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Celebrates Its 7th Year This year saw a new and improved Search for the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO). This year saw a new and improved Search for ƚŚĞ dĞŶ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ zŽƵƚŚ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ (TAYO). dŚĞ d zK ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞƌƐ͕ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŝŵ-­‐ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ĐĂŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ some revisions to the entry form and a ŶĞǁ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƌŝĞĨĞƌ͕ Ă ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĞůƉ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞůLJ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚƌĞĂŵůŝŶĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŇŽǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŝŶ ŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ LJŽƵƚŚ Žƌ-­‐ ŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ TAYO 7 also took the spirit of togetherness and essence of service further by enjoin-­‐ ŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŶŐŐƵŶŝĂŶŐ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝ-­‐ pate and defy stereotyping through the programs and projects that they have ac-­‐ complished. To make the search more relevant, a new set of criteria was likewise put in place. ŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ũƵĚŐĞĚ ďĂƐĞĚ on the following criteria: Impact of the project entry on stakeholders; Harnessing ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐŚŝƉ͖ ƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ͖ ^ƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďŝůŝƚLJ͖ ĂŶĚ īĞĐƟǀĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘

-­‐ one of the highest turnout of entries in its seven years of existence. From Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and NCR, these groups really know what “service” is all about. As another reason to celebrate this year, ĨƌĞŶ WĞŹĂŇŽƌŝĚĂ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ; d Ϳ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ stage when he was proclaimed the CNN Hero of 2009 through the Kariton Klasrum Project. We are aware that the said proj-­‐ ĞĐƚ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ d ĂŶ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dĞŶ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ zŽƵƚŚ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͘ TAYO is truly proud of Efren and all these un-­‐ sung heroes worthy of being recognized and emulated. In the coming years, TAYO ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ bring to the fore front the achievements ŽĨ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ďLJ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ search will keep moving forward to inspire ŵŽƌĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ƐŽůƵ-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ƋƵŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞLJ ďĞůŽŶŐ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ŶĂƟŽŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁŽƌŬ together to achieve a noble task. Dahil dapat sama-­‐sama TAYO sa pag-­‐harap ng hamon ng panahon!

TAYO 7 received almost 200 entries from LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ 2

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Presenter /Ŷ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϭϵϴϲ͕ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉ-­‐ ƉŝŶĞƐ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϲϬƚŚ ĂŶ-­‐ ŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ dŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ͗ ͞dŽ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵ-­‐ ŶŝƟĞƐ ǁĞ ƚŽƵĐŚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽ LJŽƵƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐĞůĨͲƌĞůŝĂŶƚ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞ ƚŽ ĞdžĐĞů͘͟ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ d zK ďĞŐĂŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĂǁĂƌĚ ĚƵďďĞĚ ĂƐ ͞ ŽŬĞ ĂƌŬĂĚĂ͕͟ ĂŶ ĂǁĂƌĚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞƐƚ ĞŵďŽĚŝĞƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌŶĞƐƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ LJŽƵƚŚ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌŵĞŶƚ ŐƌĞǁ ĞǀĞƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ d zK ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ LJĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ LJĞĂƌ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ d zK ĂŶĚ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŬĞ WůĂŶĞƚ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ TAYO Leadership Training.

Organizers ŶŽŶͲƐƚŽĐŬ͕ ŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĮƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶ-­‐ ǀĞƌŐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů governance. It facilitates dialogues and discussions among govern-­‐ ment and private sector leaders on current issues and concerns of ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ͘ d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ĂĐƟǀĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŝŶ d zK ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ͘ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞƐ ŝŶ ƉŽƐƚͲĂǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ĐĂƉĂďŝůŝƚLJͲďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶĂƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ĐĂŵ-­‐ ƉĂŝŐŶ ĐƌLJ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϭ ĨŽƌ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƌĞůLJ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ŽŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞLJ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ /ŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďLJ ^ĞŶ͘ <ŝŬŽ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƐ Ă LJŽƵƚŚ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞƌǀĂŶƚ͕ dĞĂŵ <ŝŬŽ ŝƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŬ ƚŽ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ LJŽƵŶŐ &ŝůŝƉŝ-­‐ ŶŽƐ ŝŶ ŶĂƟŽŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ůĞĂĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ d zK ĂŶĚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ͘

dŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ;Ez Ϳ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ LJŽƵƚŚ ƉŽůŝĐLJͲŵĂŬ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ďŽĚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ WƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶ-­‐ thusiasm akin to the Filipino youth, the NYC represents the interests of ƚŚĞ &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽ LJŽƵƚŚ ŝŶ ĂīĂŝƌƐ ŽĨ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘

Supporters With the establishment of TeaM Energy Foun-­‐ ĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ŐŽĞƐ ďĞLJŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝ-­‐ ŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝƚLJ͘ LJ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƚĂƐŬƐ ŽĨ ƌƵƌĂů ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ůŝǀĞůŝŚŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽ-­‐ grams aim to infuse learning, ignite growth and inspire change in the lives of the people. &ŽƌŵĞƌůLJ DŝƌĂŶƚ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ d zK ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚƐ ŝŶ-­‐ ĐĞƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƐĞǀĞŶ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ d zK ƐĂǁ dĞĂD ŶĞƌŐLJ͛Ɛ ƐƚĞĂĚĨĂƐƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶŝƟĂ-­‐ ƟǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘

^t ĂƐƐŝƐƚƐ ůŽĐĂů ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƵŶŝƚƐ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŐŽǀ-­‐ ĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞƐ͛ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĞŵ-­‐ ďĞƌƐ ŽĨ Đŝǀŝů ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĂů ǁĞůĨĂƌĞ development policies, programs, projects and services. ^t ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƌĚĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƐĞǀĞŶ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ d zK͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞƐ ĂĐƟǀĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂ-­‐ ŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŶĂ-­‐ ƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ǁĞůĨĂƌĞ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͘

&ŽƌŵĞƌůLJ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽĨ zŽƵŶŐ WŽůŝƟĐĂů >ĞĂĚĞƌƐ͕ W z> ŝƐ Ă ŶŽŶͲƐƚŽĐŬ͕ ŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĮƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ LJŽƵŶŐ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ Žƌ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞ-­‐ sponsible leaders through a variety of trainings, applied research, ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞdžĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ͘ /ƚ ĞŶǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ Ă ũƵƐƚ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƐ-­‐ ƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƐƉĞƌŽƵƐ ŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞ people, earn their trust, and restore their faith in government. For six years, PCYL celebrates youth dynamism and leadership po-­‐ ƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ d zK͘ /ƚ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ d zK͛Ɛ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ ĐŝƟ-­‐ zenry in the face of global crises.

Apart from this mandate, the NYC aims to celebrate youth volunteerism ĂŶĚ ďĞƐƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƟƚƵ-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ůŽŶŐ ƐƉĞĂƌŚĞĂĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ d zK ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƐŝŶĐĞ LJĞĂƌ ŽŶĞ͘

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AYO began seven years ago with this in mind: to be a venue where small organi-­‐ njĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞĂŐĞƌ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽĐĂůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ given the opportunity to be rec-­‐ ognized and awarded for their ef-­‐ forts. We never expected that in ƐĞǀĞŶ LJĞĂƌƐ͛ ƟŵĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ d zK ǁŝůů ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂ-­‐ ƟŽŶĂů ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĐĂůĞ͘

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hen I launched TAYO in 2002, my goal was to encourage LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ďLJ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ and unity. Seven years on and I am so happy to see now that that goal remains steadfast and unwavering.

dŚĞ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƐƚĂƌƚ-­‐ ĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ŶƵƌƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ advocacy, bringing love for edu-­‐

I have always believed that the youth is ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ŶĂƟŽŶͲ building. We have all been young once. We all know the energy, the wide-­‐eyed enthusiasm, the unadulterated passion to ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ ďŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ are the things we remember when we look back on our younger years.

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dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ŽĨ d zK ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ďĞ-­‐ ĐŽŵĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŶĂƟŽŶ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ Ɛ d zK ĂǁĂƌĚĞĞ ĨƌĞŶ WĞŹĂŇŽƌŝĚĂ ŚĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ͕ ŶŽ ƐŵĂůů ĚĞĞĚ ĞǀĞƌ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ Ă ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ EE ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐ-­‐ ŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ Śŝŵ ĂŶĚ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ d zK ŚĂƐ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĂƐƐƵŵŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟƌĞůĞƐƐ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐŽůĂĚĞƐ ĂŶLJ ĂǁĂƌĚͲŐŝǀŝŶŐ ďŽĚLJ ĐĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ ŐŝǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ĚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĞůůŽǁ ŵĞŶ͘

Seven years ago, we hoped to have a youth award that recognized col-­‐ ůĞĐƟǀĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƐŽůǀĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ We hoped that this youth award ǁŽƵůĚ ĞŶĚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƟŵĞƐ͕ given that the youth is a very dy-­‐ namic sector, with changing inter-­‐ ests and pursuits. ^ĞǀĞŶ LJĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ŽƵƌ ŚŽƉĞ ƐƟůů

ŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĂŬĞ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůLJ ƚŚĂŶŬ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵƚŚƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ my job as a public servant easier. Thank you! And keep up the good work!

SENATOR FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN

TAYO

dŚĞƐĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ advocacies not for the sake of fame or prize, but for the earnest desire to alleviate the problems ĂīĞĐƟŶŐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵ-­‐ munity, trying to give hope to people who have limited opportu-­‐

ŚŽůĚƐ ƚƌƵĞ͕ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂLJ Ă ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ improving the lives of the people around them. And though I am cer-­‐ tain that we are extremely blessed, strong as ever on our 7th year, I also know that each of those years represented perseverance, ideal-­‐ ŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ƐƚĂī and from the numerous youth that we have encountered. On one of those years, we awarded ƚŚĞ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘ tĞ were very impressed with their ƵŶĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽ-­‐ cality. On our seventh year, Efren WĞŹĂŇŽƌŝĚĂ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ d ŚĞĂĚƐ͕ won the CNN Hero of the Year ǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů spotlight on their youth organi-­‐ njĂƟŽŶ͘ DŝůůŝŽŶƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ saw what this small youth orga-­‐ ŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĂǀŝƚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŽ for the street children in their area and were inspired by their story.

^ƵƌĞůLJ͕ ĨƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ d ͕ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ũƵƐƚ lucky to have won. ĨƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ d ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐ-­‐ ŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŝŶ ǁĂƐ Ă ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ past 7 years -­‐-­‐ that these youth ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĚŽ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚ-­‐ light that we give them, and even ŵŽƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ŵĂŶLJ ǁĂLJƐ͕ ĨƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ǁŝŶ was a win for the faceless, name-­‐ ůĞƐƐ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůLJ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͕ ƐƟůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƚŽ do their share for our country. We salute all these youth organi-­‐ njĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶ-­‐ ƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƵŶ-­‐ try. When you look back at all you have accomplished, let us be the ones to say it -­‐-­‐ luck had nothing to do with it!

PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" A. AQUINO IV President TAYO Awards Foundation, Inc.

Republic of the Philippines

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ŶŝƟĞƐ͘ tĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝ-­‐ njĂƟŽŶƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƐ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Filipino youth will realize the old adage: Ang kabataan ang pag-­‐asa ng bayan.

RICHARD ALVIN M. NALUPTA Undersecretary &KDLUSHUVRQ DQG &KLHI ([HFXWLYH 2I¿FHU National Youth Commission

lot of people consider the number 7 a lucky number. For us at the TAYO Foun-­‐ ĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ŽŶůLJ Ă ůƵĐŬLJ number, the number 7 represents hard work and accomplishment.

We want all of these things to remain with the youth. We want them to never forget the unbridled vigor they have right here, right ŶŽǁ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůƐ͘

ĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵƚŚ ǁŚŽ would otherwise be caught in a cycle of poverty and the problems ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚ͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ďŽĂƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ in the past seven years, the TAYO program has been recognizing and awarding more than a hundred or-­‐ ŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ d ͘

Year 7

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* Message delivered at TAYO 7 Awards Ceremony Ϯϴ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͕ EĞǁ tŽƌůĚ ,ŽƚĞů͕ DĂŬĂƟ

ʹ ŽŶ ͞ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͕͟ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ care about the country, they do not ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ŶŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐůŝŶĂƟŽŶ to put the interest of others above their own. And the gentlemen had their research data on Filipino youth to back them up. I was so sad to hear this from them, but deep in my heart, I knew THEY were mistaken.

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ne month ago, when Met-­‐ ro Manila was reeling from ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ďLJ Typhoon Ondoy, I had a seemingly ŵŝƐƉůĂĐĞĚ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ů-­‐ low me to tell you this very short story, lest you think that I enjoy see-­‐ ŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƵīĞƌ ʹ zŽƵ ƐĞĞ͕ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ / ŵĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ĂŐĞŶĐLJ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ Ă ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ LJŽƵŶŐ people excited about being agents ŽĨ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ doing their bit for their country. Com-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵŶƚĞĚ ĂŵŽŶŐ ŝƚƐ ďĂƌŬĂĚĂ͛Ɛ ŐŝŵŝŬƐ͗ ƐƚĂLJŝŶŐ for a week in San Simon, Pampanga ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ă ĨĂƌŵĞƌ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ͕ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ >ƵŶĞƚĂ ĨŽƌ ŽƌLJ͛Ɛ ŵŝƟŶŐ ĚĞ ĂǀĂŶĐĞ͕ ŐƵĂƌĚŝŶŐ ďĂůůŽƚ ďŽdžĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĂŬĂƟ City Hall, and adding to the warm ďŽĚŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ WĞŽƉůĞ WŽǁĞƌ ŽŶ ^ ͕ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĐĂŵ-­‐ paign that would naturally appeal to the youth. And I thought that the two gentlemen I was speaking with ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ ƚŽŽ ʹ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ǁĞ ďĞůŽŶŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĂŵĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ Ƶƚ ďŽLJ ǁĂƐ / ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŝŵŵĞĚŝ-­‐ ĂƚĞ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŵLJ ƉƌŽƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ the youth are focused on themselves

Fast forward to September 27, 2009. ǀĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽĚǁĂƚĞƌƐ ŚĂĚ ƐƵď-­‐ sided, young people were out there, ĮůůŝŶŐ ƵƉ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ĐĞŶƚĞƌƐ ʹ ĐŽůůĞĐƚ-­‐ ŝŶŐ͕ ƐŽƌƟŶŐ͕ ƉĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƌĞůŝĞĨ ŐŽŽĚƐ͕ ƵƐ-­‐ ing technology to help in the rescue ĞīŽƌƚƐ͕ ƌŝƐŬŝŶŐ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŐĞƫŶŐ comfort to help ease the pain of people they did not know. So I was ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͊ dŚĞ &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽ LJŽƵƚŚ ƐƟůů cared! And if I may quote from Con-­‐ rado de Quiros: “Truly the Filipino ĐĞĂƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƟŵĞƐ ŽĨ Ěŝ-­‐ saster, rising beyond himself to come to the aid of the beleaguered. Or to those more beleaguered than he. It is a sight to behold.” Indeed, it was a sight to behold! ŬŽ DŝƐŵŽ͕ ŬŽ ĂŶŐ ^ŝŵƵůĂ ʹ ƚŚĞƐĞ are catchy campaigns to get the youth engaged, to get them to sign on and pledge their commitment to ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ / Ăŵ ŐůĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ the youth are stepping up and that they are laying stake to their own ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ Ƶƚ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ƚĂŐ͕ Ă ďĂŶĚ͕ Žƌ a t-­‐shirt declaring your commitment ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ ƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ-­‐ ŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ͕ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůůLJ ĐŽƵŶƚ͘ This is what thousands of young vol-­‐ ƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐ ĂŌĞƌ dLJƉŚŽŽŶ Ondoy. Ƶƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͕ ŽƵƌ ĚĞĂƌ d zK ĂǁĂƌĚĞĞƐ ʹ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ͘ dŽ LJŽƵ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ have less, are nothing extraordinary.

They are part of who you are. You saw the need for change and did not wait ĨŽƌ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ʹ LJŽƵ made that change happen. You did not wait for the reading center and ƉĂƚŚǁĂLJ ƚŽ ďĞ ďƵŝůƚ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ʹ you built them yourselves. You did not concede to the challenges of be-­‐ ŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ LJŽƵƌ ƉĞĞƌƐ͖ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ LJŽƵ ŐĂǀĞ ŚŽƉĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ to others who are like you. You did not yield to the status quo that would use precious resources for less important projects rather than addressing the ǀĞƌLJ ďĂƐŝĐ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŶƵ-­‐ ƚƌŝƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵ-­‐ nity. I am so proud of all of you! /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ d zK ĂŶĚ / ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŵĂnjĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐƐ͛ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ͕ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ by their passion, and invigorated by their energy. We have a lot to learn ĨƌŽŵ LJŽƵ ʹ LJŽƵƌ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ to problem solving, your discontent with being stereo-­‐typed, your cre-­‐ ĂƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚͲŽĨͲƚŚĞ ďŽdž ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͕ your genuine caring for those who ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ůĞŌ ďĞŚŝŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ among us must take the cue from LJŽƵ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ʹ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĐŽƵŶ-­‐ cil president simply replied when a judge asked him what would happen ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ he was no longer president: he said that the accomplishments were not ŚŝƐ ĂůŽŶĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ŽŶ͕ ůŽŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ term. dŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ d zK ŝƐ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ʹ ǁŽƌŬ-­‐ ing together, serving together to ŵĂŬĞ ůŝĨĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ ŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ good work! God bless you!

When Heroes Come Together

FEATURES 11-We Entered The TAYO Search… Now What? TAYO Continues With Year 7 1213-KC Concepcion: Full Support to TAYO 14-:KR :LOO EH WKH 1H[W (IUHQ 3HxDÀRULGD" 15-TAYO 7 National Judges 16-When Heroes Come Together 30-TAYO 7 in Photos 40-TAYO 7 Special Awards 41-KABATAAN: Ang Bagong Lakas ng Lipunan 52-Liwanag Sa Dilim 53-Heroes

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1218-- WINNERS

winners in the previous year were resent during the launch

Guesset National High School Science Club

20 Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines - Pamplona Chapter

22-Sangguniang Kabataan - Passi City Federation 24-Mu Sigma Phi Sorority 26-Batis - Youth Organization that Gives Hope and Inspiration (YOGHI) 28-El Consejo Atenista 32-Samahan ng Maliliit na Mangingisda ng Kabataang BALTAK (SMM KABALTAK)

34-Muntinlupa Junior Rescue Team

Liwanag Sa Dilim

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Efren Peñaflorida, 2009 CNN Hero of the Year

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36-Iloilo Prima Galaw Productions (IPGP) 38-Earnest Support for Underprivileged Children

(E-SUCH) Charity Assistance Association, Inc.

FINALISTS 42-Pag-asa Youth Association - Talisay City Chapter 43-Tsinelas Group of Campus Volunteers 44-Kulasihan Young Achievers, Inc. 45-Students in Free Enterprise - Mindanao State University, General Santos 46-University of the Philippines Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants 47-Dire Husi Initiative Organization 48-Pongoleel 4-H Club 49-Special Education Students' Association (SPEDSA) 50-Students in Free Enterprise - University of Luzon 51-Students in Free Enterprise - St. Paul University Quezon City REGULAR SECTIONS 6-Messages 54-Acknowledgements

CECILE L. ALCANTARA President Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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KC Concepcion: Full Support to TAYO

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The TAYO trophy was executed by sculptor Toym de Leon Imao. A proud product of the University of the Philippines, /ŵĂŽ ŝƐ Ă ŚŝŐŚůLJ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ĂƌƟƐƚ whose works have graced ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŵŽŶƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌŬƐ͕ and which have been hailed as ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶĐĞ͘

Cover Photo Cover photo shows the TAYO 7 awardees holding up a TAYO trophy as one team. This was taken during the TAYO 7 Awarding Ceremony last KĐƚŽďĞƌ Ϯϴ͕ ϮϬϬϵ ďLJ Dƌ͘ ĞŶŶŝƐ DĞŶĚŽnjĂ͘

EDITORS Liza Castañeda Katherine Purugganan

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Maria Regina Reburiano Georgina Nava

WRITER

zŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ to submit an entry to the TAYO awards. You comply with all the requirements needed to be a valid entry. The Secretariat then re-­‐ ĐĞŝǀĞƐ LJŽƵƌ ĞŶƚƌLJ͘ Ƶƚ ďĞ-­‐ tween the submission and the awarding, how are the

For the TAYO trophy, he took ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĂLJĂŶŝŚĂŶ spirit of the Filipino, as shown by the front relief of a group working hand in hand and ƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ƚŽ ĂƩĂŝŶ ŝƚƐ goals. Imao pays tribute to the ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ Ă &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽ team, the very heart of the TAYO search. In the back ƌĞůŝĞĨ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƉŽƌƚƌĂLJƐ a lone individual harnessing a sail -­‐ capturing the spirit ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀĞ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƌLJ ĐŚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘

dŚĞ d zK EĂƟŽŶĂů &ŝŶĂůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ level of the search, is a week-­‐long gathering of the top 20 organiza-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶ-­‐ ƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ DĂŶŝůĂ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů :ƵĚŐŝŶŐ and the Awarding Ceremony. (* ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ d zK EĂƟŽŶĂů &ŝŶĂůƐ tĞĞŬ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϭϲͲϭϳͿ

WE ENTERED THE TAYO SEARCH… NOW WHAT? Here’s how the ten best youth organizations for the year are chosen: Ten Accomplished Youth KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ really deter-­‐ Each validator then prepares a dŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƩLJ report and sends video clips, pho-­‐ much similar to the Area Finals, mined? ,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽǁ͙ First, the TAYO secretariat looks through all your documents to make sure that you complied with the requirements correctly. The new requirement for TAYO 7 is the ͞ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ďƌŝĞĨĞƌ͕͟ ĨŽƵƌ ƉĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞƚĂŝů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ƌƵŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĂŶĚ structured. The panel of screeners (see below) will thank you if you fol-­‐ low this correctly.

CONTRIBUTORS Maria Regina Reburiano Liza Castañeda Katherine Purugganan Georgina Nava Nina Terol-­‐Zialcita DŝĐŚĂĞů ŝĞnj Redg Plopinio

Silvie Jasmin Agravante

Second, the TAYO secretariat con-­‐ sults with a panel of screeners, ex-­‐ ƉĞƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮĞůĚƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ǀĂƌŝĞĚ ƐĞĐ-­‐ tors whose judgment skill we trust. Each area (Luzon, Visayas, Mind-­‐ anao and NCR) gets its own panel. Each of the panels select ten (10) ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ƵŶĚĞƌŐŽ ĮĞůĚ ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ criteria: Impact of the Project En-­‐ ƚƌLJ ŽŶ ^ƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ͖ ,ĂƌŶĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ sŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƟnjĞŶƐŚŝƉ͖ ƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ͖ ^ƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďŝů-­‐ ŝƚLJ͖ ĂŶĚ īĞĐƟǀĞ hƐĞ ŽĨ ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘

PHOTOS Rey Mondez ĞŶŶŝƐ DĞŶĚŽnjĂ Redg Plopinio Evita Garcia

LAYOUT ARTIST Leah Katrina del Rosario

TAYO Awards Foundation, Inc. Chairman: Mr. Rollie C. Fabi Co-­‐Chairman: Mr. Mike E. Sicat President: Dƌ͘ WĂŽůŽ ĞŶŝŐŶŽ Η ĂŵΗ ͘ ƋƵŝŶŽ /s TAYO is published by the TAYO Awards Foundation, Inc. 2602-­‐C East Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605 For inquiries, call (02) 687-­‐5917 or email tayo.secretariat@gmail.com. You may also text 0917-­‐TXT-­‐TAYO (0917-­‐898-­‐8296). Check out our website at www.tayoawards.net.

