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Goducate Appreciates Barangay Health Workers in San Miguel, Philippines

A Barangay Health Workers Appreciation Day for the Municipality of San Miguel’s Rural Health Unit and the health workers of all the 24 barangays (villages) of the municipality was held on August 11, 2018, at Goducate Training Center, Iloilo. The theme of the event was “In Unity We Could Serve Better“.

Goducate’s Community Health Program is working towards strengthening its relationship with its partners and allies. Goducate is thankful for the steadfast partnership of the municipality in helping and empowering the people of San Miguel. This appreciation day was held to recognize the valuable efforts and sacrifices of barangay health workers all over the municipality to proactively combat malnutrition, hypertension, diabetes, and other health-related concerns.

Address by Dr Gimeno

60 participants headed by Dr. Mary Jane Gimeno, the rural health physician, enjoyed team-building activities and socializing with their fellow health workers through interactive discussions and fellowshipping over food. They also participated in a forum during which they discussed and shared with each other their best practices, common problems, and solutions.

Discussing challenges and solutions during forum

Everyone went home with not just full stomachs but also with joyful hearts knowing that all are supportive of each other in helping the municipality. They also received certificate of appreciation and a simple token.

Team-building activity
*Our guest writer is Joanna de Leon, a
Goducate community development worker.
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Youths in Philippines undergo leadership training in Ultimate Youth Camp

Eighty-six youths aged 10-19 took part in the Ultimate Youth Camp held at the Goducate Training Center in Iloilo from May 17-19. The purpose of the Ultimate Youth Camp is to train youths in leadership skills.

Some of the campers came from Iloilo Province, some from Guimaras, an island province across the water from Iloilo City, and some from Bacolod, a city on the huge island of Negros, also across the water from Iloilo City. They could register in cash or in kind, in the form of vegetables, meat, or other consumable goods available to them in their community.

On the last day of the camp, 17-year-old Wilhelm Richard Gonzaga stood in front of the other campers reading out the poem he had written about how thankful he was for what he had learned from the camp. All the other testimonials given that day included expressions of sadness about having to bid goodbye to their newfound friends.

Helping the staff who ran and taught at the camp were 7 trained youth leaders and 38 counselors. The counselors, some of whom were the current batch of trainees at Goducate Training Center, had first attended a Camp Counselor’s Training course. Every counsellor was assigned some campers, with whom they spent most of their time together.

Guest writer: Carmela Damaso, Trainee GTC Iloilo
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Goducate brings its programmes to Mindanao

Goducate aims to bring its programmes to all the 42,065 barangays (villages) of the Philippines. The training team recently went to Mindanao, the second-largest island of the country, to kick off the expansion there. The goal of this trip is to form teams in different key geographical areas. These teams will in turn train others in their towns and districts.

For this trip, the training team from Iloilo held “classroom” teaching in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon; Mambajao, Camiguin; and Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte. However, the practical work was done in different barangays (villages), for trainees to apply what they had learnt.

The team equipped potential trainers in three Goducate platforms — the Health Information Drive, GoTeens Student Leadership Program, and GoBasket Philippines.

The feedback from trainees was that these programs are generally acceptable and easy to apply. They are simple enough for housewives or young people to be carry out.

At the end of the training, the trainees formed their teams and plans for the next areas that they will reach.

Guest writer: Teofy Guzon, Goducate Training Coordinator