We are presently frantically trying to get the necessary building materials on to the site of the Goducate Training Center before the rains make it impossible for heavy laden trucks to enter the site. Thankfully, the rains that have been flooding the rest of the Philippines and the neighbouring areas around our site have not
dropped on our site!
We had originally planned to take in our first intake of trainees at the end of the year when the Multi-Purpose Hall (MPH) is completed. However, when we saw the plight of our neighbours – the poor, subsistence rice-farmers – we decided to start training them first!
The Camp Goducate seminar on hybrid rice production on July 24 at the Sto. Angel Barangay Hall is all set. Thirty farmers are attending along with 30 observers (barangay officials, guests, speakers, and facilitators). Mayor Victor Saclauso, Provincial Board Member Demy Sonza (representing the 2nd district of Iloilo that includes the town of San Miguel), Department of Agriculture Regional Director Larry
Nacionales, and Dean Reynaldo Dusaran of the CPU College of Agriculture, Resources, and Environmental Sciences have signified their intention to be at the seminar site on July 24. Already the people of Sto. Angel are ecstatic that some VIPs are coming to their place.
Goducate Training Center hopes to help Asians help themselves – even before it’s ready to receive its “official” trainees!
Charity begins at “home”!
