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GSP Iloilo - SCPB launches Eight Point Challenge Activity with Challenge of Preparedness
written by Sr. GS Leanna Grace L. Oro
The Iloilo Girl Scout Council – Senior and Cadet Planning Board launched on January 2021 the Eight-Point Challenge activities on various virtual platforms. The one-month-long event features different challenging activities which aim to adequately prepare Filipino girls and young women on how to face and cope with the changing times.
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The first activity was the Challenge of Preparedness that was held on February. It highlights the meaning and importance of survival in different circumstances. It converts the Girl Scout Motto of "Be Prepared" into actual action not only at home, but also in school and the community to emphasize Baden Powell's teachings of being in a "state of readiness in mind and body" to do one's duty.
The activity ’ s program began with a heads-up, then an introduction of the girl-leaders, namely Sr. GS Leanna Grace Oro, Sr. GS Ianah Marie Basug, Cdt. GS Assyria Khassandra Landero, and Cdt. GS Angelica Rendaje. They prepared two different activities for the girls and this was announced through a pre-recorded, interactive Orientation Video that was posted on the GSP Iloilo Council’ s YouTube Channel.
The first activity was entitled “Maggayak: Handa Ka Na Ba?” . The girls had to make a video or vlog about disaster preparedness and their alert responses when it occurs.. “Be Prepared: Build a Kit” was the second activity. It requires the preparation of an emergency kit consisting of things that a person or a family would need in times of emergency. The 197 girls who participated were monitored in the Facebook search box through the hashtags designated for the challenge: #SCPBILOgoesVirtual, #ChallengeOfPreparedness, #EightPointChallenge, and #GirlScoutsPH.
The activity ’ s finale was a Digital Training on Emergency Preparedness in the New Normal with resource person, Yerma Anne Castro Ariston, a registered nurse and Unit Chief of Iloilo City Emergency Response of the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office.
All participants submitted an accomplishment form including their very excited feedbacks and constructive suggestions.
