Ilongga Scout snatch the 2nd Place in Global U-Report Competition

written by Cdt. GS Carmela Jade Cortez

Last January 19, 2021, Cadet Girl Scout Mary Divine de Villaluna was named as the 2nd Place winner of the Global U-Report Competition, where she was able to gather 102 girls and young women between ages 13-25 years old to join the campaign on giving the girls a chance to amplify their voices in regards to the issues in their society.

She was awarded with £100 gift voucher for the WAGGGS shop, a role on the WAGGGS U-Report Youth Steering Committee who creates the U-Report polls and a WAGGGS UReport t-shirt. Cdt. GS de Villaluna was also invited to become a U Report Global Ambassador.

"I felt so happy seeing the result as being granted such prizes and opening my door to more international opportunities," de Villaluna answered when asked about her reaction upon receiving the award.

This U-Report Competition is a project of WAGGGS in partnership with UNICEF to give an online space for the girls and young women around the globe to voice out about the issues or concerns in their community and give them the opportunity to grow and become good leaders of the future.

"Together with my fellow U-Report Ambassador, Dorothy, we are currently planning to have a U-Report Team here in the Philippines. This is to expand our network so that we could reach more girls and young women to participate and engage with us in this project," she added when asked about her future plans as a U-Report Ambassador.