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.