Goducate … Go And Educate! – Page 39 – Helping Asians Help Themselves

2016-08-262016-09-05

Goducate adds fun to Citizen Army Training in school in Bacolod, Philippines

“Fun” isn’t really the first word one would associate with Citizen Army Training (CAT)—except when it is for the students of Bacolod City National High School. At that school, the program will now be more than just the training under military-style discipline. The new program teaches how to build character, how to forge strong friendships, how to be community leaders (primarily at home and in school), and how to address community concerns. It also aims to build the emotional and moral well-being of the students. The methods include problem identification, teamwork, solution application, and evaluation.

The new program, a partnership between Goducate and the school, kicked off early the school year on July 11. It is designed for the grade 10 students (in their 4th year of high school), and will continue till the end of the school year in March 2017. Around 600 of the over 700 students have been assigned to.Goducate. These students, grouped into 19 sections (of 30 students each), meet up with Goducate facilitators once a month

Through this program, we aim to make the youth become an active and aggressive force in providing solutions to problems in the community even at their young age.

*Our guest writer is Jeru Samilo, Coordinator of Goducate Training Center in Iloilo

2016-08-192016-08-22

Goducate in Iloilo helps in university drug-awareness campaign

The Goducate Training Center in Iloilo, Philippines, was a partner in the drug-awareness campaign on July 23 that was sponsored by the National Service Training Program (NSTP) of Iloilo Science and Technology (ISAT) University La Paz Campus. The campaign was aimed at approximately 1000 freshmen college students. The other partners were the university’s department of Bachelor of Arts in Community Development and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 6.

Mr. David Abraham Garcia, the Public Information Officer of PDEA Region 6, gave a relevant and interactive lecture on dangerous drugs and the Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002). The talk about the dangers of drug addiction was then reinforced by an activity-based program facilitated by the Goducate team.

The program conducted by the Goducate Team focused on empowering the students to take preventive action against drug addiction. The students were divided into smaller clusters for the lesson and counseling time. GTC believes that the best medium for learning is fun, so fun and interaction were incorporated into the lessons, discussions and activities facilitated by Goducate community development workers. Surveys have shown that drug addicts who have loved ones who care for them have higher recovery rates than those who do not. Thus students were taught how to help drug addicts give up their addiction by being their friend. and a positive influence.

Smiling is one of the most effective tools in connecting with people. To help students confidently connect with people, Goducate held a week-long program called “Smile-all-you can Mission” for ISAT-University NSTP students. Students were divided into teams, and members were encouraged to greet and smile at anyone for 5 seconds. The person smiled at signed a form to verify receipt of a smile. The team who with the most number of verifications became the winner.

Goducate is one with the Philippines, together with the new President Rodrigo Duterte, in its relentless pursuit of putting an end to drug addiction in the country.

*Our guest writer is Joanna De Leon, a community development worker

Listening to talk by officer from Drug Enforcement Agency

2016-08-122016-08-16

Goducate teachers in Indonesia train how to facilitate Sing Your English Level-Up Program

Every year, Goducate in Indonesia holds a teachers’ training session for our Sing Your English (SYE) and eTalk (EnglishTalk) teachers, to refresh them with teaching methods and classroom management topics, and to empower them with inspirational topics. This year, our training was held from July 11 to 16 in Batam.

The SYE program, offered in Batam. Medan, Bandung, and Pekanbaru, was introduced 3 years ago. SYE Phonics Adventure is for kindergarten students, and SYE levels 1-3 covers basic English. We are about to launch SYE Level-Up, which aims to develop English-speaking skills and self-confidence through stage performances, English-language competitions, and fun workshops. The program covers SYE levels 4,5, and 6, and is packed with competitions in Expressive Reading, Storytelling, Poetry Recitation, Newscasting, Drama, and Musical presentations. Our teachers went through simulated classes of SYE Level-Up to learn how to facilitate the teaching of the lessons.

Our teachers’ training also offers a time of refreshment and fellowship with each other. There were sessions dealing with cases encountered in our actual classes and finding out how to manage these cases. This year our teachers were also taught to be sensitive, to observe and spot special-needs children and how to manage and deal with them properly.

We desire to deliver an excellent program for Indonesian students and we can only do this by regularly training our teachers and facilitators.