足，兩人深知院童用得到自己給予的協助，無論其帶來的改變是多麼微小亦然。他們於是將所有空閒時間用來與院童相處，著手院方請他們協助的事，不過，他們知道院童需要的遠較兩人給予的還要多。
 
Since the end of their exchanges in May 2008, Stadler and Babcock have been able to collect some monetary contributions from people in the United States. The knowledge of the overwhelming need for help has driven them to set up a nonprofit organization to multiply their efforts and continue benefiting underprivileged children throughout the region. 
Stadler與Babcock於2008年5月結束交換學生計畫後，開始在美國向人們募款。由於瞭解到院童的莫大需求，促使他們成立非營利性機構以擴大其活動，繼續援助整個比柯爾區的貧苦兒童。
 
The Bicol Change Education Foundation works to raise money not only to feed and clothe the children but also to send them to school, which will give them the education needed to expose them to greater opportunities. Funds also go toward the education of the staff running the orphanage in health, development, and child care. Stadler and Babcock hope Rotary clubs will support their efforts, pay attention to their cause and, if possible, take on the foundation as a project and assist in fundraising. 
改變比科爾區教育基金會(Bicol Change Education Foundation)從事的募款活動，不僅為了提供兒童衣食，還用來讓兒童就學受教，如此才能讓兒童獲得所需教育，進而獲得更龐大的機會。募款亦用來教導孤兒院員工健康、發展與兒童照護課程。Stadler與Babcock希望扶輪社能支援其活動，留意到其活動原因，如果可能，則將該基金會評為專案計畫以協助募款。