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ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ inspect the area/recipients of the project. You need to give the cor-­‐ ƌĞĐƚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͕ which will determine things like how many project recipients you had, how long you implemented the project, where you got your funds, etc.

TAYO

Third, we organize TAYO alumni, friends and partners in all corners ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĮĞůĚ validators once we determine the ĨŽƌƚLJ ;ϰϬͿ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŽŶ͘ ƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚ

Year 7

ƚŽƐ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ĨŽƌŵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ-­‐ Ăů ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐ-­‐ ƌĞƚĂƌŝĂƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŽŶ process. The Secretariat will then ĐŚĞĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ǀĂůŝĚĂƚŽƌƐ͛ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ next level.

The second to the last level of the search is the Area Finals. ŌĞƌ ƋƵĂůŝĨLJŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůŝĚĂƟŽŶ ƉŚĂƐĞ͕ LJŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ to join the Area Finals. One repre-­‐ ƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů be reqƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ Ă ƚǁŽͲĚĂLJ session that includes teambuild-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂŶĞů ŽĨ judges to present your project. A standard powerpoint presen-­‐ ƚĂƟŽŶ ƚĞŵƉůĂƚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ďLJ LJŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ as they face a panel of judges to explain your project in 7 minutes ƚŽƉƐ͘ ϭϬͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ĨŽůůŽǁ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ rigors of the Area Judging process and is deserving enough to be ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ĮǀĞ ;ϱͿ ŽƌŐĂ-­‐ ŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ d zK EĂƟŽŶĂů &ŝŶĂůƐ͘

ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ ƟŵĞ ůŝŵŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͗ ĮǀĞ ;ϱͿ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ Ă ĨŽƌ-­‐ midable panel of judges composed ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ͘ ŐĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞƐĞŶ-­‐ ƚĂƟŽŶ͘ ZĂŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ͘ It is only then that the Ten Accom-­‐ ƉůŝƐŚĞĚ zŽƵƚŚ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ of the year will be determined. And to keep the suspense high, the win-­‐ ŶĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ Awarding Ceremony.

ĐĂƐŚ ŐƌĂŶƚ ŽĨ WŚƉ ϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ͘ϬϬ awaits each TAYO winner, plus a specially commissioned trophy ƐĐƵůƉƚĞĚ ďLJ Dƌ͘ dŽLJŵ Ğ >ĞŽŶ Imao. The TAYO ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŵĂLJ be long but, as they say, the road to success is never easy. Indeed, it is not easy to select the best among very competent entries LJĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ LJĞĂƌ͘ Ž ŶŽƚ ĚĞƐƉĂŝƌ ŝĨ LJŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ LJŽƵƌ ĞŶƚƌLJ͘ Instead, take it as a challenge to ŵĂŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂŶĚ then submit an entry again. Who knows, 2010 might be your year.

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KC TAYO: on

“I’m proud to be part of this generation. It’s really inspiring for me to see what the youth are doing today.”

The Search for the Ten Accomplished Youth Or-­‐ ŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ zĞĂƌ ϳ ǁĂƐ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ held at the Podium Cinemas. dŚĞ DĞŐĂ ĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͕ DƐ͘ < ŽŶĐĞƉĐŝŽŶ͕ ŐƌĂĐĞĚ the event, along with TAYO stalwarts Sena-­‐ ƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ͕ d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ Ăŵ ƋƵŝŶŽ ĂŶĚ EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ Žŵ-­‐ mission Chairman Richie Nalupta. Also in at-­‐ tendance was Ms. Cecile Alcantara, President ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ presenter of TAYO 7. dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĐŽŝŶĐŝĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŌ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ŽĨ the 2nd Quisumbing-­‐ ƐĐĂŶĚŽƌ &ŝůŵ &ĞƐƟǀĂů for Health, the winning ĞŶƚƌLJ ĨŽƌ d zK ϲ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity

of the University of the Philippines Manila Col-­‐ lege of Medicine. ^ŽŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ speeches from the TAYO principals were con-­‐ cluded, those present in the cinema witnessed ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ͞^ĂŶƟŐǁĂƌ͕͟ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶ-­‐ ŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭƐƚ Y &&͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĞƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ͛ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽ-­‐ rum following the screening. Also present during the joint TAYO 7 and 2nd QEFF launch was Mandaluyong City Mayor ĞŶŚƵƌ ďĂůŽƐ͕ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ďĂŶƚĞ of NYC, Commissioner Akiko Thomson of the Philippine Sports Commission, former Health ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ƌ͘ ůďĞƌƚŽ ZŽŵƵĂůĚĞnj͕ :ƌ͕͘ ĂŶĚ ^t ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ 'ĞƌĂƌĚŽ ƵƐĞďŝŽ͘

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Her busy schedule notwithstanding, youth icon and ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŵďĂƐƐĂĚŽƌ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ ,ƵŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ EĂƟŽŶƐ tŽƌůĚ &ŽŽĚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͕ < ŽŶĐĞƉ-­‐ ĐŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůůͲŽƵƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ the Search for TAYO for the Ten Accomplished Youth KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ͛Ɛ ĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ͘ < ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂĐƟǀĞůLJ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ d zK ĞǀĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŚĞ acted as one of the judges during a previous search ĂŶĚ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ d zK Awarding Ceremonies for two straight years. She has worked with TAYO kids during various outreach pro-­‐ ŐƌĂŵƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ hEͲt&W͛Ɛ ͞ ŶĚ ,ƵŶŐĞƌ͗ tĂůŬ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ͟ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ͘ KC acknowledges that she has personally become ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ d zK ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ͘ ͞ ŶĚ / ĂůƐŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶƟŵŝĚĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͘ ^ŝŶŽ ďĂ ŶĂŵĂŶ ĂŬŽ ƉĂƌĂ ŚƵŵĂƌĂƉ ƐĂ ŝŶLJŽ͍” she revealed. “It helped that I spent years living abroad because I ĐĂŶ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŵLJ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ŶĚ ĂƐ d zK͛Ɛ LJĞĂƌ 7 comes to a close, I am really amazed at what the LJŽƵƚŚ ĐĂŶ ĚŽ ƚŽĚĂLJ͘ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƉƌŽƵĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘͟

Understandably, KC is also overwhelmed by the things she witnesses in the course of her job as an ambassa-­‐ dor and her other involvements, like in TAYO. “Every-­‐ ƟŵĞ / ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ DŝŶĚĂŶĂŽ͕ / ŚĂƌĚůLJ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵLJ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ƐŚŽǁďŝnj͘ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ-­‐ volved,” said KC. “Hunger, unfortunately, is a tremendous challenge ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ĨĂĐĞ ŽƵƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĂǁĂLJ ƵŶƟů ǁĞ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ /͛ŵ ƚŚĂŶŬ-­‐ ful to TAYO that they gave me an opportunity to talk about this. It is the most basic need, kasi kung gutom ŶĂŵĂŶ ĂŶŐ ĞƐƚƵĚLJĂŶƚĞ ƉĂĂŶŽ ƐŝLJĂ ƉĂƉĂƐŽŬ͍ Hunger ŬŝůůƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂŶ / ^͕ ŵĂůĂƌŝĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ,/s ĐŽŵ-­‐ bined.” ĂůůŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ͕ < ƐƚƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ͞KƵƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ďĂĐŬ͕͟ ƋƵŽƟŶŐ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ĂĐƚŽƌ :Ğƚ >ŝ͕ ǁŚŽŵ ƐŚĞ ŵĞƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶƚŽŶ 'ůŽďĂů /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ĨŽƌƵŵ ŝŶ ,ŽŶŐ <ŽŶŐ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϴ͘ tŚĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ǁŚLJ͕ ƐŚĞ ƌĞƉůŝĞĚ͗ ͞ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŶŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞ ŶĚ ůŝŬĞ d zK͕ ǁĞ can do more if we work together.”

ȗ ϐ ʹͲͲͻ ͳͲͲ ϐ ơ WFP as the country’s national ambassador against hunger to plead for more funds—at least $7 million (P340 million)—to Ǥ

ϐ ϐ ǯ Ǥ ǯ Ǧ ϐ ǡ ǡ Ǣ ǡ Ǣ ǡ Ǣ ǡ -­‐ Ǥ Ǧ ǣ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǧ Ǥ

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/Ŷ ϮϬϬϴ͕ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ >ĂƌƌLJ <ŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ĂŶĚ the subsequent fame and popularity brought about ďLJ EE ,ĞƌŽĞƐΖ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ĨƌĞŶ WĞŹĂŇŽƌŝĚĂ͛Ɛ ŽƌŐĂŶŝ-­‐ njĂƟŽŶ͕ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ; d Ϳ͕ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϲƚŚ ^ĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ dĞŶ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ zŽƵƚŚ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ;d zKͿ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ ĨŽƌ its work on Kariton, Klasrum & Klinik (KKK), a literacy and hygiene program for unschooled children. ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ ŚĞ had set for others around the world, Efren—“Kuya Ef” to his wards—has since won as the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. The world is now tuned in to the Philippines, seeing the power of great ideas and the hardworking heroes who make them happen. The work of Efren and of the many other individuals ĂŶĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ d zK ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ŝƐ ƚĞƐƚĂ-­‐ ŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ d zK ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂů-­‐ ůĞŶŐĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ƋƵŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ they belong. The search for TAYO also encourages the ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ ďLJ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘

Efren was one of the judges during the Luzon Area Finals of the 7th TAYO Search. He is now helping to encourage more young people to ƚĂŬĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ others. When asked what it took to be a hero, he replied, “When people regard me as a hero, I always tell them that they should look inside them too because I believe that ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ŚĞƌŽ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ŽƵƌ ĞLJĞƐ ǁŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽ-­‐ ing on, then let our hearts be willing to accommodate the needy, the desperate and the hopeless simply by extending our hand to them, and there you will unfold the hero that is in you.”

Senator Kiko Pangilinan Philippine Senate

MISS CRISTALLE BELO HENARES Intelligent Skin Care

Mr. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ

MR. JAN VINCENT ONG The Philippine Star

Chairperson Richard Alvin Nalupta EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ

MR. BOY ABUNDA Media Personality

Ms. Cecile Alcantara WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ

MS. NATALIE CHRISTINE JORGE ĂƚŽďĂůĂŶŝ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ

Regional Director Violeta Cruz ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů tĞůĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ

MR. JOHN PIERMONT MONTILLA <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶŐ 'ĂďĂLJ ƐĂ WŽƐŝƟďŽŶŐ WĂŵƵŵƵŚĂLJ͕ d zK ϭ

dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ ůŝŬĞ d zK͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŽŶůLJ ďĞ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƌĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ͙ ĂŶĚ ƵŶůĞĂƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ Ă ƚŽŶ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚ ŝŶ Ă world that badly needs it.

Ύ d zK ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĨƌĞŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ,ĞƌŽĞƐ ZĂůůLJ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĂůů ŽĨ ƐŝĂ ůĂƐƚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϵ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĞ ůĞŌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϵ EE ,ĞƌŽ͘ ǀĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ d zK ĂůƐŽ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ ĂƐ EE ,ĞƌŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͘ tŚĞŶ ŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ DĂŶŝůĂ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ǁŝŶ͕ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ŚŽŶŽƵƌĞĚ ĨƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ͞^ĞƌǀĂŶƚ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁĂƌĚ͟ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ůƵŶĐŚ ŚĞůĚ ůĂƐƚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϰ͘ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ Ă ĐŽƉLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĞŶĂƚĞ ZĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ĨƌĞŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ǁŝŶ ĂƐ EE ,ĞƌŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͘ ͞<ĂƐĂŵĂ d zK ǁĂƌĚ͟ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞŶ ďLJ d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ Ăůů &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ Ăůů LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ ,ĞƌŽĞƐ tĞůĐŽŵĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĂŌĞƌ ŚĞůĚ ůĂƐƚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϭϭ ƚŽ ŚŽŶŽƌ ĨƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ŵĂƌĐŚĞĚ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ͞<ĂƌŝƚŽŶ <ůĂƐƌƵŵ͟ ĨƌŽŵ WĂƐĞŽ Ğ ZŽdžĂƐ ƚŽ LJĂůĂ ĂŶĚ DĂŬĂƟ ǀĞŶƵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĂƌĐŚ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ŽĨ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ͘

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ĐĂƉƉĞĚ ďLJ Ă ƐĂĨĂƌŝ ƚŽƵƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƟŐĞƌ ĞŶĐůŽƐƵƌĞ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐůŽƐĞ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ striped kind. Of course no visit to Subic is complete ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƐŽŵĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĚƵƚLJͲĨƌĞĞ ŽƵƚ-­‐ ůĞƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ DĂŶŝůĂ ƟƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŽƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽů-­‐ lowing day.

When Heroes Come Together The TAYO 7 National Finals Week

dǁĞŶƚLJ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŶǀĞƌŐĞĚ Ăƚ the SEAMEO Innotech Center for the 7th Search for the Ten Accomplished Youth Or-­‐ ŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ EĂƟŽŶĂů &ŝŶĂůƐ tĞĞŬ͘ dŚĞ /Ŷ-­‐ ƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ,ŽƵƐĞ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ ŚŽŵĞ ďĂƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌŝĂƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚƵƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ͘

ƚŽ ŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ ǁĞĞŬ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ given the story behind the TAYO trophy by Mr. Toym de Leon Imao, the renowned sculptor who had been ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJͲĐƌĂŌĞĚ ƚƌŽƉŚŝĞƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ d zK͘ Dƌ͘ :ƵŶ ŶŐĞůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ;Ez Ϳ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ >ƵnjŽŶ ƌĞĂ KĸĐĞ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ LJŽƵ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ͘

ĂLJ ϭ ďĞŐĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĂĐƟǀŝ-­‐ ƟĞƐ͘ ^ĞǀĞƌĂů d zK ůƵŵŶŝ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ďĂƚĐŚĞƐ were present to encourage the newbies, recognizing ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉŽŝŶƚĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ

dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ǁŽŬĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ they are scheduled to go to Subic. The highlight of the day was the trip to Zoobic Safari. This proved to ďĞ ŶŽ ŵĞƌĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ĞdžĐƵƌƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶƚƌŽ-­‐ ĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚz͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ

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EŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŚĂĚ ĂŶLJ ŝĚĞĂ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŐƌŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ nervous to face the panel of judges, co-­‐chaired by ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ ĂŶĚ d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ Ăŵ ƋƵŝŶŽ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂŶĞů ǁĂƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ďLJ Ez ŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ ZŝĐŚŝĞ EĂůƵƉƚĂ͖ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĞĐŝůĞ ůĐĂŶƚĂƌĂ͖ ĂƚŽͲ ĂůĂŶŝ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŚŝŶŐ :ŽƌŐĞ͖ WŚŝůŝƉ-­‐ ƉŝŶĞ ^ƚĂƌ ^ƵƉƌĞŵĞ ĐŽůƵŵŶŝƐƚ :ĂŶ sŝŶĐĞŶƚ KŶŐ͖ ^t ZĞŐŝŽŶĂů ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ sŝŽůĞƚĂ ƌƵnj͖ d zK ϭ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ;<ĂďĂƚĂĂŶŐ 'ĂďĂLJ ƐĂ WŽƐŝƟďŽŶŐ WĂŵƵŵƵŚĂLJ ĨŽƵŶĚ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŝƌͿ Dƌ͘ :ŽŚŶ WŝĞƌŵŽŶƚ DŽŶƟůůĂ͖ /ŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ ^ŬŝŶ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ƌŝƐƚĂůůĞ ĞůŽ ,ĞŶĂƌĞƐ͖ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚLJ Dƌ͘ ŽLJ ďƵŶĚĂ͘dŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂ-­‐ ƟǀĞƐ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ-­‐ ĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ďĞƐƚ ůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƉŽƐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJ were assured prior to the judging that their entries will be weighed on its merits, not solely by the skill of the presenter, but their skills were nevertheless tested by the formidable panel of judges. Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ Ă ĐůŽƐĞ͕ Dƌ͘ DĂƌŬ Ruiz of Hapinoy and Ms. Reese Fernandez of Rag-­‐ s2Riches, two of the most prominent youth-­‐led so-­‐ cial entrepreneurship groups in the country, shared ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ďĞŐĂŶ their advocacies and issued them a challenge to cre-­‐ ate more value in their projects.

ƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞLJ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ held the next day, but because this was going to be their opportunity to share their projects to a wider audience. The media visits began with a visit to the show “Mornings@ANC”, which for some, were their ĮƌƐƚ ds ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ ƚƌŝƉƐ ƚŽ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ Ͳ DD͕ ĂŶĚ Z,͘ ůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ were given a chance to showcase their projects, and they were also able to encourage other youth organi-­‐ njĂƟŽŶƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŽ aspire to be part of TAYO themselves. dŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ĚĂLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ǁĂƌĚ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ ĮŶĂůůLJ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ďĂƚĐŚ ŽĨ ŽƌŐ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ tŽƌůĚ ZĞŶĂŝƐƐĂŶĐĞ ,ŽƚĞů ĂƐ ĞĂƌůLJ ĂƐ ϴ͗ϬϬ Ă͘ŵ͘ tŚŝůĞ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĞƌ-­‐ ĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶŝƟĂů ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ for the day as they were joined by the popular band Rivermaya, who performed their best-­‐known songs during the awards program. The audience had their ŚĂŝƌƐ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ĞŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ͞ ǁŝƚ ŶŐ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞>ŝǁĂŶĂŐ ƐĂ ŝůŝŵ͕͟ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ŝŶ ĂǁĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ǁŝĐŬĞĚ ƐŬŝůů͕ ďƵƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ embodied the spirit of the projects of the organiza-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨĞƚĞĚ͘ The program was hosted by TAYO Awards Founda-­‐ ƟŽŶ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ Ăŵ ƋƵŝŶŽ͘ DƐ͘ < ŽŶĐĞƉĐŝŽŶ ĂŶ-­‐ ŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶ ƵŶĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ presence of TAYO organizers, supporters and part-­‐ ŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂ-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ d zK ĂǁĂƌĚĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ the event memorable not only to the winners, but ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŽ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů Finals.

LJ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ĚĂLJ ŽĨ d zK ǁĞĞŬ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞ-­‐

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The equal right ƚŽ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ the only thing we all ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ convenient and comfortable state of learning should never be ũƵƐƚ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ When even the schools in Metro-­‐ politan Manila experience short-­‐ age in classrooms, what do schools in the provinces expect? In a number of areas all over the country, this has become a usual sight: classes being conducted under ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞĞƐ͖ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĐŚĂŝƌƐ ƚŽ ĐůĂƐƐ͖ students all cramped up in a small corner, trying hard ƚŽ ƉĂLJ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͖ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ignoring either humidity or strong winds while conduct-­‐

ďĂƌĂŶŐĂLJ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ͕ ŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂů ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ some private individuals, bamboo, cogon, grass, rocks, bags of cement and even steel bars were brought and used to spruce up the school.

cum herbal garden was revived where students started ĐƵůƟǀĂƟŶŐ ƉůĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ƐĞĞĚůŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ŵĂŚŽŐĂŶLJ which grow abundant in the school grounds. dŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ŝŶƐƟůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ same enthusiasm among their schoolmates, teachers and parents to help guarantee that the projects will ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ͘ dŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵ-­‐ dents and supported by its General PTCA,

Building One’s Future Organization: Guesset National High School Science Club

dŚĞ 'ƵĞƐƐĞƚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ůƵď ƌĞǀŽ-­‐ ůƵƟŽŶŝnjĞĚ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝƐŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟnjĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ďLJ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŽĨ ďĞ-­‐ ing able to carry out some of the much-­‐needed proj-­‐ ects of the school without having to wait for govern-­‐ ŵĞŶƚ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ͞ ŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƌ͘ :ŽƐĞ ZŝnjĂů ƐĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶŐ ŬĂďĂƚĂĂŶ ĂŶŐ ƉĂŐͲĂƐĂ ŶŐ ďĂLJĂŶ͍ We in the club believe that all of us are young leaders and that all of us have the ini-­‐ ƟĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘ tĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƵĂůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ project because we really care not only to solve the ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͕͟ Geormie-­‐lyn said. “As we see the changes that we have made, we are ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͘ zŽƵŶŐ ĂƐ ǁĞ are, we know that we can do something good in

ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ ůů ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŵĂŬĞ͕ when added together, would bring greater change. Age is not the basis of leadership, but the dedica-­‐ ƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ŽƵƌ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŐŽŽĚ deeds to others,” Geormie-­‐lyn ended. tĞ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĂŐƌĞĞ ŵŽƌĞ͘ tŝƚŚ LJŽƵŶŐ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Žī ƚŽ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ ,ĂƚƐ Žī ƚŽ these young dynamic movers of change! The Department of Education expected that there are over 5.6 million students in public secondary schools for this school year 2009-2010 alone, so that explains the need for more buildings and classrooms to be put up in our public schools in the country. Some of these public schools have become over SRSXODWHG EHFDXVH RI WKH LQÁX[ RI VWXGHQWV Good thing we are inspired by Guesset National High School Science Club’s example of taking the lead in helping solve this problem. They have literally built their future ahead.

Project Entry: Adopt-Your-Own-School: Regreen and Restructure its Physical Facilities and Environment ŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŬĞͲƐŚŝŌ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ what our young students and educators in the public sector go through in the quest for learning. These are the same experiences that prompted the members of the 'ƵĞƐƐĞƚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ^Đŝ-­‐ ence Club in La Union to put up the “Adopt-­‐Your-­‐ Own-­‐School” project. “The school where most of the children in our com-­‐ munity are studying have so many needs to be ad-­‐ ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͕ which results to problems within the school. The place is not conducive enough for learning,” ex-­‐ ƉůĂŝŶĞĚ 'ĞŽƌŵŝĞͲůLJŶ ůĐĂƌĂnj͕ 'ƵĞƐƐĞƚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ůƵď͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ d zK ϳ search. The group built a temporary reading center ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂůƐŽ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ dining area for visitors which they called ͞<ƵďŽͲŬƵ-­‐ ďŽ͘͟ ůŝƩůĞ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ƌĞ-­‐ ƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶĂů ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƚĂLJ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚLJ Žƌ ƌĞůĂdž ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ďƌĞĂŬƐ͘ ĂŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ to fence and secure the school grounds. A nursery

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cess is able to provide ƉŽƚĂďůĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƐĂĨĞ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵŶŐ ŬŝĚƐ͛ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ͘ “Potable water is ob-­‐ tained by pouring wa-­‐ ter, whether from riv-­‐ ers, streams or deep well, into the bio-­‐sand ĮůƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŽƵƚƉƵƚ ĐĂŶ be immediately used. The supply, treatment

BioSand Water Filters is comparable to the centuries old slow sand ÀOWUDWLRQ SURFHVV ,W LV known to remove 95.0 to 99.0% of some organic contaminants, which includes bacteria, viruses, protozoa, worms, and particles. Filtration through this process is free of discoloration, odor, and unpleasant taste, thus making it safe for drinking, food preparation, hygiene, and sanitation. This is one innovative way of keeping our water clean and safe.

drinking clean and safe water. ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ĨƵůĮůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂů ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ We felt that young people like us can really be-­‐ come a medium of change of the country,” Arvin proudly said.

