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Goducate to provide new homes and potable water in Bay, Laguna

A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Goducate Meek and Lowly Sanctuary, Barangay Tagumpay, Bay, Laguna on March 9, 2021, to mark the beginning of two projects.

One project is the installation of potable-water systems for the community. The people in this barangay (village) have been using a hand pump to get their water from a deep well.

The other project is to construct new houses for families whose homes were badly damaged during typhoon Ulysses in November 2020 and who do not have the finances for reconstructing their homes.  Some of the families have continued to live in their damaged homes, whereas others moved into evacuation centers. The new homes are also designed to be elevated so that occupants need not have to evacuate when the village is flooded. Also each of the new homes will include a toilet. Some of houses in the villages do not have their own toilets, and some do but in a low-lying area that can get flooded.

Ten households have been chosen to be the beneficiaries of the housing project.

This Goducate project is being led by Mr. Leo Decinal in partnership with the Municipal Mayor of Bay, Laguna, the Hon. Jose Padrid, the Barangay Captain of Tagumpay, Bay, Laguna, Hon. Florencio Dungo, and Water Mission.

Other partners helping with the projects are the Regional Mobile Force Battalion in the leadership of PLTCOL Ledon Monte, and Municipal Link, Department of Social Welfare and Development under the charge of Mr. Maynard Marasigan.

*Our guest writer is Donnalyn Pereira, a staff member at Goducate Laguna.

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Goducate Laguna participates in Youth Leadership Peace Summit 2021

On Feb 17, 2021, Goducate Laguna partnered with My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Philippines Youth sector to participate in the Community Mobilization Project of the Local Government of Laguna, Youth Leadership Peace Summit 2021. The Summit was organized by Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-4A) at San Pablo Central School Gymnasium, San Pablo City, Laguna.

The Summit was part of an effort to foster closer ties with youth leaders to keep them away from illegal activities. It also aimed to hone youth to become better leaders and advocates of peace in their respective sectors.

25 youths from Goducate Laguna and the MBK-Youth sector, together with the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation of Laguna and other youth leaders and influencers of Region 4A-CALABARZON, attended the Youth Leadership Peace Summit. Altogether,  there were 125 attendees at the Summit.

Leo Decinal, Goducate Laguna Project Consultant and My Brother’s Keeper Philippines National Coordinator, was one of the resource speakers. He spoke on Values and Family. Other topics covered at the Summit included leadership; nationalism and patriotism; Executive Order No. 70 (an effort to institutionalize the Whole-of-Nation Approach to harmonizing government development efforts and services to pursue the country’s peace agenda); drug addiction and prevention; and love, courtship & marriage.

*Our guest writer is Donnalyn Pereira, a staff member at Goducate Laguna.

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Goducate Baguio provides life coaches to the police

The Goducate Team in Baguio had started to help the local branch of the Philippine National Police (PNP) with the Enhanced Revitalized Internal Cleansing Strategy (ERICS) (see Goducate blog of March 27, 2020), but the program was interrupted by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. So the program was converted to a virtual one using Zoom as a platform.

Under the ERICS program, members of the police force have to be part of a squad, with each squad being guided by life coach.

Goducate is one of the organizations that provide life coaches to the PNP. The Goducate Baguio team has been conducting the Squading Weekly Interactive Meeting (SWIM) on Zoom since July 2020. There are now nearly 60 police officers attending the weekly Zoom sessions held in various provinces around the region—namely, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Abra, Benguet, Apayao, and Kalinga. 

*Our guest writer is Carmela Damaso, a member of Goducate staff.