Goducate Training Center (GTC) in Iloilo, Philippines, is now busy holding youth camps regularly. During the Philippine summer months, youth camps/gatherings are held almost weekly. Many of the youth are transported in from poorer communities to be trained in discipline, team-work, confidence, leadership skills, life-skillls, etc.
These activities not only train these youth in many useful life-skills but also provide practical training for our GTC trainees on how to run youth activities. Presently, a pilot batch of over 20 trainees is undergoing their training in GTC. We hope that several of these initial trainees will stay on to serve as trainers next year – when we plan to
increase our intake of trainees to over 100. We also hope that several of them will be sent overseas (especially to Indonesia) to work with the large number of needy youth in other Asian countries.
This year the rainfall has been unusually heavy at GTC and has somewhat hampered our activities and other training activities (especially our agricultural training). However, learning to hold youth activities in the rain is a useful skill for our trainees as
they learn to help needy Asian youth help themselves – even under difficult conditions.