Organization: Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines Pamplona, Camarines Sur Chapter Project Entry: Dunong Kwarta sa Bio-Sand Filter Project

Studies prove that man can live without food but never without water. dŚĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ Ăůů ďŽĚŝĞƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ are being developed, studied and applied so that we ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐƵƉƉůLJ in our homes but to have the clearest, cleanest and safest drinking water much needed by our human bodies. The Pamplona, Camarines Sur Chapter of the Pag-­‐ ĂƐĂ zŽƵƚŚ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ, an orga-­‐ ŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŽĨ ŽƵƚͲŽĨͲƐĐŚŽŽů LJŽƵƚŚ͕ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ a livelihood project named the ͞ ƵŶŽŶŐ <ǁĂƌƚĂ

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sa Bio-­‐Sand Filter Project”. Aimed at providing its people—especially the young children in the area— safer water to drink, its local government unit and a ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ Įƌŵ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝ-­‐ njĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ ŐƌĂǀĞů ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ďŝŽͲƐĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĮůƚĞƌƐ͘ WĂĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŐŽƌ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ group explained that with the use of crushed gravel ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƉĂƐƐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĞ Ěŝƌƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ƐŝŌ-­‐ ĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ƐƚĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ ŐƌĂǀĞů and the water becomes clearer. The gravel takes away the contaminants from the water, which makes it an odorless and less complicated process. This pro-­‐

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ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ within the control of the individual households,” ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐ ƌǀŝŶ ZĞŐŝĚŽƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ͘ Moreover, the PYAP Pamplona Camarines Sur Chapter, with the support of various organiza-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ͕ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŝŶ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚͲŽĨͲƐĐŚŽŽů LJŽƵƚŚ an added income as well by producing more ďŝŽͲƐĂŶĚ ĮůƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ ƵŶŝƚƐ ƉĞƌ day. The willingness of non-­‐government organiza-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƐƵďƐŝĚŝnjĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƉĂǀĞĚ the way for its expansion. It brought the ďŝŽͲƐĂŶĚ ĮůƚĞƌƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŽ ϭϯ ďĂƌĂŶŐĂLJƐ in Pamplona but also in the neighbor-­‐ ing towns. The expansion has given the youth a chance to earn while improving their quality of life. dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽ-­‐ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ĨŽƌĞŵĂŶ͕ ĮůƚĞƌ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐŝĂŶƐ and some US Peace Corps Volunteers ůŝŬĞǁŝƐĞ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŽƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĞĚƵĐĂƚĞ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ

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SEALing THE DEAL FOR THE FUTURE Organization: Sangguniang Kabataan Passi City Federation Project Entry: SEAL ͞/ŶǀĞƐƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵŶŐĞƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ǁĂLJ ŽĨ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ Stephen John Palomaria, President of the Sangguni-­‐ ĂŶŐ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶ WĂƐƐŝ ŝƚLJ &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ said when asked ǁŚLJ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĚĂLJ ĐĂƌĞ ĐĞŶƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ϱϭ ďĂƌĂŶŐĂLJƐ ŝŶ WĂƐƐŝ ŝƚLJ͘ ŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŽĨ ϱϭ ^< ŚĂŝƌŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ϰϬϬ ^< <ĂŐĂǁĂĚƐ ŝŶ the City of Passi, these young people united and gath-­‐ ered all their resources to create and implement Proj-­‐ ect S.E.A.L. or otherwise known as Project SƟŵƵůĂƟŶŐ Early Academic Learning for Children to Study, Explore, Achieve and Lead. This is their response to the press-­‐ ing problems of malnourishment among children ages ϯͲϲ͕ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ĚĂLJĐĂƌĞ ĐĞŶƚĞƌƐ͕ limited access to learning centers for these toddlers and even problems on child rearing. These concerns are quite a handful for young people like Stephen, ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂƉ ŶĞŐĂ-­‐

There is no such thing as too early in educating little kids. According to studies, children exposed to studying at a very early age will likely learn more things and remember more things as compared to those who begin formal school at age 5. Dr. Robert Titzer, an expert in infant learning says that children to be able to reach its full potential in brain development, should be exposed in studying even as early as infanthood by teaching these children simple words and by reading to them these words correctly. So SK Federation of Passi City just made the right choice of giving all-out support to our pre-schoolers. This is one effective way of empowering our heroes-to be. Way to go, Project SEAL!

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ƟǀĞ ƐƟŐŵĂ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŶŽƟŶŐ them as just mere support-­‐ ers of all sorts of sports events or commonly known as ͞ůŝŐĂ͟ during ďĂƌĂŶŐĂLJ ĮĞƐƚĂƐ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ begin a new project with all sorts of ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵƐ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͘ Yet, as Stephen puts it, they took the challenge and made sure to prove ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůĞĂƌ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ϱϭ ^< ŚĂŝƌŵĞŶ ũŽŝŶƚůLJ ďĞŐĂŶ WƌŽũĞĐƚ S.E.A.L. tŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ life of the children in their community who have work-­‐ ing mothers and also empowering these children by ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ day care centers, Project SEAL was put into place. All of the SK Chairmen allocated a budget which cov-­‐ ered school supplies and food to be given to kids in the daycare centers. As to reading materials, they have ĚŽŶĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ʹ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůĂLJͲŽƵƚ ƚŽ cut on cost and to put a personal touch in the proj-­‐ ĞĐƚ͘ LJ ďĞŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝƚLJ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ WĂƐƐŝ ƐĂǀĞĚ WŚƉϱϬϬ͕ ϬϬϬ͘ /Ŷ ƚƵƌŶ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ϲϳ ĚĂLJ ĐĂƌĞ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ďLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝƐƵĂů ĂŝĚƐ͕ ĂŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ Ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ĚĂLJĐĂƌĞ ŬŝĚƐ were given books and other school supplies, supple-­‐ ŵĞŶƚĂů ĨĞĞĚŝŶŐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ăůů ϱϭ ďĂƌĂŶŐĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞƚͲƵƉ ĂƐ ǁĞůů Ă ŝƚLJ ,Ăůů ĂLJ Care Center. This is to help local government employ-­‐ ees provide a venue for their schooling children that is within close range at their workplace to ensure them ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƚLJ ,Ăůů ĂLJ ĂƌĞ ĞŶƚĞƌ ďĞŶĞĮƩĞĚ ϯϯ ƉƌĞͲƐĐŚŽŽů ŬŝĚƐ͘

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“We believe that a valued child is the an-­‐ ƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ a new Philippines,” writes SK Passi City &ĞĚĞƌĂƚŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ d zK ŶƚƌLJ &Žƌŵ͘ Ğ-­‐ cause of this, an ordinance was passed in the City Council of Passi to ensure the ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͛ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďŝůŝƚLJ amidst change of leadership. The city government likewise hopes that the S.E.A.L. books will be distributed annually following ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞͲŝƐͲƚŽͲŽŶĞ ƌĂƟŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂLJĐĂƌĞ ĐĞŶƚĞƌƐ͘

ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ďŝŐ changes in the community even through small good deeds.

When all these were done, Stephen was asked about their feelings on the change they have made in their ĐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ĨƵůĮůůŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĂƐ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ ĐĂŶĚŝĚůLJ said, “the smiles cannot be exchanged to whatever ŵŽŶĞƚĂƌLJ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ͘͟ dŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ƐŵŝůĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞƐƚ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ŐƌĂƟƚƵĚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ extended to them.

Stephen expressed his dream for the youth of our coun-­‐ try, “I dream for a community in which all services are delivered directly to the young people. I also dream of an empowered youth sector. I want an involved youth ŝŶ ŶĂƟŽŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ / ŚŽƉĞ ŵŽƌĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ĐƌĞ-­‐ ate blue oceans in everything they do. Tayo pa rin ang ŵĂĂƐĂŚĂŶŐ ƉĂŐͲĂƐĂ ŶŐ ĂƟŶŐ ďĂLJĂŶ.”

As they became winners of the TAYO 7 search, the ^ĂŶŐŐƵŶŝĂŶŐ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶ WĂƐƐŝ ŝƚLJ &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐĞŶƚĞƌ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƟŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĐƟǀĞůLJ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƚŚ

Ɛ ŽƵƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŚĞƌŽ ƌ͘ :ŽƐĞ ZŝnjĂů ƉƵƚƐ ŝƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌĚƐ that the youth is the hope of our land, the SK Federa-­‐ ƟŽŶ ŽĨ WĂƐƐŝ ŝƚLJ ũƵƐƚ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƵƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ͘ dŚĞLJ have SEALĞĚ ƚŚĞ > ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĞƐƚĞĚ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ future leaders of our land.

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Health  is  wealth  -­â€?-­â€?  a  proverb  that  is  never  outdated  nor  obsolete.  When  news  of  plagues  or  epidemics  hit  our  coun-­â€? try,  especially  in  the  remote  areas,  we  know  we  cannot  just  sit  and  watch  people  die  without  ĆŒÄžÄ?ÄžĹ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜLJ žĞĚĹ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ ĂƊĞŜĆ&#x;ŽŜ͘ /Ĺś Ĺ?ĆšĆ? ϳϹ Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆ? ŽĨ ĞdžĹ?Ć?ƚĞŜÄ?Ğ͕ ƚŚĞ hW ŽůůÄžĹ?Äž ŽĨ DĞĚĹ?-­â€? Ä?Ĺ?ŜĞ͛Ć? ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš žĞĚĹ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ Ć?Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ˝ĆŒĹ?ƚLJ͕ Mu  Sigma  Phi,  has  very  high  regard  on  sisterhood,  scholarship  and  leader-­â€? Ć?ĹšĹ?Ɖ Ä‚Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆš ĨĆŒŽž Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä?LJ Ä?ŽŜĚƾÄ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? žĞĚĹ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ ĂŜĚ surgical  missions  throughout  the  country. ÍžtÄž ĹŻÄžÄ‚ĆŒĹśÄžÄš ƚŚĂƚ Ä‚ LJŽƾŜĹ? ƾžÄ‚Ĺ?Ä‚Ćš Ć?Ä?ĹšŽůÄ‚ĆŒ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ä‚ very  promising  future  died  of  Tuberculosis.  He  was  the  hope  not  just  of  his  family  but  the  tribe  as  well.  tŚĞŜ ŚĞ Ć?ĆľÄ?Ä?ƾžÄ?ĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ä?ŽžĆ‰ĹŻĹ?Ä?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? ŽĨ d Í• ĹšĹ?Ć? ÄšĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹľĆ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ ĨÄ‚ĹľĹ?ůLJ͛Ć? ĨƾĆšĆľĆŒÄž ÄšĹ?ĞĚ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ĹšĹ?ĹľÍ˜ /Ćš should  not  have  happened  if  only  they  knew  whom Â

to  seek  for  help,â€?  said  Rita  Mae  Ang,  a  member  of  the  Mu  Sigma  Phi  Sorority.  KŜĞ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ć?Ć?ƾĞ Ä‚ÄŤÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ĆŒÄžžŽĆšÄž Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? that  needed  to  be  addressed  is  the  inaccessibility  to  health  care  of  people  in  far  Ä?Ä‚ĆŒÄ‚ĹśĹ?ĂLJĆ?.  Philippine  ĆšĹ˝Ć‰Ĺ˝Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć‰ĹšÇ‡ ĂĚĚĆ? ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ÄšĹ?ĸÄ?ƾůƚLJ Ĺ?Ĺś ŚĂǀĹ?ĹśĹ? ŚĞĂůƚŚ Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?Ä?ÄžĆ? Ä‚Ä?Ä?ÄžĆ?Ć?Ĺ?Ä?ĹŻÄž ƚŽ ƚŚŽĆ?Äž ĹŻĹ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚŽĆ?Äž ĨÄ‚ĆŒͲŇƾŜĹ? Ä‚ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć?͘ dŚĞ Ć?Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ˝ĆŒĹ?ƚLJ ĆšŽŽŏ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ Ä?ŚĂůůĞŜĹ?Ğ͘ dŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;Ä‚ĹŻ Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?Ćš Ć?Ĺ?ƚĞ ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞ dƾƚŽŏ 'Ä‚DƾƚĂŜ Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?Ćš Ĺ?Ć? Ä‚ĆŒÄ‚Ĺś-­â€? Ĺ?ĂLJ Ä‚ĹŻÄ‚Ç Ĺ?Ć? ŽĨ ĹśĆ&#x;ƉŽůŽ Ĺ?ƚLJ͕ ZĹ?ÇŒÄ‚ĹŻÍ˜ ^Ä?ŚĞĚƾůĞĚ Ç€Ĺ?Ć?Ĺ?ĆšĆ? ƚŽ this  community  in  Calawis  were  made  to  aid  those  Ć‰ÄžĹ˝Ć‰ĹŻÄž Ć?ƾčÄžĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ĨĆŒŽž ůƾŜĹ? Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ä?ůĞžĆ?͘ ĚƾÄ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ ŽĨ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ĆšĹšĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ćš ŜĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĹŹĹśĹ˝Ç Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš ƚƾÄ?ÄžĆŒÄ?ƾůŽĆ?Ĺ?Ć? Ç Ä‚Ć? ƚŚĞ ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš Ć?ƚĞƉ͕ Ä¨Ĺ˝ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç ÄžÄš Ä?LJ ƚŚĞ ĆŒÄžͲĆšĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ä‚ĆŒÄ‚ĹśĹ?ĂLJ ,ĞĂůƚŚ tĹ˝ĆŒĹŹÄžĆŒĆ? Íž ,tÍż Ĺ?Ĺś ŚĂŜĚůĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ä?ÄžĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ć?Ɖƾƚƾž Ć?ĹľÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆ? ĂŜĚ Ĺ?Ĺś Ĺ?žƉůĞžĞŜĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?ĆšͲŽÄ?Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€ÄžÄš ĆšĆŒÄžÄ‚ĆšĹľÄžĹśĆš Íž KdÍż ƚŽ

empower  them  as  responsible  treatment  partners.  A  d ÄšĹ?Ä‚Ĺ?ŜŽĆ?Ć&#x;Ä? Ä?ŽžžĹ?ƊĞĞ Ç Ä‚Ć? ĨŽĆŒĹľÄžÄš ƚŽ ŚĂŜĚůĞ ƚŚĞ Ä?Ä‚Ć?ÄžĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ç ÄžĆŒÄž ÄšĹ?ĸÄ?ƾůĆš ƚŽ ÄšĹ?Ä‚Ĺ?ŜŽĆ?Äž Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž ƚŚĞLJ Ć?Ĺ˝-­â€? ĹŻĹ?Ä?Ĺ?ƚĞĚ Ä?ŽžĆ‰ĹŻÄžĆšÄž Ä‚ĹśĆ&#x;Ͳd žĞĚĹ?Ä?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? ĨĆŒŽž ÄšĆŒĆľĹ? Ä?Žž-­â€? ƉĂŜĹ?ÄžĆ?͘ DĆľ ^Ĺ?Ĺ?žĂ WĹšĹ? Ć?Ä‚Ç ĆšĹ˝ Ĺ?Ćš ƚŚĂƚ d ƉĂĆ&#x;ĞŜƚĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś the  community  got  regular  follow-­â€?up  check-­â€?ups  from  the  sorority  physicians.  Families  were  also  informed  ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŜĞĞĚ ĨŽĆŒ Ä?ŽŜƚĂÄ?Ćš ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ä?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ƚŽ Ä‚Ć?Ć?ÄžĆ?Ć? ƚŚĞ ƉĂĆ&#x;ĞŜƚĆ?Í› successful  recovery  from  the  disease. dĹ˝ ĚĂƚĞ͕ ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?Ćš ŚĞůƉĞĚ Ä?ĆľĆŒÄž ĞůĞǀĞŜ ƉĂĆ&#x;ĞŜƚĆ? Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ä‚ĆŒÄž ĹśĹ˝Ç ĹšÄžÄ‚ĹŻĆšĹšĹ?ÄžĆŒ ĂŜĚ ÄŽĆš ƚŽ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹÍ˜ WĹŻĆľĆ?Í• Ä‚ĆŒÄ‚ĹśĹ?ĂLJ Ä‚-­â€? ĹŻÄ‚Ç Ĺ?Ć? ŚĂĆ? ŚĂĚ ĹŻÄžĆ?Ć?ÄžĆŒ ŜƾžÄ?ÄžĆŒ ŽĨ d Ä?Ä‚Ć?ÄžĆ? Ć?Ĺ?ĹśÄ?Äž ĆšĹšÄžĹśÍ˜

that  awareness  in  their  own  spheres.  They  must  use  ĆšĹšÄ‚Ćš ĚLJŜĂžĹ?Ć?Ĺľ Ä?LJ Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂĆ&#x;ĹśĹ?Í• ĞŜÄ?ŽƾĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ Ĺ?Ĺś-­â€? spiring  older  and  even  younger  people  in  becoming  health  advocates. /Ĺś ƚŚĞ ŜĞdžƚ ώͲϹ Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆ?Í• DĆľ ^Ĺ?Ĺ?žĂ WĹšĹ? ^Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ˝ĆŒĹ?ƚLJ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?ŽŜ-­â€? Ć&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚŽ Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Äž ƚŚĞ ƾŜÄšÄžĆŒĆ?ÄžĆŒÇ€ÄžÄš ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂĚǀŽÄ?Ä‚Ä?LJ ĂŜĚ Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś Ĺ˝ĆŒÄšÄžĆŒ ƚŽ Ä?ÄžÄ?ŽžÄž Ä?ĂƚĂůLJĆ?ĆšĆ? ŽĨ Ä?ŚĂŜĹ?Äž ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĞĚƾÄ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ĂŜĚ Ć‰ĆŒŽžŽĆ&#x;ŽŜ ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?ƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŽĆ?Äž Ç ĹšĹ˝ ŚĂǀĞ ĹŻÄžĆ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ community. ÍždĹšÄžĆŒÄžÍ›Ć? ŜŽ ŜĞĞĚ ƚŽ Ç Ä‚Ĺ?Ćš Ä?ÄžĨŽĆŒÄž Ç Äž Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ä‚Ä?Ä?ŽžĆ‰ĹŻĹ?Ć?Ĺš big  things,â€?  Rita  concluded.

“We  are  proud  that  health  consciousness  in  the  com-­â€?

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munity  has  improved  because  ŽĨ ŽƾĆŒ Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?ĆšÍ˜ Ä‚Ä?ĹŹ ƚŚĞŜ͕ they  just  relied  on  the  peri-­â€? odic  visits  of  health  workers,  but  now  they  do  not  only  ac-­â€? Ć&#x;ǀĞůLJ Ć?ĞĞŏ žĞĚĹ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ Ć?ŽůƾĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? to  their  health  problems,  they  also  work  to  prevent  diseases  from  spreading.  Through  our  ÍšÄ?ŽƾĹ?Ĺš Ä?ĹŻĹ?ĹśĹ?Ä?Ć?Í› ĂŜĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĞĚƾ-­â€? Ä?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ?Í• ƚŚĞ Ć?Ć&#x;Ĺ?žĂ on  Tuberculosis  was  greatly  reduced.  Those  who  have  completed  the  treatment  were  given  a  sense  of  ac-­â€? complishment  and  improved  self-­â€?esteem.  We  realized  that  the  youth  are  instrumental  in  bringing  about  change  for  a  healthier  future,â€?  Rita  shared. Mu  Sigma  Phi  Sorority  hopes  ĆšĹšÄ‚Ćš ƚŚĞ LJŽƾƚŚ͛Ć? Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄžĹśÄžĆ?Ć? Ĺ?Ć? not  restricted  with  only  what  the  eyes  see,  that  they  may  learn  to  be  responsible  for  ĆšĹšÄžĹ?ĆŒ Ĺ˝Ç Ĺś ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚĂŏĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ĺś Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;ǀĞ ĆŒŽůÄž Ĺ?Ĺś ĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?

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According to the record of the World Health Organization’s 2009 Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report, the Philippines ranked 9 out of the 22 countries in the world that are considered to have a high-burden of Tuberculosis cases. We also came second to China as having the highest number of TB cases in the Asia3DFLÀF 5HJLRQ ,Q WKH \HDU DQ HVWLPDWed 100 Filipinos died of the disease each day. To date, efforts of lowering mortality rates are given much emphasis by concerned government agencies as TB is now considered to be a curable disease.

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“,Ä‚Ä?Ä‚ĹśĹ? žĂLJ Ä?ƾŚĂLJ žĂLJ ƉĂĹ?ͲÄ‚Ć?Ä‚ ÍžtĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž ĆšĹšÄžĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ć? ĹŻĹ?ĨĞ͖ there  is  hope),â€?  this  is  one  of  the  famous  adages  that  most  of  the  Filipinos  hold  on  to.  Perhaps,  this  is  one  reason  that  makes  each  one  of  us  believe  that  all  that  is  painful  may  just  be  a  passing  phase  because  all  will  soon  be  well.  Ä‚Ć&#x;Ć?ͲzŽƾƚŚ KĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƚŚĂƚ 'Ĺ?ǀĞĆ? ,ŽƉĞ ĂŜĚ /Ĺś-­â€? Ć?ƉĹ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ,  also  known  as  zK',/,  indeed  gives  hope  to  their  fellow  young  people  who  are  looking  for  Ä‚ĹśĆ?Ç ÄžĆŒĆ? ƚŽ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ƋƾĞĆ?Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?͘ zK',/ Ĺ?Ć? ƚŚĞ ŽŜůLJ ĆŒÄžÄ?-­â€? Ĺ˝Ĺ?ĹśĹ?njĞĚ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ WĹšĹ?ĹŻĹ?ƉƉĹ?ŜĞĆ? Ä?ŽžĆ‰Ĺ˝Ć?ĞĚ of  Japanese-­â€?Filipino  Children  (JFC).   They  help  JFCs  Ä?ŽžÄž ƚŽ ĆšÄžĆŒĹľĆ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ƾŜĹ?ƋƾĞ Ĺ?ĚĞŜĆ&#x;ƚLJ ĂŜĚ ĞǀĞŜƚƾ-­â€? ĂůůLJ Ĺ?Ä‚Ĺ?Ĺś ĆŒÄžÄ?Ĺ˝Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ ĨĆŒŽž ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ :ĂƉĂŜĞĆ?Äž ĨÄ‚ĆšĹšÄžĆŒĆ? Ä‚ĹŒÄžĆŒ ĨÄ‚Ĺ?ůĞĚ ĆŒÄžĹŻÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?ĹšĹ?ƉĆ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ žŽĆšĹšÄžĆŒĆ?͘ dŚĞLJ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ƾƉůĹ?ĹŒ ƚŚĞ žŽĆŒÄ‚ĹŻÄž ŽĨ ƚŚĞĆ?Äž LJŽƾŜĹ? Ć‰ÄžĹ˝Ć‰ĹŻÄžÍ˜ Ä‚Ć&#x;Ć?ͲzK',/ ŚĞůƉĆ? ƚŚĞĆ?Äž :& Ć? Ć?ƚĂŜĚ Ć?ĆšĆŒŽŜĹ? Ä‚Ĺ?Ä‚Ĺ?ĹśĆ?Ćš ÄšĹ?Ć?Ä?ĆŒĹ?ĹľĹ?ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ĂŜĚ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĹŠĆľÄšĹ?Ä?Äž ĂŜĚ Ä‚ĹŻĆ?Ĺ˝ ĞĚƾÄ?ĂƚĞ ƚŚĞž ŽĨ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĆŒĹ?Ĺ?ŚƚĆ?͘ dĹšĹ?Ć? Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ žĂĚĞ ƚŚĹ?Ć? ƉŽĆ?Ć?Ĺ?Ä?ĹŻÄž ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ Ä‚ zK',/ manga.  A  manga  is  a  comic  popularized  by  the  Japanese  and  has  been  the  favorite  of  young  people.  The  YOGHI  manga  aims  to  impart  to  readers  some  very  important  lessons  on  Ĺ?ĚĞŜĆ&#x;ƚLJ ĂŜĚ Ć?ĆšĆŒĆľĹ?Ĺ?ĹŻÄžĆ? ŽĨ :& Ć?Í• Ä‚Ć? Ç ÄžĹŻĹŻ Ä‚Ć? Ć?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒĹ?ÄžĆ? Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?ƾůÄ‚ĆŒ ÄžÇ†Ć‰ÄžĆŒĹ?ĞŜÄ?ÄžĆ? ƚŚĂƚ :& Ć? Ĺ?Ĺ˝ ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?ĹšÍ˜ ĆŒŽƾŜÄš ĎŽĎŹĎŹÍ•ϏϏϏͲϯϏϏÍ•ĎŹĎŹĎŹ :& Ć? ŚĂĆ? Ä?ĞĞŜ ÄžĆ?Ć&#x;žĂƚĞĚ by  YOGHI,  making  this  group  the  largest  in  number  with  regard  to  inter-­â€?racial  children  in  the  Philippines.  ůŽŜĹ?Ć?Ĺ?ĚĞ ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ć?Ć?ƾĞĆ? Ä?ŽŜĨĆŒŽŜĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞĆ?Äž :& Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś being  recognized  by  their  fathers,  being  allowed  Ć‰ĆŒĹ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹŻÄžĹ?ÄžĆ? ŽĨ Ä?ĹšŽŽĆ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻĹ?ƚLJ ĂŜĚ Ä?ÄžĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ä?-­â€? corded  child  support  that  is  due  them.  These  among  others  are  what  YOGHI  desires  to  help  the  JFCs  with. dŚĞ Ä?ŽŜÄ?ĞƉĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ manga ŚĂĆ? Ä?ĞĞŜ ŽŜÄž ĞčĞÄ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ ĆšŽŽů Ĺ?Ĺś Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄžĹśÄžĆ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ä?ŽƾŜĆšĆŒÇ‡ Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš :& Ć?͘ tĹ?ƚŚ ĎŽÍ•ĎŹĎŹĎŹ Ä?ŽƉĹ?ÄžĆ? Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;ĂůůLJ ĆŒÄžĹŻÄžÄ‚Ć?ĞĚ ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞ ƉƾÄ?ĹŻĹ?Ä?Í• zK',/ Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄžĆ? Ĺ?ĆšĆ? ĆšĹšĆŒĆľĆ?Ćš Ĺ?Ĺś Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ĆšÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹś ŽĨ migrant  workers,  understanding  adolescent  sexual-­â€? ity,  peer  pressure  and  poverty  as  areas  of  concerns.

