Inspiring – Page 15 – Goducate … Go And Educate!

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Goducate Training Center in Iloilo is a regional winner in 2019 Search for Outstanding Volunteers

Camp Goducate Phils., Inc. (also known as Goducate Training Center Iloilo) has been named one of the regional winners in the 2019 Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV). The selection was made on Nov 22, 2019, during the 4th Quarter Meeting of the Regional Development Council (RDC), at The Venue, San Jose, Antique.

The Search for Outstanding Volunteers Regional Search Committee (SOV-RSC) is headed by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Region VI, together with the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordination Agency (PNVSCA). The search is done every December by the PNVSCA, together with the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee and the SOV-RSCs, in line with the celebration of National Volunteer Month. It aims to promote volunteerism as a tool for development by virtue of Republic Act No. 9418 or the Volunteer Act of 2007.

Antique Governor and RDC-VI Chairperson Rhodora J. Cadiao, together with NEDA-VI Regional Director and RDC-VI Vice Chairperson, Ro-Ann A. Bacal, awarded plaques of recognition to Goducate, as well as to two other organizations and three individuals for their exemplary performance and achievements in empowering communities and promoting volunteerism as a way of life, thus contributing to nation-building.

Since 2012, Goducate Training Center Iloilo has trained and housed over 300 volunteers who now serve all over the Philippines and Asia. The proceeds of its 11.2 hectare resort located in Barangay Sto. Angel, San Miguel, Iloilo go to community-development projects in poor villages in the country. Thus, it has recently been dubbed “Resort with a Heart”.

True to its tagline “Go and Educate”, Goducate Training Center will continue its pursuit as a non-government organization in Iloilo that provides training and community-development programs and projects for the youth and various sectors to develop group after group of Asian leaders in the 21st century. In the coming years, it aims to help and empower people in all of the barangays (villages) of the Philippines.

Goducate representatives receiving the award

*Our guest writer is a community-development trainer.

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Community Pangil, Laguna, learn about leadership, drug addiction, and premarital sex

Last month, Goducate Laguna held a Student Leadership Program at Pangil, a municipality in Laguna. The one-and-a half-day event, held in partnership with Pangil’s Youth Organization, covered not only leadership training but also education about pre-marital sex and illegal drugs.

We believe that leadership training is important for students because they are the next generation that will be leading the nation.

The event was attended by 34 community people on the first day. On the second day there were 40 community people, some of whom had come from other communities. The community people were mainly teenagers attending elementary and secondary school.

Users of illegal drugs in the Philippines are getting younger and younger, and it is important that the students are made aware of how use of these drugs can destroy their futures and ruin their lives and families.

Pre-marital sex is also a worrying issue in the Philippines. Data collated by the Philippines Statistics Authority show that over a third of Filipinos aged 15-24 have engaged in pre-marital sex, and that most of them do not use any form of protection.

The sessions consisted of presentations and discussions. These were followed by recounting of stories of Marvel Comics wizards Nico and Tina, and playing games related to the topics of drug addiction and pre-marital sex. More small-group discussions ensued, during which the students shared their stories, problems and struggles.

Donnalyn leading session on premarital sex

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Goducate musicians from Philippines and singers from Indonesia perform in Singapore

A team of Goducate musicians from the Philippines, and a team of children from Indonesia trained in Goducate’s Sing Your English (SYE) program were in Singapore to perform at MHC Asia Group Pte Ltd’s 25^th anniversary dinner on Oct 7.

The trip to Singapore was an opportunity that the children might otherwise never have to travel out of their country. Through the generosity of Dr Low Lee Yong, founder and CEO of MHC, the children also had a few days enjoying Singapore’s attractions.

The music program in Laguna, Philippines, began as a means of attracting out-of-school youth back into education by offering lessons on playing the recorder. It has grown into successful program, with children learning how to play a whole range of instruments. Not only has the team been invited to play at various events, but many individuals have obtained university scholarships based on their musical ability, and two are now university students majoring in music.

The SYE program is a popular program in Indonesia for giving children the confidence to speak English. Although students learn English in school, most do not use the language out of class, but learning the language through song somehow gets them singing English sentences wherever they happen to be.

For its 25^th anniversary, MHC also donated a total of Sing$1 million to several organizations. Goducate, which received Sing$300,000, was the largest recipient.