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Íž Ä‚Ć&#x;Ć?ͲzK',/ ĞŜǀĹ?Ć?Ĺ?ŽŜĆ? Ä‚ ĨĆŒÄžÄžÍ• ƉĞĂÄ?ÄžĨƾů ĂŜĚ ÄžĹ?Ä‚ĹŻĹ?ĆšÄ‚ĆŒ-­â€? ian  society  where  all  live  simply  and  according  to  ĆšĹšÄžĹ?ĆŒ ŜĞĞĚĆ?Í• Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂƚĞ Ĺ?Ĺś ƉŽůĹ?Ć&#x;Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ ÄžĹśÄšÄžÄ‚Ç€Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ? ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽůůÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ǀĞůLJ Ä‚Ä?Ćš ĆšĹ˝Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄšĆ? Ć‰ÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ ĂŜĚ Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?ĞƚĂů ĚĞǀĞů-­â€? ŽƉžĞŜƚ͕Í&#x; DĹ?ĹŹÄ‚Ć? DÄ‚ĆšĆ?ĆľÇŒÄ‚Ç Ä‚Í• ĆŒÄžĆ‰ĆŒÄžĆ?ĞŜƚĂĆ&#x;ǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ d zK Ďł Ć?ĹšÄ‚ĆŒÄžÄš ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜÍ›Ć? vision.  dŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĆ? Ä?ĹŻĹ˝Ć?ĞůLJ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞ :ĂƉĂŜĞĆ?Äž ĹľÄ?Ä‚Ć?Ć?LJ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ Ä‚Ć&#x;Ć? ÄžĹśĆšÄžĆŒ ĨŽĆŒ tŽžÄžĹśÍ• Ä‚Ĺś E'K who  addresses  the  concerns  of  distressed  Filipino Â

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women  migrant  workers  who  returned  to  the  coun-­â€? try  from  Japan.  With  the  YOGHI  manga  in  place,  the  ŽĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŚŽƉĞĆ? ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĆšŽŽ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ĺ?Ä‚Ĺ?Ĺś Ć?ĆľĆ‰Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆš from  other  socio-­â€?civic  society  groups  that  will  help  them  advance  the  rights  of  the  JFCs  and  empower  them  as  well. “We  hope  to  unite  migrant  children  to  support  each  ŽĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ä‚Ć? ƚŚĞLJ ĨÄ‚Ä?Äž ƚŚĞ ĨÄ‚Ĺ?ůĞĚ ĹľĹ?Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ÄžÇ†Ć‰ÄžĆŒĹ?ĞŜÄ?ÄžĆ? of  their  parents.  I  also  dream  for  a  Philippines  where  ĆšĹšÄž LJŽƾƚŚ Ć?ÄžÄ?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ĺ?ŜǀŽůǀĞĚ ĂŜĚ ŽŜÄž Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ć?ĞŜĆ&#x;-­â€? ments  of  other  oppressed  as  well  as  minority  people  Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ä?ŽƾŜĆšĆŒÇ‡Í– LJŽƾƚŚ Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ŽůůÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ǀĞůLJ and  mobilizing  themselves  for  the  future  of  the  coun-­â€? try,â€?  Mikas  added  as  she  expressed  her  desire  for  the  youth  in  the  country. The  YOGHI  manga  project  hopes  to  reach  not  only  ĆšĹšÄž :& Ć?Í• LJŽƾƚŚͲŽĆŒĹ?ĞŜƚĞĚ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? ĂŜĚ Ĺ?Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒĹś-­â€? žĞŜƚ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?Ć&#x;ƚƾĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ WĹšĹ?ĹŻĹ?ƉƉĹ?ŜĞĆ? Ä?ƾƚ ƚŚŽĆ?Äž Ĺ?Ĺś :Ä‚-­â€? ƉĂŜ Ä‚Ć? Ç ÄžĹŻĹŻÍ˜ &ĆľĆŒĆšĹšÄžĆŒžŽĆŒÄžÍ• ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ÄšĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹľĆ? that  the  manga Ä?ŽƾůÄš Ĺ?ĹśĆ?Ć&#x;Ĺ?ĂƚĞ Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ä‚žŽŜĹ? ƚŚĞ sectors  involved  and  generate  support  for  its  other  youth-­â€?oriented  projects. “I  feel  honored  and  lucky  to  be  part  of  the  change  Ä‚ŜĚ Ĺ?ŜǀŽůǀĞĚ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƚŚĂƚ Ć‰ĆŒŽžŽĆšÄž Ć?Ĺ˝-­â€? cial  change  and  integrates  with  the  community,â€?  Mi-­â€? ĹŹÄ‚Ć? Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾĞĚ Ç ĹšÄžĹś zK',/ Ç Ä‚Ć? ĚĞÄ?ĹŻÄ‚ĆŒÄžÄš Ä‚Ć? ŽŜÄž ƚŚĞ TAYO  7  winners. “Walang  sinumang  nabubuhay  para  sa  sarili  lamang  ͞EĹ˝ ŽŜÄž ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ? ĨŽĆŒ ĹšĹ?ĹľĆ?ÄžůĨ Ä‚ůŽŜĞͿÍ&#x;Í• ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ć? Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš Ä‚Ć&#x;Ć?Ͳ YOGHI  has  imparted  to  us,  that  we  should  not  care  less  of  other  people  especially  if  they  belong  to  the  žĹ?ŜŽĆŒĹ?ĆšÇ‡Í˜ tÄž ŚĂǀĞ Ä‚ ĆŒŽůÄž ƚŽ ƚĂŏĞ ĂŜĚ ƉŽĆ?Ć?Ĺ?Ä?Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? are  endless  to  extend  help  to  those  who  seem  op-­â€? pressed.

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It  was  love.  It  was  hate.  Or  perhaps  both  that  became  the  reasons  to  start-­â€? up  this  project.  El  Consejo  Atenista,  the  college  student  government  of  the  Ateneo  de  Zamboanga  University  saw  the  importance  to  respond  to  the  need  to  unite  the  Ateneo  college  stu-­â€? ĚĞŜƚĆ? ĚĞĆ?ƉĹ?ƚĞ ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśÄ?ÄžĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś Ĺ?ĹśĆšÄžĆŒÄžĆ?ĆšĆ? ĂŜĚ ĹŻĹ?ĹŹÄžÇ Ĺ?Ć?Äž ƚŽ eradicate  apathy  among  the  students. tĆŒĹ?ƊĞŜ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ÄžĹśĆšĆŒÇ‡ ĨŽĆŒĹľ ĨŽĆŒ d zK ϳ͕ Íž ƉĂƚŚLJ Ä‚Ć? Ä‚ Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä‚ĹŻ Ä?Ä‚ĹśÄ?ÄžĆŒ ŚĂĆ? Ä‚ĹŻÇ Ä‚Ç‡Ć? Ä?ĞĞŜ Ä‚ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ä?ůĞž Ä?ÄžĆ?ĞƍŜĹ? Ä‚ůžŽĆ?Ćš Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?Ć&#x;ƚƾĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ůƾĚĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ä‚Ä?Ä‚ÄšÄžĹľÄžÍ˜ dŚĞ ƚĞŜĞŽ ĚĞ Ä‚ĹľÄ?ŽĂŜĹ?Ä‚ hĹśĹ?Ç€ÄžĆŒĆ?Ĺ?ƚLJ Ĺ?Ć? ŜŽ ĞdžĞžƉĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƚŽ this.   The  school  has  been  a  living  witness  to  the  glar-­â€? ing  detriments  of  the  culture  of  apathy  such  as  the Â ĹŻĹ˝Ç Ç€Ĺ˝ĆšÄžĆŒĆ?Í› ĆšĆľĆŒŜŽƾĆš ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚ Ĺ?Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒŜžÄžĹśĆš ĞůĞÄ?-­â€? Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?Í• Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚ͛Ć? ĹŻÄ‚Ä?ĹŹ ŽĨ Ĺ?ŜǀŽůǀĞžĞŜƚ ĂŜĚ Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄžĹśÄžĆ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś Ć?Ä?ĹšŽŽů Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ?Í• ĂŜĚ Ä‚Ĺś Ĺ˝Ä?Ç€Ĺ?ŽƾĆ? Ä?ůŽƾÄš ŽĨ ƉĂĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ǀĞŜĞĆ?Ć? Ä‚žŽŜĹ? ƚŚĞ Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? ŽŜ Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšÄ‚ĹśĆš Ĺ?Ć?Ć?ƾĞĆ? Ä‚ÄŤÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ĆšĹšÄžĹľÍ˜ /ŜĚĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ Ä?ƾůĆšĆľĆŒÄž ŽĨ ĂƉĂƚŚLJ ĞdžĹ?Ć?ĆšĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš angles  and  breathes  in  a  myriad  of  faces.â€?  This  then  ignited  the  desire  to  launch  the  project  dubbed  as  â€œThe  Rewired:  I-­â€?Hate-­â€?Apathy  Program.â€?  /žƉůĞžĞŜƚĞĚ ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš žƾůĆ&#x;ĨÄ‚Ä?ĞƚĞĚ ƉŚĂĆ?ÄžĆ? ƚŽ ĞŜ-­â€? Ä?ŽƾĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Äž žŽĆŒÄž Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂĆ&#x;ŽŜÍ• ĹŻ ŽŜĆ?ĞŊŽ ƚĞŜĹ?Ć?ƚĂ Ĺ?Ĺś-­â€? Ç€ŽůǀĞĚ Ĺ?ĆšĆ? Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś žĂŜLJ Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ĨĆŒŽž Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĞĚ forum  in  understanding  important  social  issues  to  environmental  engagements  for  a  hands-­â€?on  experi-­â€? ence  in  saving  the  environment,  all  these  to  get  the  Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? Ä?ŽŜŜÄžÄ?ƚĞĚ ŽŜÄ?Äž Ä‚Ĺ?Ä‚Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹŻ Ć?Ĺ?ƚƾĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ and  the  goings-­â€?on  around  them  and,  thus  the  term  â€œZ t/Z .â€?  /Ćš žƾĆ?Ćš ŚĂǀĞ Ä?ĞĞŜ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš ůŽǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ĨŽĆŒ Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? ƚŽ ŚĂƚĞ Ć?ĞĞĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞž ĂƉĂƚŚĞĆ&#x;Ä? Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš things  happening  around  them.  And  so  as  part  of  The  Rewired:  I-­â€?Hate-­â€?Apathy  Program,  El  Consejo  Atenista  ÄšÄžĆ?Ĺ?Ĺ?ŜĞĚ ϹͲĆ?ƚĂĹ?Äž Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚ Ĺ?ŜǀŽůǀĞžĞŜƚ Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ůƾĚĞ͗ ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ ^ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?Ä?Ğ͕ WŽůĹ?Ć&#x;Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ ĹśĹ?Ä‚Ĺ?ĞžĞŜƚ ĂŜĚ ĚƾÄ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜÍ• ^Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä‚ĹŻ Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄžĹśÄžĆ?Ć? ĂŜĚ /ŜǀŽůǀĞžĞŜƚ͕ ŜǀĹ?ĆŒŽŜžÄžĹśĆšÄ‚ĹŻ /ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;Ä‚Ć&#x;ǀĞĆ? ĂŜĚ ^Ä?ĹšŽŽůͲÄ?Ä‚Ć?ĞĚ Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?-­â€?

Ć&#x;ÄžĆ?͘ dĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ƚŚĞĆ?Ğ͕ Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? Ç ÄžĆŒÄž ĞdžƉŽĆ?ĞĚ ƚŽ žĂŜLJ Ç€ŽůƾŜĆšÄžÄžĆŒĹ?Ć?Ĺľ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;Ä‚Ć&#x;ǀĞĆ? Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚ůŽŜĹ?Ć?Ĺ?ĚĞ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒ ŜŽŜͲ government  and  socio-­â€?civic  sectors.  Ateneans  like-­â€? Ç Ĺ?Ć?Äž Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂƚĞĚ ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ ŽŜͲĆ?Ĺ?ƚĞ ^ĂƚĞůůĹ?ƚĞ sĹ˝ĆšÄžĆŒĆ?Í› ZÄžĹ?Ĺ?Ć?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ĂŜĚ Ä‚ĹŻĆ?Ĺ˝ Ä?ÄžÄ?ĂžĞ Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆš ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ÍžEĹ˝ ƚŽ ŽŜͲ Ć?Ć? ÄžĨŽĆŒÄž ĎŽĎŹĎ­ĎŹ ĂžƉĂĹ?Ĺ?ĹśÍ&#x;͘ dĹšÄžĆŒÄž Ç Ä‚Ć? Ä‚ Ć?Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ÄŽÄ?ĂŜƚ ĆŒÄžĆ?ƾůĆš Ĺ?Ĺś Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ?Í› Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĆ?Äž Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ?͘ ĹšĆŒĹ?Ć?Ć&#x;Ä‚Ĺś KĹŻÄ‚Ć?Ĺ?žĂŜ͕ ĹŻ ŽŜĆ?ĞŊŽ ƚĞŜĹ?Ć?ƚĂ WĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺ?ĚĞŜƚ ƚĞĆ?Ć&#x;ĎĞĚ ĂŜĚ ÄžÇ†Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?ĞĚ Ć?Ä‚Ć&#x;Ć?ĨÄ‚Ä?Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ŽƾĆšÄ?ŽžÄž Ä?ĆŒŽƾĹ?Śƚ Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš Ä?LJ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?žƉůĞžĞŜƚĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?ĆšÍ˜ ,Äž Ć?Ä‚Ĺ?Äš ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ĨĞůƚ ƉŽĆ?Ĺ?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć?Ĺľ ĂŜĚ Ğdž-­â€? Ä?Ĺ?ƚĞžĞŜƚ ƾƉŽŜ Ć?ĞĞĹ?ĹśĹ? Ć?Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ÄŽÄ?ĂŜƚ ĆŒÄžĆ?ƾůĆšĆ? Ć?ĹšĹ˝Ç Ĺś Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ä‚Ä?ŽǀĞ Ä‚Ç€ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Äž ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ĹśĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞŜ ƚŽ ƚŚĞž Ä?LJ ƚŚĞ Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ä‚Ć?Ć?ÄžĆ?Ć?žĞŜƚ Ć?ĆľĆŒÇ€ÄžÇ‡ ĂŜĚ ĞǀĂůƾĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ͘ tŚĞŜ Ä‚Ć?ŏĞĚ Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƉĹ?ĆŒÄžÄš ĹšĹ?Ĺľ ĂŜĚ ĹšĹ?Ć? Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƚŽ ĚŽ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĞĆ?Ğ͕ ĹšĆŒĹ?Ć?Ć&#x;Ä‚Ĺś ŚĂĚ ƚŚĹ?Ć? ƚŽ Ć?ĂLJ͕ Íž/Ĩ LJŽƾ Ç Ä‚ĹśĆš to  make  a  change,  be  the  change  and  dream  big  while  taking  small  steps.   These  are  adages  that  inspired  me  and  my  colleagues  to  work  hard  and  develop  a  strong  passion  for  service  and  doing  more  for  others.  DĹ˝ĆŒÄžĹ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒÍ• ƚŚĞ /Ĺ?ŜĂĆ&#x;Ä‚Ĺś ǀĂůƾĞĆ? ŽĨ Magis Í´ ĚŽĹ?ĹśĹ? žŽĆŒÄž and  Cura  Personalis-­â€?care  for  persons/others-­â€?  are  also  ĨÄ‚Ä?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒĆ? ƚŚĂƚ žŽĆ&#x;ǀĂƚĞĚ ĆľĆ? ƚŽ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹ ĂŜĚ žĂŏĞ ŽƾĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?-­â€? Ć&#x;Ä‚Ć&#x;ǀĞĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś Ä?ŽŜĹ?ĆŒĆľÄžĹśÄ?Äž and  synonymous  with  Ateneo  de  Zamboanga  Uni-­â€? Ç€ÄžĆŒĆ?Ĺ?ƚLJ͛Ć? žŽƊŽ Í´ Pro  Deo  Et  Patria  ʹ /Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?Ä?Äž of  God  and  coun-­â€? try.â€?

Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ?Í› Ĺ?ŜǀŽůǀĞžĞŜƚ ĂŜĚ ƚŽ ĆŒÄžĹľÄ‚Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŽ Ä?Äž ŽĨ Ć?ÄžĆŒ-­â€? Ç€Ĺ?Ä?Äž ƚŽ Ĺ?ĆšĆ? Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ĆšÇ‡Í˜ dŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ć?ĹšĹ˝Ç Ć? Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ŽĨ ĆľĆ? ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž ŽĨ ƚĂŏĹ?ĹśĹ? Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆš Ĺ?Ĺś ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜͲÄ?ĆľĹ?ĹŻÄš-­â€? ing  by  being  involved  so  that  our  country  may  be  ĎůůĞĚ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ĚLJŜĂžĹ?Ä? Ä?Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÇŒÄžĹśĆ?Í• Ĺ?ŜĨŽĆŒĹľÄžÄš ĂŜĚ Ä‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ƚŽ ÄŽĹ?Śƚ ĨŽĆŒ Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš Ĺ?Ć? ĆŒĹ?Ĺ?ĹšĆšÍ˜ Having  exposed  these  college  students  to  various  Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝Ć‰Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšƾŜĹ?ƚLJ ƚŽ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ć?ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÄ‚ĹŻ Ĺ?ĆŒŽƾƉĆ? ŽĨ ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ĹŻ ŽŜĆ?ĞŊŽ ƚĞŜĹ?Ć?ƚĂ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝-­â€? vided  a  venue  for  these  young  men  and  women  to  put  all  their  energies  and  zest  for  life  into  good  use.   dŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƉĂǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ Ç Ä‚Ç‡ ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞĆ?Äž Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ? ƚŽ ĎŜĚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ƉůĂÄ?Äž Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŻÄš ĂŜĚ ƚŚƾĆ? Ä‚ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç ÄžÄš them  to  prove  their  worth  in  the  community  they  live  in. “I  desire  for  the  youth  to  tap  their  dynamism  and  Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?ƚLJ ƚŽ Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĆšÄž Ä‚Ĺś ĞŜǀĹ?ĆŒŽŜžÄžĹśĆš Ç ĹšÄžĆŒÄž ĞĂÄ?Ĺš ĂŜĚ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ŽŜÄž Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ä?Äž Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ Ĺ?Ĺś Ä?ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš change  and  development  in  their  own  special  spheres.  I  want  them  to  believe  in  their  capacity  as  young  leaders  and  realize  they  can  do  more,  ĆšĹšÄ‚Ćš ƚŚĞLJ Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ä?ŽŜĆšĆŒĹ?Ä?ƾƚĞ Ć?ŽžÄžĆšĹšĹ?ĹśĹ? Ć?Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ÄŽÄ?ĂŜƚ ĂŜĚ ƉŽĆ?Ĺ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ ĆšĹ˝Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄšĆ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ć‰ÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ͛Ć?

Apathy came from a Greek word “apatheia,â€? which literally means “without feelingsâ€? or the “absence of passion.â€? Only dead bodies can be considered as not having feelings anymore or can no longer be passionate. And since young people are known to have the highest energies and zest for life, we FDQ QHYHU EH SDUW RI WKH JURXS FODVVLĂ€HG DV those who are without feelings. Therefore, let’s set free our passions and let others feel our presence. After all, Albert Einstein once said, “The world is a dangerous place to live in, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.â€? +$7( $3$7+< /29( 3$57,&,3$7,21 (O &RQsejo Atenista showed us the way to see the light!

growth.  The  young  should  no  longer  be  passive  re-­â€? cipients  of  adult  wisdom.  Our  country  is  our  own  to  earn,  shape  and  lead.  The  Philippines  expects  ĆšĹšÄž Ä?ÄžĆ?Ćš ĨŽĆŒ ĆľĆ?͘ ÄžĆ?Ć&#x;ŜLJ Ä?ÄžÄ?ŏŽŜĆ?͘ >Ğƚ ĆľĆ? Ä?ÄžĹ?Ĺ?ĹśÍ˜Í&#x; dĹšĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ć? ĹšĆŒĹ?Ć?Ć&#x;ĂŜ͛Ć? Ä?Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŽ ĹšĹ?Ć? ĨÄžĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç Ç‡ŽƾŜĹ? ĹŻÄžÄ‚ÄšÄžĆŒĆ?͘

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Organization: Samahan ng Maliit na Mangingisda ng Kabataang BALTAK (SMM-KABALTAK) Project Entry: Styrofoam Collection in Coastal Areas of Atimonan, Quezon dŚĞLJ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚĂů ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ƟŵŽŶĂŶ͕ YƵĞnjŽŶ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŽĨ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞĂ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ their partner for everyday survival. Life was okay ƚŚĞŶ Ͳ ĮƐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŵĞĂŶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ hŶƟů ŽŶĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ŽďƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ catch became fewer and fewer each day. dŚĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ƟŵŽŶĂŶ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞLJ ĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ŝůůĞŐĂů ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ƐĞĞ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƐƚLJƌŽĨŽĂŵ ůŝƩĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƐĞĂ͘ dŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚ themselves to help solve this problem. ^ĂŵĂŚĂŶ ŶŐ DĂůŝŝƚ ŶĂ DĂŶŐŝŶŐŝƐĚĂ ŶŐ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶŐ >d <͕ otherwise known as SMM Kabaltak is a youth ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŵĂŝŶůLJ ŽĨ ŽƵƚͲŽĨ ƐĐŚŽŽů LJŽƵƚŚ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ Žƌ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŽĨ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽǁ ĐĂƚĐŚ ŽĨ ĮƐŚ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƵŶŝƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŝŶ ĐůĞĂŶ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƌĞŚĂďŝůŝƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂ͘ dŚĞLJ ĞǀĞŶ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ Ă ƐƚLJƌŽĨŽĂŵ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ĐŽĂƐƚĂů ĂƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ ƟŵŽŶĂŶ͕ YƵĞnjŽŶ͘ <ĂďĂůƚĂŬ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ĮƌƐƚͲƟŵĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ d zK ^ĞĂƌĐŚ͘ dŚĞLJ The entire world produced 14 million metric tons of styrofoam a year, not to forget that some of these do not end up being recycled. RI DOO RXU VW\URIRDP HQG XS LQ ODQGÀOOV and becomes hazardous to the environPHQW VLQFH WKH\ GR QRW GHFRPSRVH ,Q WKH United States, Recycle Tech a company which specialized in manufacturing recycling equipment made the Styrofoam Recycling Equipment. This allows styrofoam to be processed through an extraction system, which melts and compresses the styrofoam and thus generating a solid mass. This solid mass now becomes raw material for production of picture and document cases, fabric, shoes and CD jewel cases. Let’s be inspired by SMM Kabaltak’s example. Let’s recycle!

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have been a TAYO winner in ϮϬϬϳ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ͞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƌƟ-­‐ ĮĐŝĂů ZĞĞĨ͟ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ hŶƟů ŶŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĂǁĞ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ in the community of their un-­‐ wavering commitment in help-­‐ ing save Mother Earth. This ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ŽŶĐĞ again that the cause they are ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŝƐ Ăůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͘ In partnership with the Rotary ůƵď ŽĨ ƟŵŽŶĂŶ ĂŶĚ ZŽƚĂƌLJ ůƵď /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͕ ^DD <Ă-­‐ baltak set-­‐up styrofoam buying ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐ-­‐ ŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ĐůĞĂŶͲ ups. In turn, the residents ǁĞƌĞ ƉĂŝĚ WϮϱ͘ϬϬ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ sack turned over to the buy-­‐ ŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ĞĂƐLJ͕ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ϭϬͲϭϱ ƐĂĐŬƐ ŽĨ styrofoam a day. tŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚLJƌŽĨŽĂŵ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚƌĂƐŚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŇŽĂƚ ƚŚĞ ϳϬ ĨĞĞƚ ĚŝĂŵĞƚĞƌ ZŽƚĂƌLJ /ŶƚĞƌ-­‐ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŵďůĞŵ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƌƟĮĐŝĂů ZĞĞĨ WƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ϴϬͲƚŽŶƐ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƐƚƌƵĐ-­‐ ture would need 1,000 sacks of styrofoam to have ŝƚ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ Ăƚ ƐĞĂ͘ ͞ LJ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚLJƌŽĨŽĂŵ͕ ƚƌĂƐŚ ƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ gold”, explained SMM Kabaltak in their TAYO en-­‐ try form. Likewise, this project was also an op-­‐ ƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ĐŽĂƐƚĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ order to raise their awareness in environmental ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ͘ “WĂŬŝƌĂŵĚĂŵ ŬŽ ĂLJ ŶĂŬĂŬĂƚƵůŽŶŐ ŬĂŵŝ ƐĂ ŝďĂŶŐ mangingisda dahil napakarami po naming isda Ăƚ ŶĂůŝŶŝƐ ƉĂ ĂŶŐ ŵŐĂ ďĂLJďĂLJŝŶ͘ DĂƐĂLJĂ ƉŽ ŬĂŵŝ dahil alam naming malaki ang naitutulong namin ƐĂ ĂŵŝŶŐ ƉĂŵĂLJĂŶĂŶ͘ (I feel we have helped oth-­‐

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Ğƌ ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ŶŽǁ ŚĂǀĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐĂƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐůĞĂŶĞƌ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ŚĂƉƉLJ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͿ͕͟ :ĞƌĂůĚ ^ĂůƵĚĞƐ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ d zK ϳ search shares his feeling towards the outcome of their project. /Ŷ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƟŵĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƐŝŐŶĂůĞĚ ďLJ ŐůŽďĂů ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ǁĂLJ ŽĨ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƐĂǀĞ DŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƚŚ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŐŽĂů ŽĨ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞ ƚŽ <ŝŶŐ DŝĚĂƐ͛ ƚŽƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŐŽůĚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƐĞ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚƌĂƐŚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůLJ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŐŽůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞƩĞƌ ĐĂƚĐŚ ŽĨ ĮƐŚ ŝŶ ĚĂLJƐ ƚŽ come. ^DD <ĂďĂůƚĂŬ͛Ɛ ůŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ƐƉŽƚ ĂƐ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŝŶ d zK ϳ͘ tŚĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚƌĞĂŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ϮͲϱ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ :ĞƌĂůĚ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŵŽƌĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵ-­‐ munity loving and preserving the sea and the marine life. “Huwag na tayong umasa sa gobyerno at mga nakakatanda, kabataan magsimula nang gumalaw at baguhin ang kapalaran (Let us not wait for the government or for our our elders to act, the youth should begin to move ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽƵƌ ĚĞƐƟŶLJ͘Ϳ͕͟ :ĞƌĂůĚ͛Ɛ ĐĂůů ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĨĞůůŽǁ LJŽƵƚŚ͘ ůů ŽĨ ƵƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ EŽ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ƉŽŽƌ or too rich for us to be able to make our place cleaner and our future brighter. With SMM Kabaltak, we have seen that the youth indeed is the gold of this country.

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Organization: Muntinlupa Junior Rescue Team Project Entry: Junior Rescue Training Program Volunteerism  is  one  important  trait  that  was  seen  among  young  Filipinos  during  one  of  the  most  devas-­â€? ƚĂĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ÄšĹ?Ć?Ä‚Ć?ĆšÄžĆŒĆ?Í• ƚŚĞ ƚLJƉŚŽŽŜ KĹśÄšĹ˝Ç‡Í˜ /Ĺś Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĞĆ?Äž ĆšĆŒÇ‡-­â€? Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ć&#x;žĞĆ?Í• Ç Äž ŚĂǀĞ Ć?ĞĞŜ Ä‚ Ć?ĞŜĆ?Äž ŽĨ ĹšÄžĆŒĹ˝Ĺ?Ć?Ĺľ Ä‚žŽŜĹ?Ć?Ćš these  young  individuals  who  risked  their  own  lives  in  saving  other  people.  This  is  the  kind  of  young  people  we  want  to  have  today  and  this  is  what  the  DƾŜĆ&#x;Ĺś-­â€? ůƾƉĂ :ƾŜĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒ ZÄžĆ?Ä?ƾĞ dĞĂž  is  doing  to  be  relevant  in  ŜÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜͲÄ?ĆľĹ?ĹŻÄšĹ?ĹśĹ?͘ ĞůĹ?ĞǀĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĂƚ Ć?Ä‚ĨĞƚLJ Ĺ?Ć? ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡Ä?ŽĚLJ͛Ć? Ä?ŽŜÄ?ÄžĆŒĹśÍ• ƚŚĞ LJŽƾƚŚ ŽĨ DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĞĚ ƚŽ Ɖƾƚ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ÄžÄŤĹ˝ĆŒĆšĆ? together  to  be  able  to  train  their  fellow  youth  in  help-­â€? Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ĆŒÄžĆ?ƉŽŜÄš ƚŽ ÄžĹľÄžĆŒĹ?ĞŜÄ?LJ Ć?Ĺ?ƚƾĂĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ?͘ /Ĺś ĚŽĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĹ?Ć?Í• ƚŚĞLJ Ç ÄžĆŒÄž ĹŠĹ˝Ĺ?ŜĞĚ Ä?LJ ƚŚĞ DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ ĹľÄžĆŒĹ?ĞŜÄ?LJ ZÄž-­â€? Ć?ƉŽŜĆ?Äž 'ĆŒŽƾƉ͕ DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ Ĺ?ƚLJ Ĺ?Ć?Ä‚Ć?ĆšÄžĆŒ ŽŽĆŒÄšĹ?ŜĂĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ŽƾŜÄ?Ĺ?ĹŻÍ• DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ Ĺ?ƚLJ &Ĺ?ĆŒÄž ĆľĆŒÄžÄ‚Ćľ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ƚLJ One big organization that operates mainly in YROXQWHHULVP LV WKH 8QLWHG 1DWLRQV 9ROXQWHHUV RU DOVR NQRZQ DV WKH 819 7KH RUJDQL]DWLRQ believes that the power of volunteerism can help in the development of peace initiatives in countries and may likewise effect sustainable change in these communities. Among their thrusts are helping countries develop programs that will help gain leverage in the aspects of economics, politics, social participation ad of course peace and development. 819 KDV YROXQWHHUV DQG RI ZKLFK comes from the developing countries. This only goes to show that even those coming from developing countries that also need intervention, also shares whatever they have to make this world a better place to live in.

ĞdžƉůĂĹ?ŜĞĚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜÍ›Ć? ĆšĹšĆŒĆľĆ?ĆšÍ˜ tĹ?ƚŚ žĞžÄ?ÄžĆŒĆ? Ä?ŽžĹ?ĹśĹ? ĨĆŒŽž ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš Ç Ä‚ĹŻĹŹĆ? ŽĨ ĹŻĹ?ĨĞ͕ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŚĂĆ? ŚĞůƉĞĚ ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĆ?Äž LJŽƾŜĹ? Ĺ?ŜĚĹ?-­â€? Ç€Ĺ?ĚƾĂůĆ? ƚŽ ĞƋƾĹ?Ɖ ƚŚĞž ŽŜ ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš Ä‚Ĺ?Äš ĂŜĚ Ä?Ä‚Ć?Ĺ?Ä? ĹŻĹ?ĨÄž Ć?ƾƉ-­â€? port,  angle  rescue  and  rappelling,  water  rescue,  basic  swimming  and  mass  casualty  incident  handling.   The  training  included  hands-­â€?on  experience  with  available  rescue  equipment.  With  this,  members  were  able  to  volunteer  as  emergency  personnel  or  helped  rescue  ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ĞǀĞŜƚĆ? ŽĨ ÄŽĆŒÄžÍ• ƚLJƉŚŽŽŜĆ?Í• Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ ÄšĹ?Ć?Ä‚Ć?ĆšÄžĆŒĆ? Ä‚Ä?Ä?Ĺ?ĚĞŜƚĆ? ĂŜĚ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;Ä‚-­â€? Ć&#x;ǀĞĆ? Ć?ĆľÄ?Ĺš Ä‚Ć? ƚŚĞ ÍžKƉůĂŜ <Ä‚ĹŻĆľ-­â€? luwaâ€?  and  medical  missions.  Their  involvement  in  these  Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;Ç€Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹŻĹ?njĞĚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĚĞĆ?Ĺ?ĆŒÄž of  being  able  to  help  save  ůĹ?ǀĞĆ?Í• Ć?Ĺ˝ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Ç€Ĺ?Ä?Ć&#x;ĹľĆ? of  disasters  or  accidents  can  survive.

WÄ‚ŽůŽ ÄžÇ†Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?ÄžĆ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĨĞĞůĹ?ĹśĹ? ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ Ć&#x;žĞ ƚŚĞLJ ƚĂŏĞ Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆš Ĺ?Ĺś ĆŒÄžĆ?Ä?ƾĞ Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?͘ ÍžtÄž Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒÇ ĹšÄžĹŻĹľÄžÄš Ä?ÄžÄ?Ä‚ĆľĆ?Äž Ç Äž ĹŹĹśĹ˝Ç ĆšĹšÄ‚Ćš Ç Äž Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä‚Ä?ĹŻÄž Ć?ĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ?͘ tÄž Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƉĹ?ĆŒÄžÄš ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ Ć&#x;žĞ ŽƾĆŒ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ žĂĚĞ Ä?ŚĂŜĹ?Äž ƉŽĆ?Ć?Ĺ?Ä?ĹŻÄž in  the  community.  â€œ Ć? ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞůĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽĨ ĨƾůĎůůžÄžĹśĆš Ä?Ä‚ŜŜŽĆš Ä?Äž ƋƾĂŜĆ&#x;ĎĞĚ Ĺ?Ĺś ĂŜLJ Ć?ƚĂĆ&#x;Ć?Ć&#x;Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ ĨŽĆŒĹľÍ• DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ :ƾŜĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒ ZÄžĆ?Ä?ƾĞ dĞĂž ŚĂĆ? seen  their  purpose  in  their  community.  These  purposeful  lives  they  lead  only  show  us  that  indeed  as  long  as Â Ç Äž Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚŽ ůŽŽŏ Ä‚ĹŒÄžĆŒ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒĆ?Í› Ç ÄžůĨÄ‚ĆŒÄžÍ• ŽƾĆŒ ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ? Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ ŚĂǀĞ žŽĆŒÄž žĞĂŜĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ ŽƾĆŒ ĹšÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆšĆ? Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ĺ?ĆŒĹ˝Ç Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ć?Ĺ˝ much  care. “Our  dream  for  the  young  people  in  our  community  is  for  them  to  help  other  people  and  be  prepared  for  any  disaster  that  might  happen.  Our  dream  for  the  young  people  in  the  country  is  for  them  to  be  inspired  in  help-­â€? ing  others  and  have  unity  in  making  change  for  our  country,â€?  Paolo  further  emphasized. &Ĺ˝ĆŒ ƚŚĞ DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ :ƾŜĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒ ZÄžĆ?Ä?ƾĞ dĞĂž Ç Ĺ?ŜŜĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒÍ›Ć? d zK Ć?ÄžÄ‚ĆŒÄ?Ĺš Ĺ?Ć? Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ä?Ä‚Ä?ůLJ ĹŠĆľĆ?Ćš Ä‚ Ä?ĹšÄžĆŒĆŒÇ‡ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ Ä?Ä‚ĹŹÄžÍ˜ ÄžÄ?Ä‚ĆľĆ?Äž ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞž͕ ƚŚĞ ĆšĆŒĆľÄž žĞĂĆ?ĆľĆŒÄž ŽĨ Ç Ĺ?ŜŜĹ?ĹśĹ? ĹŻĹ?ĨĞ͛Ć? ĆŒÄ‚Ä?Äž Ĺ?Ć? ŏĞĞƉĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽŜÄž Ć‰ÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜÍ›Ć? ĹŻĹ?ĨĞ͘ dĹšĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ć? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ä?Ä‚ĹŻĹŻĹ?ĹśĹ? Í´ ƚŚĹ?Ć? is  their  purpose.  This  is  what  makes  a  true  winner.

“It  was  a  song  that  in-­â€? spired  us  in  doing  such  project.  It  was  Jam  by  Cookie  Chua  and  Keven  Roy  and  the  lyrics  go:  <Ĺ?ĹŻĹ˝Ć? ĹŹÄ‚Ä?ĂƚĂĂŜ Ĺ˝ĆŒÄ‚Ć? ŜĂĆ&#x;Ĺś žĂŏĹ?ĂůĂž͕ žĂŏĹ?Ͳ ŊĂž͕ žĂŏĹ?ĹŻÄ‚ĹšŽŏ͘ <Ĺ?ĹŻĹ˝Ć? <Ä‚Ä?ĂƚĂĂŜ Ĺ˝ĆŒÄ‚Ć? ŜĂĆ&#x;Ĺś ÍšĆšĹ˝Í˜ Ang  mundong  dinatnan  ĆšÄ‚LJŽ Ä‚ĹśĹ? žĂĹ?ƉĂƚĂŏÄ?Ĺ˝Í˜ DÄ‚ĹŹĹ?ͲŊÄ‚Ĺľ ĹŹÄ‚Í• Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒÄž ĹŹĹ˝,â€?  shares  Marc  Paolo  Cala-­â€? lang,  President  and  rep-­â€? ĆŒÄžĆ?ĞŜƚĂĆ&#x;ǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚-­â€? ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ d zK Ďł ĎŜĂůĆ? Ç ÄžÄžĹŹÍ˜

'Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒŜžÄžĹśĆš ŽĨ DƾŜĆ&#x;ŜůƾƉĂ͕ “The  goal  of  this  project  is  to  lead  the  youth  out  ŽĨ ĹšÄ‚ĆŒĹľÍ›Ć? Ç Ä‚Ç‡ ĨĆŒŽž ƚŚĞ ĚĂŜĹ?ÄžĆŒĆ? ŽĨ ÄšĆŒĆľĹ?Ć? ĂŜĚ other  vices,  to  enrich  their  social  and  intellec-­â€? tual  growth  and  discover  their  talents  and  ca-­â€? ƉĂÄ?Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś ŚĞůƉĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ Ĺ?Ĺś Ć&#x;žĞĆ? ŽĨ ŜĞĞĚ͕Í&#x; Ç ĆŒĹ?ƊĞŜ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ d zK ÄžĹśĆšĆŒÇ‡ ĨŽĆŒĹľ Ä‚Ć? ƚŚĞLJ

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Performing  to  entertain  can  be  ful-­â€? ÄŽĹŻĹŻĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŽ ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?ĆšÍ˜ ĹšÄžÄžĆŒĆ?Í• ĂƉƉůĂƾĆ?Äž and  compliments  make  all  the  hard  work Â Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšĹš Ĺ?ĆšÍ˜ ƾƚ Ĺ?Ćš Ĺ?Ć? ŜŽĆš ĹŻĹ?ĹľĹ?ƚĞĚ ŽŜůLJ ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞ ƉĂLJ-­â€? ing  public.  It  becomes  more  rewarding  when  ÄšŽŜÄž Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĆšÄžĆŒ Ĺ?ŜƚĞŜĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ŚĞůƉĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚŽĆ?Äž who  may  have  less  in  life  and  those  who  have  gone  through  so  much  hardships.  dŚĞ /ĹŻĹ˝Ĺ?ĹŻĹ˝ WĆŒĹ?žĂ 'Ä‚ĹŻÄ‚Ç WĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć&#x;ǀĞůLJ ĆľĆ?ÄžĆ? their  talents  by  performing  for  the  orphans,  abused Â Ç Ĺ˝ĹľÄžĹśÍ• žĞŜƚĂůůLJ Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ ƉĂĆ&#x;ĞŜƚĆ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ LJŽƾƚŚ Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ç ÄžĆŒÄž more  than  eager  to  learn  more  about  arts.  ÄžĹŻĹ?ĞǀĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹŻĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ÄšĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹľĆ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ Ć‰Ĺ˝Ç ÄžĆŒ ŽĨ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƉĹ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ?Ć? Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš žŽĆ&#x;ǀĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞž Ĺ?ŜƚŽ Ä?ŽŜÄ?ĞƉ-­â€? ƚƾĂůĹ?ÇŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ÍžWĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?Ćš ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹľÍ•Í&#x; Ç ĹšĹ?Ä?Ĺš Ä‚Ĺ?ĹľĆ? ƚŽ ĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Ć?Äž ĨƾŜÄšĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś Ĺ˝ĆŒÄšÄžĆŒ ƚŽ Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞ Ä‚Ć?Ć?Ĺ?Ć?ƚĂŜÄ?Äž ƚŽ Ć?ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÄ‚ĹŻ ĚĞĆ?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?ĹśĆ?Ć&#x;-­â€? ƚƾĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś /ĹŻĹ˝Ĺ?ĹŻĹ˝Í˜ dŚĞĆ?Äž Ä‚ĆŒÄž ƚŚĞ ÄžĹśĆšÄžĆŒ ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞ DĞŜ-­â€? ƚĂůůLJ /ĹŻĹŻ WÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜĆ?Í• ƚŚĞ ŽžĹ?ĹśĹ?Ä?Ä‚Ĺś 'Ĺ?ĆŒĹŻĆ?Í› ,ŽžÄž ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ 'ÄžĹ˝ĆŒĹ?Ĺ?Ä‚ /ĹśĆšÄžĆŒĹśÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ Ä?ĂĚĞžLJ͕ ƚŽ ŜĂžĞ Ä‚ ĨÄžÇ Í˜ Ç€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ curtain  call  does  not  denote  an  end  of  an  act,  but  it Â

meant  more  people  being  accorded  help.  DĂ͘ <ĆŒĹ?ÇŒĹ?Ä‚ >ĞĚĞĆ?žĂ͕ /W'Í›Ć? ĆŒÄžĆ‰ĆŒÄžĆ?ĞŜƚĂĆ&#x;ǀĞ͕ Ć‰ĆŒŽƾĚůLJ ĚĞĆ?Ä?ĆŒĹ?Ä?ÄžĆ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ǀŽÄ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ĂŜĚ Ć?ĂLJĆ?Í• ÍžÇ Äž žĂŏĞ Ä‚ ĹŻĹ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? by  what  we  get,  but  we  make  a  life  by  what  we  give.  EŽƚŚĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ĞĂƚĆ? ŚĂǀĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ ƉĂĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ŽŜ ĨŽĆŒ LJŽƾĆŒ Ä?ĆŒÄ‚ĹŒ Ä?Žž-­â€? bined  with  the  generosity  of  your  heart.â€? Ĺś Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĆ? Ç Ĺ˝Ĺś Ĺ?Ĺś ĹŻĹ˝Ä?Ä‚ĹŻÍ• ĆŒÄžĹ?Ĺ?ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ ĂŜĚ ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ Ä?ŽžĆ‰ÄžĆ&#x;Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?Í• /W' ŚĂĆ? Ä?ĞĞŜ Ä‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ƚŽ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç€Ĺ?ĚĞ Ä‚Ć?Ć?Ĺ?Ć?ƚĂŜÄ?Äž ƚŽ ƚŚĞ žĞŜĆ&#x;ŽŜĞĚ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?Ć&#x;ƚƾĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? Ä?LJ Ĺ?Ĺ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ĨŽŽÄšÍ• žĞĚĹ?Ä?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜÍ• Ä?ůŽƚŚĹ?ĹśĹ?Í• Ä?ůĞĂŜĹ?ĹśĹ? ĹľÄ‚ĆšÄžĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹŻĆ? ĂŜĚ ĂƉ-­â€? pliances  like  electric  fans  and  water  dispensers.   The  Ĺ?ĆŒŽƾƉ ĹŻĹ?ĹŹÄžÇ Ĺ?Ć?Äž ĞdžƚĞŜĚĞĚ ŚĞůƉ Ä?LJ Ä?ŽŜĚƾÄ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ĆšĹšÄžÄ‚ĆšĆŒÄž workshops  to  help  women  and  children  develop  their  Ć?ÄžůĨͲÄ?ŽŜĎĚĞŜÄ?Äž ĂŜĚ Ć?ĹšĹ˝Ç Ä?Ä‚Ć?Äž ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ƚĂůĞŜƚĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś Ä‚Ä?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ?͘ The  theatre  and  dance  workshops  are  also  their  way  ŽĨ Ä?ŽŜĆšĆŒĹ?Ä?ĆľĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ žĂŏĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ LJŽƾƚŚ Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ rich  and  colorful  Ilonggo  heritage. “They  (the  youth)  tend  to  forget  Philippine  culture  and  arts.  Some  of  the  youth  are  voiceless,  unassert-­â€?

Ĺ?ǀĞ͕ Ć?ƉĞŜĚĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ žŽŜĞLJ ĂŜĚ Ć&#x;žĞ ŽŜ Ç€Ĺ?Ä?ÄžĆ? like  smoking,  taking  drugs,  drinking  liquor  and  Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆŠÇ‡ žƾÄ?Ĺš ĚĞƉĞŜĚĞŜƚ ŽŜ žŽÄšÄžĆŒĹś ƚĞÄ?Ĺš-­â€? nology.   This  we  would  like  to  correct  and  im-­â€? Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç€ÄžÍ– ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ć&#x;žĞ ĂŜĚ ĆŒÄžĆ?ŽƾĆŒÄ?ÄžĆ? Ä?Äž Ä?ŚĂŜ-­â€? ŜĞůĞĚ ƚŽ žŽĆŒÄž ƉŽĆ?Ĺ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ ĂŜĚ Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć&#x;ǀĞ ĂǀĞŜƾÄžĆ?Í•Í&#x; Krizia  added.   IPG  believes  that  to  be  able  to  help,  one  need  not  look  far  to  scavenge  for  whatever  Ĺ?Ć? ŽƾĆš ĆšĹšÄžĆŒÄžÍ˜ ^ŽžÄžĆ&#x;žĞĆ? ƚŚĞ Ä?Ĺ?Ĺ?Ĺ?ÄžĆ?Ćš Ć?ĆľĆŒĆ‰ĆŒĹ?Ć?ÄžĆ? come  from  within  our  selves,  discovering  what  is  innately  ours  may  just  be  the  tool  to  solve  some  of  the  pressing  issues  in  our  community.

To say “good luckâ€? in theatre performances LV DFWXDOO\ FRQVLGHUHG EDG OXFN ,QVWHDG WKH actors, actresses and musicians are wished that they should “Break a leg!â€? This superstitious belief in the tradition of theatre dates back to the time of Shakespeare. ,Q %ULWDLQ ´EUHDN D OHJÂľ LV DOVR NQRZQ DV DQ act of the actors’ kneeling on one knee after the curtain call to say thank you to audiences for a good performance; it is also the moment wherein actors were given tips and VKRZHUHG ZLWK Ă RZHUV LQ UHFRJQLWLRQ RI D splendid performance.

ÍždŚĞ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŻÄš Ĺ?Ć? ŽƾĆŒ Ć?ƚĂĹ?Ğ͘ /Ĺś ƚŚĞ ŜĞdžƚ ώͲϹ Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆ?Í• Ç Äž Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ ÄšĆŒÄžÄ‚Ĺľ Ä?Ĺ?Ĺ?Ĺ?ÄžĆŒ ÄšĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹľĆ?Í• ĎŜĚ žŽĆŒÄž ŽƉ-­â€? Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšƾŜĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ /ĹŻĹ˝Ĺ?ĹŻĹ˝Í˜ tÄž Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚŽ Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƉĹ?ĆŒÄž Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒĆ? Ä‚Ć? Ç Äž ŚĂǀĞ Ä?ĞĞŜ Ĺ?Ĺś-­â€? spired  by  our  family,  friends,  peers  and  men-­â€? ĆšĹ˝ĆŒĆ? Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ä?ĞůĹ?ĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ç Äž Ä?Ä‚Ĺś ĆšŽƾÄ?Ĺš Ć‰ÄžĆŒĨÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ through  our  God-­â€?given  talents,â€?  Krizia  ended.

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The  project,  started  in  year  2000,  has  brought  the  arts  closer  to  those  who  have  the  talent  but  did  not  have  enough  opportunity  to  hone  it.   It  has  encouraged  ĆšĹšÄž Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹś ƚŽ Ä?ƾůĆ&#x;ǀĂƚĞ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?Ć&#x;Ä? ƚĂůĞŜƚĆ? ĂŜĚ has  likewise  helped  incul-­â€? cate  in  them  the  preser-­â€? ǀĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ŽƾĆŒ Ä?ƾůĆšĆľĆŒÄž ĂŜĚ further  enrichment  of  the  arts. Artreach  developed  a  ϯͲƉŚĂĆ?Äž Ä‚Ć‰Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ä‚Ä?Ĺš ƚŽ Ä?ĆŒĹ˝Ä‚ÄšÄžĹś ƚŚĞ Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹśÍ›Ć? knowledge  of  the  arts.   dŚĞ ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš ƉŚĂĆ?Äž Ä?Ĺ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒĆ? ƚŚĞ Ć?ĞůĞÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ Ĺ?ĆšĆ? Ç Ĺ˝ĆľĹŻÄšͲÄ?Äž Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?Ćš Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ?͘ dŚŽĆ?Äž who  have  been  deprived  of  basic  needs,  rights  Ä‚ŜĚ ÄžžŽĆ&#x;ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ Ä?Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ĺ˝ĆŒ what  the  society  calls  the  â€œunderprivilegedâ€?  were  the  priority. Â

Brushing Off Barriers Organization: Earnest Support for Underprivileged Children (E-SUCH) Charity Foundation Project Entry: Artreach E-­â€?SUCH  believes  in  the  philosophy  that  art  Ĺ?Ć? ĆšĹšÄžĆŒÄ‚Ć‰ÄžĆľĆ&#x;Ä? ĨŽĆŒ Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹś Ä‚Ć? Ĺ?Ćš ĞŜĂÄ?ĹŻÄžĆ? ƚŚĞž ƚŽ ĎŜĚ ƉůĞĂĆ?ĆľĆŒÄ‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ÄžÇ†Ć‰ÄžĆŒĹ?ĞŜÄ?ÄžĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Ç Ć?ÄžůĨͲÄžÇ†Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ŽŜ ĂŜĚ Ä‚Ć‰Ć‰ĆŒÄžÄ?Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ the  beauty  of  life. Â

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E-­â€?SUCH,  which  stands  for  Earnest  Support  for  Underprivileged  Children,  established  the  Artreach  project  that  aims  to  provide  ŽĆ‰Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšƾŜĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ĨŽĆŒ Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹś ƚŽ ĹŻÄžÄ‚ĆŒĹś Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš the  arts  regardless  of  their  social  and  eco-­â€? nomic  stature. Â

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The  second  phase  gives  exposure  to  ĆšĹšÄž Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹśÍ›Ć? Ä‚ĆŒĆšÇ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĆ? ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ƚŚĞ Íž ĂƚĂŜĹ? WĹ?Ĺś-­â€? ĆšĹ˝ĆŒÍ&#x; ĞdžŚĹ?Ä?Ĺ?ĆšÍ˜ WÄ‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂŜƚĆ? Ç ÄžĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞŜ Ä‚ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ‰Ä‚ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ period  of  three  months  to  choose  a  theme  or  concept  that  they  will  work  with.   E-­â€?SUCH  encourages  Ć‰Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ä?Ĺ?ƉĂŜƚĆ? ƚŽ žĂŏĞ ĆľĆ?Äž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ç€Ĺ?Ć?ƾĂů Ä‚ĆŒĆšĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś expressing  their  feelings  on  issues  concern-­â€? Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹśÍ›Ć? ĆŒĹ?Ĺ?ŚƚĆ? ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ĆšÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ environment.  Lecture,  seminars  and  talks  comprise  the  third  Ć‰ĹšÄ‚Ć?Äž Ç ĹšĹ?Ä?Ĺš Ć?ĞĞŏĆ? ƚŽ ÄžĹśĆŒĹ?Ä?Ĺš ƚŚĞ Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹśÍ›Ć? Ĺ?žĂĹ?Ĺ?ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ä‚Ć? Ç ÄžĹŻĹŻ Ä‚Ć? ĞdžƉĂŜĚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ?ĞƉ-­â€? Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ä‚ĆŒĆšĆ?͘ ĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĹ?Ć? ƉŚĂĆ?Ğ͕ ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆš art  genres  and  artworks  of  various  renowned  Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?ĆšĆ? Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä‚ĹŻĆ?Ĺ˝ Ĺ?ĹśĆšĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?ĞĚ ƚŽ ĆšĹšÄžĹľÍ˜ tŚĞŜ Ä‚Ć?ŏĞĚ Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš Ĺ?Ć? ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĆŒŽƾƉ͛Ć? ÄšĆŒĹ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƉĹ?-­â€? ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ?Ĺś ĚŽĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ ĆŒĆšĆŒÄžÄ‚Ä?Ĺš Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?ƚ͕ ZÄ‚Ĺľ Äž :ÄžĆ?ĆľĆ?Í• Ͳ^h ,Í›Ć? ĆŒÄžĆ‰ĆŒÄžĆ?ĞŜƚĂ-­â€? Ć&#x;ǀĞ͕ Ć‹ƾŽĆšÄžÄš Ä‚ ĹŻĹ?ŜĞ ĨŽĆŒĹľ ƚŚĞ ŽŽŏ ŽĨ WĆŒĹ˝Ç€ÄžĆŒÄ?Ć?Í— “Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go  and Â

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when  he  is  old,  he  will  not  de-­â€? part  from  it.â€?  â€œWhenever  I  see  the  out-­â€? come  of  our  c o m m u n i t y  projects,  we  feel  that  we  have  done  great  things  for  them.  Some  of  the  children  say  that  we  were  Ä‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ƚŽ Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ? Ä‚ ĚĞĎŜĹ?ƚĞ ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ä?LJ helping  them  determine  what  they  want  to  be-­â€? come  in  the  future.   The  things  we  teach  them  help  them  a  lot  not  only  in  their  studies  but  in  their  everyday  lives,â€?  says  Ram  on  the  change  they  have  done.  â€œI  want  the  children  that  we  have  helped  in  our  Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ ƚŽ Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚŽ Ć‰ĆŒĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ć&#x;njĞ ĞĚƾÄ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ć?Ĺ˝ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?ÄžÄ?ŽžÄž ĞčĞÄ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ Ä?Ĺ?Ć&#x;ÇŒÄžĹśĆ? ŽĨ our  society.  I  also  want  them  to  always  see  the  Ć‰Ĺ˝Ć?Ĺ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ ƚŚĹ?ĹśĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś ĹŻĹ?ĨÄž ĚĞĆ?ƉĹ?ƚĞ ƚŚĞ Ä?ŽŜÄšĹ?Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? ŽĨ their  surroundings.  I  want  all  the  children  in  this  country  to  become  literate  components  of  the  future  society,â€?  Ram  concluded. E-­â€?SUCH  has  proven  that  with  art,  there  is  no  bar-­â€? ĆŒĹ?ÄžĆŒ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽĆ?Ć?Ĺ?Ä?Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? Ä‚ĆŒÄž ĞŜĚůĞĆ?Ć?͘ :ĆľĆ?Ćš ĹŻĹ?ĹŹÄž every  stroke  liberally  touching  the  canvass,  so  Ä‚ĆŒÄž ƚŚĞ Ä?ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄšĆŒÄžĹś Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞŜ Ä‚ Ć?ĞŜĆ?Äž ŽĨ ĹŻĹ?Ä?ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ whatever  concerns  they  have  in  life.   Art  has  giv-­â€? ĞŜ ƚŚĞž Ä‚ Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĆšĹš ŽĨ ĨĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺš Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒÍ™Ä‚ ĆŒÄ‚Ç‡ ŽĨ ĹšĹ˝Ć‰ÄžÍ˜ /Ćš made  them  dream  once  more  and  believe  once  žŽĆŒÄž ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĹ?ĹśĹ?Ć? Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ć?Ć&#x;ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Äž Ä?ÄžĆŠÄžĆŒ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ can  make  it  happen  regardless  of  who  and  what  they  are. This is the insignia of the Order of the National Artists or known as Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining, an award given to a Filipino who contributed much to the development of the arts in our country. This is the highest award given by the Philippine government through a Presidential Proclamation. ,W LV RXU KRSH WKDW RQH GD\ LQ WKH IXWXUH Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining awardee awardee will arise form the ranks of those E-SUCH kids!

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TAYO 7 SPECIAL AWARDS Ç€ÄžĆŒÇ‡ Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒÍ• Ä‚Ć?Ĺ?ĚĞ ĨĆŒŽž ƚŚĞ WŚƉ ϹϏÍ•ĎŹĎŹĎŹ Ä?Ä‚Ć?Ĺš Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚ĹśĆšĆ? Ĺ?Ĺ?Ç€-­â€? ĞŜ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ç Ĺ?ŜŜĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂ-­â€? Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?Í• Ć?ĞůĞÄ?Ćš Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? are  also  given  special  Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄšĆ? Ä?LJ d zK ĨĆŒĹ?ĞŜĚĆ? ĂŜĚ Ć?ĆľĆ‰Ć‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšÄžĆŒĆ?͘

dŚĞ ŽŏÄž Ä‚ĆŒĹŹÄ‚ÄšÄ‚ Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄš ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒ Ç Ä‚Ć? Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞŜ to  'ƾĞĆ?Ć?Ğƚ EÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ ,Ĺ?Ĺ?Ĺš ^Ä?ĹšŽŽů ^Ä?Ĺ?ĞŜÄ?Äž ĹŻĆľÄ?  from  EÄ‚Ĺ?ĆľĹ?ůůĂŜ͕ >Ä‚ hĹśĹ?ŽŜ͘ dŚĞ Ĺ?ĆŒŽƾƉ͛Ć? Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?Ćš ŽĨ ĆŒÄžĆ?ĆšĆŒĆľÄ?ĆšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ć?Ä?ĹšŽŽůÍ›Ć? ƉŚLJĆ?Ĺ?Ä?Ä‚ĹŻ ĨÄ‚Ä?Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? and  environment  to  make  it  more  conducive  for  ůÄžÄ‚ĆŒĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? ĆšĆŒƾůLJ ĚĞžŽŜĆ?ĆšĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄžÄš ƚŚĞ ŽŏÄž Ä‚ĆŒĹŹÄ‚ÄšÄ‚ values  of  unity  and  teamwork  to  achieve  a  com-­â€? mon  goal. Ć? ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄš Ĺ?Ć? ĚĞĆ?Ä?ĆŒĹ?Ä?ĞĚ͕ ŽŏÄž Ä‚ĆŒĹŹÄ‚ÄšÄ‚ Ĺ?Ć? Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš ĹŻĹ?Ç€Ĺ?ĹśĹ? ƉŽĆ?Ĺ?Ć&#x;Ç€ÄžĹŻÇ‡Í˜ /Ćš Ĺ?Ć? Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš ůŽŽŏĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ćš ƚŚĞ bright  side,  despite  the  odds.   The  group  did  just  ĆšĹšÄ‚Ćš Ç ĹšÄžĹś ƚŚĞLJ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹÄžÄš ƚŽĹ?ÄžĆšĹšÄžĆŒ ĨŽĆŒ ƉŽĆ?Ĺ?Ć&#x;ǀĞ Ä?ŚĂŜĹ?Äž Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ć?Ä?ĹšŽŽů ĚĞĆ?ƉĹ?ƚĞ ÄšĹ?ĸÄ?ƾůĆ&#x;ÄžĆ?͘

Sa tuwing inaalala namin ang aming mga naging karanasan, nagtatawanan na lamang kami. Sabi nga namin, nakakapagod pero masaya; malupit pero astig. Sinasabi na ang mga kabataan sa ngayon ay mapusok, pasibo at walang pakialam sa lipunan. Isang henerasyon daw na mas nanaisin ang gumimik, panonood ng sine at malling, kaysa sa pakikilahok sa mga usapin na kinakaharap ng ating bansa sa kasalukuyan. Ito raw ang kabataan ng kasalukuyang henerasyon. Ito raw kami. Pero, sa nagdaang apat na araw, nabali namin ang ganitong paniniwala. Napatunayan namin na kaya naming mga kabataan na makibahagi sa mga usaping panlipunan at maging lider sa iba’t-ibang larangan. Pagkamalikhain, Kolektibismo, Bolunterismo --- Ito ang mga katangiang nag-uugnay sa mga kabataang nandito ngayon. Dalawampung kabataang mula sa dalawampung organisasyon na nagpakita ng mga katangiang hindi inaasahan sa aming mga edad. Kaming lahat ay kumikilos sa paniniwala na dapat ang kabataan ay kabahagi sa pagtataguyod ng kapakanan ng bansa at kaisa sa mga laban at hangarin ng iba pang sektor sa lipunan.

TeaM Energy Special Award dĹšĹ?Ć? Ä‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄš Ĺ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞŜ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ä?ÄžĆ?Ćš ĞdžĞžƉůĹ?ÄŽÄžĆ? Ć?ĆšĆŒÄžĹśĹ?ƚŚ Ĺ?Ĺś Ć?Ç‡ĹśÄžĆŒĹ?LJ Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž ĚĞžŽŜ-­â€? Ć?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ Ć‰Ĺ˝Ç ÄžĆŒ ƚŽ Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Äž ĂŜĚ ŚĞůƉ Ä?ĆľĹ?ĹŻÄš ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ? to  inspire  change  among  the  Filipino  youth. dĹšĹ?Ć? Ç‡ÄžÄ‚ĆŒÍ›Ć? dĞĂD ĹśÄžĆŒĹ?LJ ^ƉĞÄ?Ĺ?Ä‚ĹŻ Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄš Ç Ä‚Ć? Ĺ?Ĺ?Ç€-­â€? en  to  the  WÄ‚Ĺ?Ͳ Ć?Ä‚ zŽƾƚŚ Ć?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WĹšĹ?ĹŻ-­â€? ippines,  Pamplona  Chapter  (PYAP-­â€?Pamplona  Chapter) ĨĆŒŽž Ä‚ĹľÄ‚ĆŒĹ?ŜĞĆ? ^ĆľĆŒÍ˜ dŚĞ Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ acted  upon  solving  the  need  for  safe  water  in  Ć‰ŽŽĆŒ Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĹŻĹ˝Ä?Ä‚ĹŻĹ?ƚLJ Ä?LJ Ć?ĹšÄ‚ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞ technology  they  learned  from  a  US  Peace  Corps  Volunteer  Group.

Teletech Special Award for Excellence in Education and Youth Empowerment This  award  is  given  to  /ĹŻĹ˝Ĺ?ĹŻĹ˝ WĆŒĹ?žĂ 'Ä‚ĹŻÄ‚Ç WĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ?  who  uses  their  passion  for  the  arts  and  their  God-­â€?given  talents  in  order  to  help  the  less  fortunate.   To  do  this,  ĆšĹšÄžÇ‡ ĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Ć?Äž ĨƾŜÄšĆ? ĆšĹšĆŒŽƾĹ?Ĺš ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?Ć&#x;Ä? Ć‰ĆľĆŒĆ?ĆľĹ?ĆšĆ?͘ dŚĞLJ Ä?ŽŜĚƾÄ?ƚĞĚ Ä‚ Ć?ÄžĆŒĹ?ÄžĆ? ŽĨ ĨĆŒÄžÄž žƾĆ?Ĺ?Ä?Í• ĚĂŜÄ?Ğ͕ ĆšĹšÄžÄ‚ĆšĆŒÄžÍ• Ä?ĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć&#x;ǀĞ Ç ĆŒĹ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ?Í• ŊŽƾĆŒĹśÄ‚ĹŻĹ?Ć?Ĺľ ĂŜĚ Ç€Ĺ?Ć?ƾĂů Ä‚ĆŒĆšĆ? Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĆ?ŚŽƉĆ? ƚŽ children  as  well  as  students. dĹšĹ?Ć? Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹśĹ?njĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ Ä?ĞůĹ?ĞǀĞĆ? ƚŚĂƚ ĆšĹšÄžĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ć? Ä‚ĹŻÇ Ä‚Ç‡Ć? Ć?ŽžÄžĆšĹšĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽŜÄž Ä?Ä‚Ĺś ĚŽ ƚŽ žĂŏĞ ƚŚĹ?ĹśĹ?Ć? Ä‚ ĹŻĹ?ĆŠĹŻÄž ÄšĹ?ÄŤÄžĆŒÄžĹśĆšÍ• Ä‚ ĹŻĹ?ĆŠĹŻÄž Ä?ÄžĆŠÄžĆŒ ĂŜĚ žŽĆŒÄž Ć?ƉĞÄ?Ĺ?Ä‚ĹŻÍ˜ ÄžÄ?Ä‚ĆľĆ?Äž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĆ?ŚŽƉĆ? ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä?ŽŜĚƾÄ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ?Í• ƚŚĞLJ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä‚Ä?ĹŻÄž ƚŽ ĞŜÄ?ŽƾĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Äž LJŽƾŜĹ? Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?ĆšĆ? ƚŽ Ć?ĞĞŏ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ĺ˝Ç Ĺś Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?Ć&#x;Ä? ŊŽƾĆŒĹśÄžÇ‡Ć?͘

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Tayo ang kabataan ng kasalukuyang henerasyon. Hindi na lamang tayo nakukulong sa loob ng kahon ng pagkawalang-bahala. Wala na lamang tayo sa loob ng apat na sulok ng kawalang-pakialam. Tayo ang kabataan - ekstraordinaryo, makadasig o motivating, matindi, makulay, nindot ang pag-uban o maganda ang samahan, alegre o masayahin, oragon o magaling. Tayo ang kabataan, ang bagong lakas ng lipunan, at patuloy na magiging mabuting anak ng bayan.

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2009 Coke Barkada Award

Noong aming unang pagkikita-kita, inaamin namin na parang halos maririnig mo ang paghulog ng karayom sa lobby ng Innotech. Sa totoo lang, parang naririnig ko noon ang bawat paggalaw ng mga kamay ng orasan. Nagkakahiyaan, tahimik at tila naiilang sa isa’t isa.

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Moving Forward Through Onward Organization: Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines - Talisay City Chapter Project Entry: Project Onward

Gift of Books Organization: Tsinelas Campus Volunteer Group Project Entry: Their Books

DĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƵƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĨĞƟƐŚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ďŽŽŬƐ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ͘ KŶĞ ŶŽǀĞů ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͕ we accumulate much and later on leave them behind only to let them be hidden from our sight because of the thick dust that would feast on them. /Ŷ ĞďƵ ŝƚLJ͕ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ Tsinelas Cam-­‐ pus Volunteer Group has capitalized on local promi-­‐ ŶĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŝƚLJ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ĐŽů-­‐ ůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŬƐ ƚŽ ĚŽŶĂƚĞ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ ŵĂLJ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ in the world of arts.

This is WĂŐͲĂƐĂ zŽƵƚŚ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ (PYAP) -­‐ Talisay City Chapter͛Ɛ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ǁƌŝƚ-­‐ ƚĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ d zK ĞŶƚƌLJ ĨŽƌŵ͕ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵ-­‐ posed primarily of out-­‐of-­‐school youth (OSY) in Cebu. ŵŝĚƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ŽĨ K^zƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͕ ƚŚŝƐ group of concerned individuals challenged themselves ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĞƌĂĚŝĐĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƟŐŵĂ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ďƵƚ ĚĞůŝŶ-­‐ quent members of the society. WƌŽũĞĐƚ KEt Z was conceptualized to encourage ƚŚĞƐĞ K^z͛Ɛ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌŶ ĞdžƚƌĂ ŝŶ-­‐ ĐŽŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͛Ɛ ŶĞĞĚƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͘ ůŵŽƐƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ĚŝĸĐƵů-­‐ ƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝůůƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ DŽƌĞ so, they have been wounded in many ways by those ǁŚŽ ŚƵŵŝůŝĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽũ-­‐ ect was done in respect to all the experiences these young people have gone through. It was carried out in a manner that, to say the very least, give them a sense of feel-­‐good experience that they too will see their worth. ŵƵůƟͲĨĂĐĞƚĞĚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ KEt Z ĂůƐŽ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ďLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ^LJƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ğ-­‐ ƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌŵĞŶƚ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞŵ-­‐ ďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞůŝŚŽŽĚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĞĂƵƚLJ ĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ^ƉĂ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͖ ĂŶĚ ͞ ĂƐƵƌĂ DŽ͕ ĂŚĂŶĚŝ <Ž͕͟ Ă ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƚŚĂƚ sells recycled items from trash to help them earn their seed money to start-­‐up their own businesses.

pear. We feel the need to address the issues circling the out-­‐of-­‐school-­‐youth and we feel that through Proj-­‐ ĞĐƚ KEt Z ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ŵĂĚĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ &Žƌ ŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͕ / ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞƐĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕͟ ZĞdž sŝůůĂǀĞůĞnj ;Wz W͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶ-­‐ ƚĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ d zK ƐĞĂƌĐŚͿ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĨƵů-­‐ ĮůůŵĞŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŐůĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ most of the members are now into their own business such as munchkins-­‐making, shakoy ;Ă ŶĂƟǀĞ ĚĞůŝĐĂĐLJͿ and others. This in turn has also made PYAP-­‐Talisay Chapter strengthen the Livelihood and Savings Scheme dubbed as Piso Para sa PYA ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ KE-­‐ t Z ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌͲďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͘ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶLJ young people will have this sincere desire to make a ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ tĞ ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ the development of our out-­‐of-­‐school youth and we ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ǁŚŝůĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ͕͟ Rex shares his hopes for the PYAP-­‐Talisay Chapter.

͞tŚĞŶ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĐůĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝƐŵ ǁŝůů ĂƉ-­‐

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ŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉĂLJŝŶŐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ mountainous and coastal barangays in Cebu. They are the children who do not have access to ďĂƐŝĐ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ because of pov-­‐ erty. With this, they aimed at providing edu-­‐ ĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĂƐƐŝƐ-­‐ tance to poor students by do-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĨƵŶĚͲƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƵƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũ-­‐ ĞĐƚ ĐĂůůĞĚ͕ ͞dŚĞŝƌ ŽŽŬƐ͘͟ Tsinelas brought together professionals, media prac-­‐ ƟƟŽŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ĞďƵ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶĚĞĂǀŽƌ ďLJ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĚŽ-­‐ nate books. These, in turn, were sold to a market of ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ŽŶ Ă ϯͲĚĂLJ Ŭ ƐĂůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ LJĂůĂ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ Center in Cebu. Proceeds from the event became ĨƵŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͘

ter at Colonia Central Elementary School, a remote barangay in the town of Tuburan in Cebu Province. “Some of the campus volunteers did not come from ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĮƌƐƚͲŚĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝ-­‐ ĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚĞƉƌŝǀĞĚ ŽĨ ďĂƐŝĐ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ŝŶ ĂůůĞǀŝĂƟŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ďLJ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶ ǁĂLJƐ ƚŽ generate funds to support those who are less privi-­‐ ůĞŐĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŵ͕͟ zŽǁĞĞ 'ŽŶnjĂůĞƐ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ d zK ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƐĂŝĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŬŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƵƉŚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ĞďƵ ŝƚLJ͘ zŽǁĞĞ shares, “There is nothing more rewarding than see-­‐ ŝŶŐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJŵĞŶ ďĞƚ-­‐ ter.” Tsinelas Campus Volunteer Group showed us how ƚŚĞ ŐŝŌ ŽĨ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďŽŽŬƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ conquer their dreams by giving them the opportunity ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĞƉ ʹ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ďĂƐŝĐ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘

“The group decided on a book sale because the do-­‐ ŶŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵLJĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ĚŽŶĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂ-­‐ ƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂůƐŽ ŐĞƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ͕͟ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂ-­‐ ƟŽŶ ǁƌŽƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ d zK ĞŶƚƌLJ ĨŽƌŵ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ƚǁŽ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽĨ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͗ ;ϭͿ ϮϬ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ from slum areas in Cebu City that received a three-­‐ ĚĂLJ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƌƚǁŽƌŬƐ͖ ;ϮͿ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĐĞŶ-­‐

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The Swine and Goat Story Organization: Kulasihan Young Achievers, Inc. Project Entry: Swine and Goat Dispersal

Organization: Students in Free Enterprise-Mindanao State University General Santos City Project Entry: Project 777 Max!

dŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ĚŝƐƉĞƌƐĂů ŽĨ ƐǁŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽĂƚƐ ƚŽ ĮŌĞĞŶ ;ϭϱͿ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĂǁ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ happened to more young people and they felt it was ŐŽŽĚ͘ ^Ž ƚŚĞLJ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƐǁŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽĂƚƐ ƵŶƟů ĞŝŐŚƚLJͲĮǀĞ ;ϴϱͿ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŶŽǁ ŽǁŶƐ ƐǁŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽĂƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞLJ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞĚ ʹ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ all good.

ƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐƚ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ Ă ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ WůĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ dƌĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͛Ɛ ŚĞůƉ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ entered into an agreement to make the project sus-­‐ ƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ a piglet or a kid to raise and in return they are ex-­‐ ƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚǁŽ ŚĞĂĚƐ ŽĨ either piglet or a kid for every one of which awarded to them.

This is <ƵůĂƐŝŚĂŶ zŽƵŶŐ ĐŚŝĞǀĞƌƐ͕ /ŶĐ͛͘Ɛ ;<z /ŶĐ͘Ϳ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ʹ ƚŚĞ ^ǁŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ 'ŽĂƚ ŝƐƉĞƌƐĂů͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂ-­‐ ŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ůĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƵŬŝĚŶŽŶ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ŝŶ ĂƌĂŶŐĂLJ <ƵůĂƐŝŚĂŶ ŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ Lantapan, has emerged now as one barangay known ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ůŝǀĞƐƚŽĐŬ͘ dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͛Ɛ ŚƵŵďůĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐƐ ĂƌŽƵƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽǀĞƌŝƐŚ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵ-­‐ munity where 79% of the out-­‐of-­‐school youth de-­‐ ƉĞŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞůLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵīĞƌ much during in-­‐between harvest seasons to support ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͛ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ ŶĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌŵ-­‐ ers cannot send their children to school, these young people became farmers as well to help their parents meet their daily needs.

“We have seen the struggle of our fellow youth in our community and we thought that through this project we are helping them prepare for their future. We hope to put up one day a satellite market for the meat that we get from our livestock. We dream that ŽƵƌ LJŽƵƚŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĨĂƌŵ-­‐ ĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐ͕͟ EŝĐŽ ĞůŝĐĂŶ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ŚŝƐ ŚŽƉĞƐ about their project. EŝĐŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƚĞ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͛Ɛ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͘ ͞ Ɛ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ͕ ŶŽ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ǁŝůů go hungry anymore and eventually no young person will be out-­‐of school.”

KƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͕ <z /ŶĐ͘ΖƐ ŵĂŝŶ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽ-­‐ vide livelihood projects to marginalized youth in their barangay. With this in mind, they have formulated a project where out-­‐of-­‐school youth in their commu-­‐ ŶŝƚLJ ĐŽƵůĚ ĮŶĚ ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞ-­‐ ĐŝĂůůLJ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽͲŚĂƌǀĞƐƚ Žƌ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ďŝƌƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ǁŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ 'ŽĂƚ ŝƐƉĞƌƐĂů ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘

WŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ŝŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ LJŽƵƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ while they take part in helping their fellow young ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞƐ͘ zĞƚ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂƐ taken it a step further, risking their own lives to reach out to those who need them. Students in Free Enterprise-­‐MSU General Santos City also known as ^/& ͲD^h ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĂƌĂŶŐĂLJ ^ĞǀĞŶ ,ŝůůƐ͕ DĂĂƐŝŵ͕ ^ĂƌĂŶŐĂŶŝ WƌŽǀŝŶĐĞ ʹ Ă 'ĂǁĂĚ <ĂůŝŶŐĂ ƐŝƚĞ ƚŽ ƵƉůŝŌ ůŝǀĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌŝĂů ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ĚŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ go to the site amidst the security threats in the area. Now dubbed as a ghost town, residents have moved ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚĞ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ĂƌĞĂ ŝŶ ĐƌŽƐƐĮƌĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚƌŽŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƵƌ-­‐ ŐĞŶƚƐ͘ ^/& ͲD^h͛Ɛ Ăŝŵ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ƌĞǀŝƚĂůŝnjĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵ-­‐ nity and build entrepreneurial mindsets among the residents. They conducted lectures to orient them of the business world and some members even im-­‐ mersed in the community, literally living with them to truly experience the real need of its residents. ͞dŚĞ ƚĞƐƟŵŽŶŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ^/& ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƐƉĂƌŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝƐŵ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉƵnjnjůŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵƚŚ ĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŽƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ without a single cent to compensate for the risks and ŚĂƌĚƐŚŝƉƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŽŶĐĞ Ă ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞŐƵŶ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐůŽǁůLJ transformed us, to have a deeper sense of commit-­‐ ŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƵƐ͘ tĞ ŵĂLJ ďĞ LJŽƵŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĚƌĂƐƟĐĂůůLJ ŝŵ-­‐ prove the state of living of our impoverished and less fortunate communi-­‐ ƟĞƐ͕͟ ůĞdžŝƐ ŚƵĂ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ SIFE-­‐MSU to TAYO 7 search shared his thoughts about their experience.

dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŶŐ-­‐ ŐƵŶŝĂŶŐ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶ͕ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ďLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ŐŽĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐǁŝŶĞ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͘ They are expected to raise these and eventually be a source of income. Out-­‐ of-­‐school youth, regis-­‐ tered SK members and other farm workers duly screened by the organi-­‐ njĂƟŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂ-­‐ ries of the said project. As a requirement, ben-­‐ ĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ŵƵƐƚ ƵŶĚĞƌŐŽ a one-­‐day seminar with ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ő-­‐

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Lucky Number 777

ƐŽƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽůůĞŐĞ ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ,^ ͕ ǁŚŽ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƐŬŝůůƐ training on quality management of food products ĂŶĚ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ ŽŶ ŬŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ͘ ĐƚƵĂů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĚŽŶĞ ĂŌĞƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶ-­‐ ƟĂůƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ďLJ ŝƚƐ ƌĞĐŝƉŝĞŶƚƐ͘ “It feels great to create a huge footprint in the lives of the people that we help. It is heartbreaking to know ƚŚĂƚ ƐƟůů͕ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ to the very basics of living. Helping the people eat three meals a day is more rewarding than any award Žƌ ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞƌ ĂĐƚ͕͟ ůĞdžŝƐ ĐŽŶ-­‐ ƟŶƵĞƐ ŚŝƐ ƚĞƐƟŵŽŶLJ ŽŶ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ϳϳϳ͘ Ɛ ^/& ͲD^h ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŝƚƐ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĐƌĞ-­‐ ĂƚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂůůLJ ƐƚĂďůĞ͕ ǁĞ also see the need to more sustainable income-­‐gen-­‐ ĞƌĂƟŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ůĞƐƐĞŶ͕ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ĞƌĂĚŝĐĂƚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ problem of poverty in our country. Things could hap-­‐ pen, abundance will come. The only challenge is to ďĞŐŝŶ ŝƚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ďĞƐĞƚ ƵƐ͘

SIFE-­‐MSU also worked closely with MSU profes-­‐

TAYO

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All Hyped-Up and Healthy Organization: UP Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants Project Entry: Project Activate

Organization: Dire Husi Initiative Organization Project Entry: Interconnecting Indigenous Young Artisans and Young Urban Fashionistas Through Fair Trade ͞dƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ ďLJ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ͕͟ ŝƌĞ ,ƵƐŝ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ^ŚĂŵĂĞ ĂƐŝŹŽ emphasized as she explains the change they have ini-­‐ ƟĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŐĂLJĂŶ ĚĞ KƌŽ ŝƚLJ͘

No, they are not doctors. Nor are they WŚLJƐŝĐĂů ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ from the University of the Philippines :ƵŶŝŽƌ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ ŽĨ ĐĐŽƵŶ-­‐ ƚĂŶƚƐ ;hW :W/ Ϳ͘ zĞƐ͕ LJŽƵ ŐŽƚ ŝƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ʹ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ăůů ŚLJƉĞĚͲ up to promote healthy lifestyle. This ŐƌŽƵƉ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŝŶ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ǀĂůƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ƵƉŚŽůĚ ĂƐ being important, worthy to be shared to other young people. “Accountants can easily be stereotyped as backroom employees, facing their computers and spreadsheets. Simply ƉƵƚ͕ ƌŽƵƟŶĞůLJ ďŽƌŝŶŐ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚLJ hW :W/ constantly challenges its members to explore and ŐƌŽǁ ŝŶ Ă ŵƵůƟͲĨĂĐĞƚĞĚ ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ƚŚƌƵ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕͟ :Ğī 'ĂƌŵĂ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ hW :W/ ƚĞůůƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĞŶ-­‐ try to TAYO 7. ͞WƌŽũĞĐƚ ĐƟǀĂƚĞ͟ ĂŝŵƐ Ăƚ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ǁĞůůŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ǁŚŽůĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƟŶŐ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟǀĞ ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĮƚŶĞƐƐ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ďĞůůLJ dancing, futkal (football sa kalye or street soccer), Frisbee and Capoeira session, UP JPIA encouraged ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ƉĞĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ůŝŬĞǁŝƐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐůŝŶŝĐƐ͕ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ and demos and even establishment of health booths that provided free medical check-­‐ups and consulta-­‐

Here My Friend

ŝƌĞ ,ƵƐŝ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŬƐ ƚŽ transform marginalized youth by teaching and train-­‐ ing them to explore their innate talents and poten-­‐ ƟĂůƐ ŝŶ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƌƚƐ͕ ĐƌĂŌƐ and performances. From the words Dire which is Ce-­‐ buano for here and Husi meaning friend ŝŶ DĂŶŽďŽ, this group of friends promises ready support. It is as if to say “here, my friend, we can help you and we accept you”. ƟŽŶƐ͘ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ƐƵƉƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽůĚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ͞WƌŽũĞĐƚ ĐƟǀĂƚĞ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĞĐƵƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌ-­‐ ƚĂŶƚůLJ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ϭ͕ϬϬϬ ƉůƵƐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚͲůŽŶŐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐŽƉĞ ŽĨ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ǀĞŶƵĞ͖ ŝƚ ĞdžƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ŶĞĂƌďLJ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕͟ hW :W/ ŶĂƌ-­‐ rated in their TAYO entry form. dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞǁ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŶĞǁ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ advocacies as the project paved the way for these ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ůŝŶŬĂŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚƵƐ ĞdžƚĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂĚƚŚ ŽĨ hW :W/ ͛Ɛ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ĐƟǀĂƚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚŽ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ůŝǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ͘ KƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚƌĞĂŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵŶŐ people in our community is that someday, some-­‐ ŚŽǁ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůLJ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ and lifestyles. We hope that they too can replicate ŽƵƌ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕͟ :Ğī ŝŵƉĂƌƚƐ ŚŝƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ d zK ƚĞĂŵ͘

dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ďĞŐĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ZŚLJĂŶ ĂƐŝŹŽ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ĞLJĞ ĨŽƌ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͘ ,Ğ ƐĂǁ the need to help the so called outcasts of society like the street kids, out-­‐of-­‐school and indigenous youths. Their project called /ŶƚĞƌĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ /ŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ zŽƵŶŐ ƌƟƐĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ zŽƵŶŐ hƌďĂŶ &ĂƐŚŝŽŶŝƐƚĂƐ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ &Ăŝƌ Trade, aimed to transform these youths that are usu-­‐ ally ignored by society. They conducted art sessions in the streets of Cagayan Ğ KƌŽ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ ĂĐ-­‐ ƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ took part of the said classes. The group has expanded ĞǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ >ƵŵĂĚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŝŶ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ DŝŶ-­‐ danao such as the DĂŶŽďŽƐ͕ ,ŝŐĂŽŶŽŶ͕ dĂůĂĂŶĚŝŐ͕ hŵĂLJĂŶŽŶ͕ DĂƟŐƐĂůƵŐ and also university students from Xavier University-­‐Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro.

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“As we have mentored these disadvantaged youths, we feel that they are empowering us just as much ĂƐ ǁĞ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĞŵ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ space we realize that much has to be learned from the intrinsic talents and nature-­‐inspired sense of ŝĚĞŶƟƚLJ ŽĨ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ KƵƌ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĨƵĞůƐ ŽƵƌ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ǁŽƌŬ͕͟ ^ŚĂŵĂĞ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĨƵůĮůůŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ these young people. With the work they have done in the community, ŝƌĞ ,ƵƐŝ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͞/ ŵ Ă ŚĂŶŐĞŵĂŬĞƌ͟ ŐƌĂŶƚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŽƵŶĐŝů WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ and was awarded a cash grant that was made as ƐĞĞĚ ŵŽŶĞLJ ŝŶ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ LJŽƵƚŚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞŶ-­‐ terprise.

dŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ǁĂLJƐ ƚŽ ĞīĞĐƚ change in our society. This is what UP JPIA showed us and so the challenge to think of more innova-­‐ ƟǀĞ ǁĂLJƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐƚŽƉƐ͘

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Armed with a developed talent in the arts, a reju-­‐ ǀĞŶĂƚĞĚ njĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟǀĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐ-­‐ cepted their unique sense of individuality, the young ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŶŽǁ ŵĂŬĞ their own pieces of artwork and place them in the ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ƚŽŽ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŽƉƉŽƌ-­‐ ƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ůŝŶŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚ-­‐ ment of Trade Industry to aid these young people to ŐĂŝŶ ŵŽƌĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ĨŽƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ the streets.

/ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞ-­‐ ĂƟǀŝƚLJ ŬĞĞƉƐ ŽŶ ďƌŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚƵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ of our young people.

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Nurturing Mother Nature Organization: 4H CLUB PONGOLEEL Project Entry: Ksagen dad-nga de banwe Fungol leel

We saw the fury of Mother Nature through the ty-­‐ phoons Ondoy and Pepeng when it swept away thou-­‐ sands and thousands of homes all over Metro Manila and most parts of Luzon. Only then did it really sink in ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ƚƌĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĞĂƐĞ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŽŶ͘ Fortunately, even before the catastrophe, a group of young people has been valuing the importance of ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ďLJ ƉůĂŶƟŶŐ ƚƌĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŚŝůĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ were all taken into heart. They have also propagated backyard gardening to advocate organic vegetable ĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ϰ, ůƵď WŽŶŐŽůĞĞů has ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ^ŝƟŽ WŽŶŐŽůĞĞů͕ ůĞŐƌŝĂ͕ Alabel, Sarangani Province. ͞dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŐůĂƌŝŶŐ ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŵƉŽǀĞƌŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ community of Pongoleel is grappling with and the danger/disaster that the environment may cast the moment it take its revenge against the abuse of man ƚŽ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ͞ :ŽǀĂŶŝĞ ƐƉĞƐŽƌ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ŚŝƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͘ Pongoleel 4H Club was organized through ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Őƌŝ-­‐ culture, a government agency mandated to promote the welfare of the farm youth. Most of its members

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Giving Young People the Special Treatment Organization: Special Education Students Association Project Entry: Literacy Program for Aetas and Indigents

ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĂĂŶ ƚƌŝďĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĐƵůƟǀĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŝů ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂLJͲƚŽͲĚĂLJ food needs. “Low income of members of the community of Pon-­‐ goleel is the main reason of their inability to send their children to school which in turn contributes to the increase of out-­‐of-­‐school youth. Our community ŚĂƐ ůŝŬĞǁŝƐĞ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŇĂƐŚŇŽŽĚƐ͕ ƐŽŝů erosion and scouring. These are the reasons why we ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂĂŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ Śŝƚ ƚǁŽ ďŝƌĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ƐƚŽŶĞ͖ ƐŽůǀŝŶŐ some very important environmental issues while giv-­‐ ŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ Ğǀ-­‐ eryday living,” Jovanie explained. dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ůŝŬĞǁŝƐĞ ĞŶŐĂŐĞĚ ŝŶ ůŝǀĞƐƚŽĐŬ ƌĂŝƐ-­‐ ing to help augment the income of the people in the community. Together with the local government, 4H Club Pongoleel gave out kids and piglets to ask the LJŽƵŶŐ ůĂĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ůŝǀĞƐƚŽĐŬ͘ ͞tĞ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ŵƵĐŚ ŐƌĂƟĮĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĞĨ-­‐ ĨĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƵƉůŝŌ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽ-­‐ nomic status of the members of the Pongoleel com-­‐ ŵƵŶŝƚLJ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĂƌĂŶŐĂŶŝ ĂLJ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ϳϱй ŽĨ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵ-­‐ ŶŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ^ĂƌĂŶŐĂŶŝ ĂŶĚ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ^ĂŶƚŽƐ ŝƚLJ͕͟ :ŽǀĂŶŝĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŚŝƐ ƚĞƐƟŵŽŶLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ has brought to the community. 4H Club Pongoleel indeed showed everyone in their community the value of keeping and protect-­‐ ing the environment and how all these will ůŝŬĞǁŝƐĞ ĂƐƐƵƌĞ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ůŝĨĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͖ ƚŚĂƚ all these will in the end make our future a bet-­‐ ter world for our chil-­‐ ĚƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ children.

TAYO

/ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ LJŽƵƚŚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƋƵĂů-­‐ ŝƚLJ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵ-­‐ ic circumstances hinder most youth from taking advantage of even the free public ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ͘ /Ŷ response to this need, various cause-­‐oriented groups have taken the chance to be of ser-­‐ ǀŝĐĞ͕ ƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ of our young people by enhancing their learning experience. KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĞīŽƌƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ or known as SPEDSA͘ dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ students from the Western Visayas State University ǁŚŽƐĞ ŐŽĂů ŝƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŽƌŝĞƐ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ŝŶ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ people who need their talents. They have also capi-­‐ talized on their skills in using sign language as one ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƚŽŽů ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ^ŝůǀĞƌĞĞ ůĂǀĂ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ^W ^ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ d zK 7 shares the story behind their project called Litera-­‐ cy Program for Aetas and Indigents, “The Aetas in Panay, being a part of an ethnic group, do not receive ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů ƐƟŵƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ dŚƵƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ĞŶƚĞƌ ĨŽƌŵĂů ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ĮŶĚ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ͘ DĂŶLJ ĞƚĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŵĂůŶŽƵƌŝƐŚĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞLJ ůĂĐŬ ƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ŝĚĞĂ ŽŶ ƐĞƌǀ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ŶƵƚƌŝƟŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂůĂŶĐĞĚ ŵĞĂů͘͟ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ^W ^ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ƚǁŽ ďĂƌĂŶŐĂLJƐ to reach out to the Aetas, an e t h n i c group in the area, to help them t h r o u g h s p e c i a l classes and

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ŽƚŚĞƌ ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĂŝĚ ĞƚĂ ŬŝĚƐ ŐĂŝŶ ůĞǀĞƌĂŐĞ ĂŵŽŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ Ɛ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŐŶŝƟǀĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĂůƐŽ provided feeding program to intro-­‐ ĚƵĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĞĂƟŶŐ ŶƵƚƌŝƟŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐĞĚ ŵĞĂů͘ dŚĞ group also provided school supplies ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ƐƵĐŚ as textbooks to encourage the kids to ƐƚƵĚLJ ŵŽƌĞ͘ >ŝŬĞǁŝƐĞ͕ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ storytelling, puppet shows and games were incorporated so that kids will ac-­‐ ƟǀĞůLJ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ in discussions and thus make learning fun. tŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞƐĞ͕ ^W ^ ŚĂǀĞ seen that some of the kids excelled and so they have awarded scholarships to sup-­‐ port them in their dreams in pursuing their careers by earning their own college de-­‐ grees. ͞KƵƌ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ĚƌĞĂŵ for the young people in our community is for them to pur-­‐ sue their studies, be able to graduate and serve as role models in their community,” ^ŝůǀĞƌĞĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚŽŵ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ Ğdž-­‐ tended their help. ^W ^ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƌĞǀŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƉĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁĂŶƚ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ůŝĨĞ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŚĞŶ ĂƌŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ĚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚƌƵĞ ʹ ǁŝƚŚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŽĨ ĞůďŽǁ ŐƌĞĂƐĞ͘

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Teaching Them to Fish

Helping People Rise Above Poverty Organization: University of Luzon Students in Free Enterprise Project Entry: Project Arise

Organization: SIFE-SPUQC Project Entry: Financial Literacy Program

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͞/Ĩ LJŽƵ ŐŝǀĞ ŵĂŶ Ă ĮƐŚ͕ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞĚ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚĂLJ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ƚĞĂĐŚ ŵĂŶ ƚŽ ĮƐŚ͕ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞĚ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ͘͟

͞ ŵŝĚƐƚ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ ĐŝƚLJ͕ ĂŐƵƉĂŶ ŝƚLJ ŝƐ ďĞƐĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵůƟͲĨĂĐĞƚĞĚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ with the pervasive poverty as the most serious. Hence, it is the problem that takes priority to be ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ͘ WĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ͕ ƉŽǀĞƌƚLJ ŝƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ďLJ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ƉƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ůŝǀĞůŝŚŽŽĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚƵƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƐƵĸĐŝĞŶĐLJ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƐŽůǀĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶŶŝ-­‐ hilate, if not totally eliminate poverty.” This is ŚŽǁ ůĂƐ :ŽƌĚĂŶ d͘ DĂƟĂƐ͕ WƌŽũĞĐƚ >ĞĂĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ University of Luzon Students in Free Enterprise ;h>^/& Ϳ described the pressing issue in their city and the reason that made them do Project ARISE. ŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌƵƐƚ ŝŶ ĞŵƉŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁ-­‐ erless and giving hope to the hopeless, the ULSIFE created “Project ARISE” in response to the needs of ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƵƐĞƐ Ă ŵƵůƟͲĨĂĐĞƚĞĚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵ-­‐ munity. Among the components are: (1) BEST ; ƵƐŝ-­‐ ŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌŝĂů ^ŬŝůůƐ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐͿ ĨŽƌ </ ^ ;ϮͿ BIDA ; ŽůƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŝīĞƌĞŶƚůLJͲ ďůĞĚͿ ;ϯͿ UNLAD ;hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ >ƵnjŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĚǀĂŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ğ-­‐ tainees) (4) CARE ; ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ZĞƐĐƵĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƚŚͿ ;ϱͿ SIGLA ;^ĞůĨͲŚĞůƉ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ 'ƌŽƵƉ ĂŶĚ Local Advancement). These components hope to inculcate an entrepreneurial mindset among these ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůLJ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶ-­‐ dent. h>^/& ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ŽŶ ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͕ ĞƐƚĂď-­‐ lished livelihood skills laboratory and conducted lec-­‐ ƚƵƌĞƐ ŽŶ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŽƵƚ life skills training and emphasized the value of money among kids through sto-­‐ rytelling. Through all these, ULSIFE has already made link-­‐ ages with various or-­‐ ganizations

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SIFE-­‐SPUQC Team believes in the power of these words as this principle says much on how we can bet-­‐ ter ourselves. The Students in Free Enterprise of St. Paul Univer-­‐ sity in Quezon City, or ^/& Ͳ^WhY , is composed of ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ƵƉůŝŌ the lifestyle of their clientele and to promote entre-­‐ ƉƌĞŶĞƵƌŝĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĂĚŽƉƚ͘ ƚ ĂŶ ĂŐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůLJ ĮŶĂŶ-­‐ cially-­‐dependent on their parents or guardians, SIFE-­‐ ^WhY ŐŝǀĞƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ŝŵƉĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚLJ ŽĨ ŚĂŶĚƐͲŽŶ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ͘

ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ͘ “We are very happy with the result we achieved from ŽƵƌ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ͘ ĐƚƵĂůůLJ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ǁŽƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ describe how much we are overwhelmed and happy with the change we have made in our community,” ůĂƐ ŝŵƉĂƌƚƐ ŚŝƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘

ďƌĂŝŶĐŚŝůĚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů >ŝƚ-­‐ eracy Program ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŝŶ ĂƌĂŶ-­‐ gay Valencia, Quezon City to set-­‐up their own home-­‐ based livelihood. With the project on its swing in ϮϬϬϴ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ of liquid dishwashing, detergent soaps, perfume/co-­‐ ůŽŐŶĞ͕ ŚĂŶĚ ƐĂŶŝƟnjĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂĐŚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƚƌĂŝŶ-­‐ ŝŶŐ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ dole-­‐outs and foster sustainability.

dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞŶƚƌĞ-­‐ preneurs that will address real-­‐world business and socio-­‐economic issues of the depressed, deprived ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘

͞KƵƌ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŚĞůƉ͘ tĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƐƉƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ LJŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů Ă lot of people out there who needs help and everyone can share to others anything that they have,” Mary Agnes Angela Solis, head of SIFE-­‐SPUQC expressed her thoughts about the change her group is advocat-­‐ ing. SIFE-­‐SPUQC also dreams that one day they will see ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŽĨ ĂƌĂŶŐĂLJ sĂůĞŶĐŝĂ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ has started in the community. According to Agnes, this is one way of changing the world by passing on the knowledge and skills to others so we can create an able community that can help themselves surpass ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŽĨ ƉŽǀĞƌƚLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ͕ ƉĞƌƐĞǀĞƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ŵŝŶĚ͘

“We believe that the true measure of success is achieving our dreams by helping others achieve theirs. That is what changing the world is all about. dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ^/& ǁĂLJ͕͟ ůĂƐ ƐĂŝĚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚůLJ ĂƐ ŚĞ Ğdž-­‐ pressed his feelings on the outcome of their project. ĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƵŶĞŵ-­‐ ƉůŽLJĞĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƵƐĞ-­‐

TAYO

ǁŝǀĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŽŶ with the school admin-­‐ ŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐƵůƚLJ members of the univer-­‐ ƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ Ŷ-­‐ ƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐŚŝƉ ĞƉĂƌƚ-­‐ ŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ works hand-­‐in-­‐hand with community social ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘

Year 7

͞EŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ďƵŝůĚ-­‐ ing,” Agnes call to her fellow young leaders. And truly ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚĂŶ ŶŽǁ͘ EŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚĂŶ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘

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HEROES

Liwanag Sa Dilim

They  are  not  popular,  just  the  usual  faces  we  see  around.  Not  rich  ŜŽĆŒ Ĺ?ŜŇƾĞŜĆ&#x;Ä‚ĹŻÍ• ĹŠĆľĆ?Ćš Ć?Ĺ?žƉůĞ Ć‰ÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜĆ? Ç ĹšĹ˝ Ć?ĆšĆŒĹ?ǀĞ ĹšÄ‚ĆŒÄš ƚŽ ůĞƚ Ä?ŽƚŚ ĞŜĚĆ? meet  so  they  can  have  three  square  meals  a  day.  Yet  they  have  be-­â€? Ä?ŽžÄž Ć?ĞůŇĞĆ?Ć?͘ ǀĞŜ ĹŻĹ˝Ć?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽĆŒ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ Ĺ˝Ç Ĺś ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŽƚŚ-­â€? ers.

By Redg Plopinio During the evening of each year I attend the awarding of the Ten Accomplished Youth 2UJDQL]DWLRQV 7$<2 , FRXOG LPDJLQH LQFOXGLQJ WKH ÂżQDOLVWV PRUH OLWWOH FDQGOHV being lit across the different communities of the Philippine Archipelago. Little sparks of hope in a seemingly dark situation.

These  were  what  we  have  seen  when  we  were  rampaged  by  ty-­â€? phoons  Ondoy  and  Pepeng:  houses  destroyed,  main  roads  seemed  like  islands,  cars  turned  upside  down,  farmlands  turned  into  seas,  ĆšĹšĹ?ĹśĹ?Ć? ŇŽĂĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ÄžÇ€ÄžĆŒÇ‡Ç ĹšÄžĆŒÄžÍ• ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŜ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĆŒŽŽĨĆ? Ć?ĞĞŏĹ?ĹśĹ? ŚĞůƉ ĂŜĚ ĹšƾŜÄšĆŒÄžÄšĆ? ŽĨ ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ? ĹŻĹ˝Ć?ĆšÍ˜ ^ĆľÄ?Ĺš ĚĞǀĂĆ?ƚĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ͘

This year's awardees featured a group of FIL-Japanese youth who respond to discrimination on some Filipino-Japanese in search for their culture and identity. They used Manga comics to tackle these issues and help empower them towards making a positive difference.

zĞƚ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ĹľĹ?ÄšĆ?Ćš ŽĨ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĞĆ?Ğ͕ Ä‚ ŇĹ?Ä?ĹŹÄžĆŒ ŽĨ ĹŻĹ?Ĺ?Śƚ Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ć?ĞŜĆ?Äž ŽĨ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŜŽĆš Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ŚĂĆ? Ä?ĞĞŜ ĆŒĆľĹ?ŜĞĚ͖ ŜŽĆš Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ŚĂĆ? Ä?ĞĞŜ ĚĞĆ?ĆšĆŒĹ˝Ç‡ÄžÄšÍ˜ &Ĺ˝ĆŒ Ä‚Ćš ƚŚĞ ÄšÄ‚ĆŒĹŹÄžĆ?Ćš ĹšŽƾĆŒĆ? ŽĨ Ä‚ Ć?ĞĞžĹ?ĹśĹ?ůLJ ĞŜĚůĞĆ?Ć? ĚĞĆ?ĆšĆŒĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜÍ• Ä?ĂžĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ Í´ very  ordinary  ones  who  have  risked  their  lives  to  save  those  people  away  from  the  ravishing  waters  or  even   just  away  from  sure  hunger.  Amidst  all  these,  truly  good  hearts  were  never  destroyed.

There's a group from Camarines Sur who responded to the lack of potable water by innoYDWLQJ LQGLJHQRXV URFNV DQG PLQHUDOV IRU ÂżOWHULQJ ZDWHU 7KHLU UHVXOWV SDVVHG KLJK TXDOLW\ standards, but what's remarkable is that it costs a few thousand pesos to give a community access to clean water. One of the judges this year was Piermont Montilla, whom I met in TAYO 1. His org allows the healing of the wounds of youth who were sexually abused. A wounded-healer, as John himself was a victim... he's now expanded his organization to a lot more chapters all over the country. He's come back to tell this year to tell the story of his org, and encourage the organizations to continue to grow even after the TAYO recognition.

KĆľĆŒ d zK Ďł DÄ‚Ĺ?Ä‚ÇŒĹ?ŜĞ Ĺ?Ĺ?ǀĞĆ? ĆšĆŒĹ?Ä?ƾƚĞ ƚŽ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚŽĆ?Äž Ç ĹšĹ˝ ƾŜĆ?ĞůĎĆ?ŚůLJ Ĺ?ĂǀĞ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ÄžĹśÄžĆŒĹ?Ĺ?ÄžĆ?Í• Ć&#x;žĞ͕ ĆšĆŒÄžÄ‚Ć?ĆľĆŒÄžĆ? ĂŜĚ ĞǀĞŜ ĹŻĹ?ǀĞĆ? Ć?Ĺ˝ ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒ ƉĞŽ-­â€? ple  can  keep  their  own.  We  give  our  salute  to  all  of  you  for  truly  žÄ‚ĹśĹ?ĨÄžĆ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ŽŽÄšĹśÄžĆ?Ć? Ĺ?Ĺś LJŽƾÍ• Ć?Ĺ˝ ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒĆ? žĂLJ Ć?ĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ?ŜĚĞĞĚ ĹľĹ?ĆŒÄ‚Ä?ĹŻÄžĆ? Ä?Ä‚Ĺś ŚĂƉƉĞŜ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ç Äž Ä?Äž once  again  reminded  that  this  is  what  it  takes  to  be  a  Filipino.

&11 +HUR QRPLQHH (IUHQ 3HxDĂ€RULGD V RUJ PHPEHUV ZHUH DOVR SUHVHQW WKHUH DV SUHYLRXV TAYO awardees.

dĹ?žĞ ĂŜĚ Ć&#x;žĞ Ä‚Ĺ?Ä‚Ĺ?Ŝ͕ Ç Äž ůŽŽŏ ĨŽĆŒ ĆŒŽůÄž žŽÄšÄžĹŻĆ? ƚŽ Ç ĹšŽž Ç Äž Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Äžžƾ-­â€? ůĂƚĞ ĂŜĚ LJĞƚ Ć&#x;žĞ ĂŜĚ Ć&#x;žĞ Ä‚Ĺ?Ä‚Ĺ?Ĺś Ç Äž Ĺ?Ğƚ ÄšĹ?Ć?ĂƉƉŽĹ?ĹśĆšÄžÄšÍ˜ Ĺ?Ć?ĂƉƉŽĹ?ŜƚĞĚ Í´ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ĨÄ‚ĹŻĆ?Äž ŚŽƉĞĆ?Í• ĞžƉƚLJ Ć‰ĆŒŽžĹ?Ć?ÄžĆ? ĂŜĚ ĹľÄžĆŒÄž ĹŻĹ?Ɖ Ć?ÄžĆŒÇ€Ĺ?Ä?Ğ͘ WÄžĆŒĹšÄ‚Ć‰Ć? Ç Äž Ç ÄžĆŒÄž ůŽŽŏĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ćš ƚŚĞ Ç ĆŒŽŜĹ? ÄšĹ?ĆŒÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ͘ tĹ?ƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĞŜƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ć?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒĹľĆ? ĂŜĚ Ä?Ä‚ĹŻÄ‚ĹľĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ŽƾĆŒ Ä?ŽƾŜĆšĆŒÇ‡ ŚĂĆ? ÄžÇ†Ć‰ÄžĆŒĹ?ĞŜÄ?ĞĚ͕ Ç Äž Ç ÄžĆŒÄž ůĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƚŚ of  true  service,  of  the  spirit  of  genuine  â€œbayanihan.â€?  This  is  what  we  ĹšÄ‚ǀĞ Ć?ĞĞŜ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ć? ƚŚĞ ĆšĆŒĆľĆšĹš Ç Ä‚Ĺ?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? ƚŽ Ä?Äž Ć?ÄžÄžĹśÍ˜ dŚĂƚ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ Ä?Ĺ˝ĆŒÄž ŽĨ every  Filipino  there  lies  a  genuine  goodness,  never  tagged  with  any  Ć‰Ĺ˝Ć‰ƾůÄ‚ĆŒ Ć?ŽƾŜÄšĹ?ĹśĹ? ĨÄ‚ĹľĹ?ůLJ ŜĂžĞ ŜŽĆŒ Ä‚Ä?Ä?ĞŜƚĞĚ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ ƚŚĂƚ Ĺ?Ć? Ĺ?ŽůÄš Í´ ĹŠĆľĆ?Ćš Ä‚ ĹľÄžĆŒÄž Ć?Ĺ?žƉůĹ?Ä?Ĺ?ƚLJ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄšÄžĆľĆŒ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĹšÄžÄ‚ĆŒĆšÍ›Ć? Ĺ?ŽŽÄšĹśÄžĆ?Ć? ĂŜĚ the  uncontested  willingness  to  extend  help.

...there are a lot more orgs, a lot more stories of hope and youthful initiatives. They say that the youth is the future of our nation... I wouldn't agree anymore. They are no longer waiting for the future. They have started, they have and they continue to be responding. The youth org is the hope here and now.

Ć? Ç Äž Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾÄž ƚŽ ĞŜÄ?ŽƾĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Äž ŽƾĆŒ LJŽƾŜĹ? ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ Ć?ŽžÄžĆšĹšĹ?ĹśĹ? for  our  country,  we  look  back  to  those  ĹšÄžĆŒĹ˝ÄžĆ? ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŚĞĆ?Äž Ä?Ä‚ĹŻÄ‚ĹľĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? ĂŜĚ Ç Äž ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞĹ?ĆŒ ĹŻĹ?ĨĞ͛Ć? testament  inspire  us  to  help  others  without  seeking  for  any-­â€? thing  in  return.  Just  like  them,  we  simply  heed  to  the  call  of  service  in  its  reality.  We  then  call  all  young  Filipinos  to  re-­â€? žĞžÄ?ÄžĆŒ ƚŚĞĆ?Äž ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ć? ĹŻÄžĹ?Ä‚Ä?Ĺ?ÄžĆ? Ä?ÄžÄ?Ä‚ĆľĆ?Äž ƚŚĹ?Ć? Ĺ?Ć? Ç ĹšÄ‚Ćš Ä‚ &Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?-­â€? pino  should  be.  That  when  all  has  been  done,  all  of  us  may  truly  say  as  well  that:  â€œAng  sarap  maging  Pilipino!â€? Â

ÎŽ ZĞĚĹ? WůŽƉĹ?ĹśĹ?Ĺ˝ Ç Ä‚Ć? ƚŚĞ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺ?ĚĞŜƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŽLJŽůÄ‚ DŽƾŜƚĂĹ?ĹśÄžÄžĆŒĆ? ƚŚĂƚ Ä?ÄžÄ?ĂžĞ d zK Ď­ ĎŜĂůĹ?Ć?Ćš Ĺ?Ĺś ĎŽĎŹĎŹĎŻ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ Ĺ?ĆšĆ? Ć‰ĆŒŽŊÄžÄ?ƚ͕ Z &KZ͘ ,ĞΖĆ? Ä?ĆľĆŒĆŒÄžĹśĆšĹŻÇ‡ ĚŽĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä?Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒÄ‚ĆšÄž ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?ĹśĹ?ĹśĹ? ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽŜĆ?ƾůĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž Ä?Ä‚ĹŻÄ‚ĹśÄ?Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä?ŽŜĆ&#x;ŜƾŽƾĆ? ΗÄ?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ƚLJ Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ć&#x;Ä‚Ć&#x;ǀĞĆ?Η͘ ,Äž Ĺ?Ć? Ä‚ ƉŚŽƚŽĹ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć‰ĹšÄžĆŒÍ• Ä‚ ĆšĆŒĹ?ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ͕ Ä‚ Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ?ĆľĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ŽŜĹ?Ć?Ćš ĂŜĚ Ä‚ Ä?ŽůůÄ‚Ä?Ĺ˝ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ǀĞ Ä‚ĆŒĆ&#x;Ć?Ćš ŽĨ žĂŜLJ Ä?ĆŒÄ‚ÇŒÇ‡ ƉĂĆ?Ć?Ĺ?ŽŜĆ?͘

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Organizers d zK ǁĂƌĚƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ /ŶĐ͘ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ Supported by dĞĂD ŶĞƌŐLJ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů tĞůĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ Philippine Center of Young Leaders in Governance (PCYL)

Presenter ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ͕ /ŶĐ͘ Special Thanks to Mr. Chito Maniago Teletech Holdings, Inc.

THE AREA FINALS JUDGES

Ͷ ǣ Ǥ ȋ Ȍǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ơ

Heaven Sent from the Land Down Under &ŝůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂǁĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽ ƌĞƐŝůŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŵŝĚƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĐĂƚĂƐƚƌŽƉŚĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ϰƚŚ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ WŽůŝƟĐĂů džĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽƵŶĐŝů ; W Ϳ ĚĞůĞŐĂƟŽŶ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ďLJ Dƌ ůďĞƌƚ :ĂĐŽď DW ŽĨ KĐĞĂŶƌĞĞĨ͕ Western Australia generously donated twenty two thousand, eight hundred pesos to the TAYO Awards &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŽĨ zŽƵŶŐ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐ ŝŶ 'ŽǀĞƌŶĂŶĐĞ͘

Luzon MISS MARIELOU CHUA EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ

Visayas KDD/^^/KE Z E:/ K>/s EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ

D^͘ d/E' > ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ

MS. JESS QUIJANO ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ ŽƩůĞƌƐ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ Ͳ dĂŐďŝůĂƌĂŶ WůĂŶƚ

/Z dKZ ' Z Z K h^ /K ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů tĞůĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ

ATTY. NINA VALENZONA Sugbuanong Pundok Aron Sugpuon Ang Child Abuse (SUPACA) TAYO 2 Winner

DZ͘ &Z E W H &>KZ/ LJŶĂŵŝĐ dĞĞŶ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ͕ d zK ϲ tŝŶŶĞƌ

MR. ARVIN CRISOSTOMO ĞďƵĂŶŽ zŽƵƚŚ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ

ŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŽĨ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶͲŵĞŵďĞƌ ĚĞůĞŐĂƟŽŶ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ůĂƐƚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϯ ʹ ϭϬ͕ ϮϬϬϵ ĂŵŝĚƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůLJ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶǀĂůĞƐĐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ dLJƉŚŽŽŶ KŶĚŽLJ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ ŚŽǁ &ŝůŝƉŝŶŽƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĞƌŽŝĐ ĚLJŶĂŵŝƐŵ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ d zK ĂǁĂƌĚĞĞƐ themselves.

Mindanao KDD/^^/KE Z DK, DD , EEz D/ EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ

National Capital Region KDD/^^/KE Z WZ/^ />> D Z/ Ed EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ

Z͘ , Z Zd '> EE Z z ^ Mindanao University of Science and Technology

MR. VICTOR MANLAPAZ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ

To the APEC delegates, thank you for believing in the power of the Filipino youth!

D/^^ s/Z'/E/ Z KE ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů tĞůĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ZĞŐŝŽŶ y

D^͘ K E &KZKE ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů tĞůĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ

&/^ > h> , >/^ Z hd Ͳ KEK E Province of Misamis Oriental

MISS RHEA ALARCON /ĚĞĂůƐ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ

D/^^ ^KZ/>/ ,Z/^d/E ^ZW zŽƵƚŚ ĚǀŽĐĂƚŽƌƐ WƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞ /ŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ͕ /ŶĐ͘ (YAPIS) TAYO 4 Finalist

Z͘ > ^d Z >Kh/ >KW DLJ ŽŽ sŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ 'ƌŽƵƉ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͕ /ŶĐ͘ TAYO 1 Winner

THETAYO 7 AREA FINALISTS Luzon College Red Cross Student Council ʹ ĞŶŐƵĞƚ ^ƚĂƚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ Hundred Islands Science Club ʹ ůĂŵŝŶŽƐ EĂƟŽŶĂů ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů Hilltop 4-­‐H Club Crusade of Professional & Young Achievers in Rinconada ĂŶŐŬŽŶŐ <ĂŚŽLJ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů dƌƵƐƚ zŽƵƚŚ 'ƌŽƵƉ ; < dͿ Visayas Red for Life Medical Assistance Volunteers San Fernando Integrated Performing Arts Guild (SIPAG) hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ^ĂŶ ĂƌůŽƐ ʹ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ 'ƵŝůĚ ^ŝůůŝŵĂŶ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ <ĂŚĂLJĂŐ ĂŶĐĞ dƌŽƵƉĞ

Mindanao / ʹ zKh ʹ ͗ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ WĂŝŶƚ ^ŵŝůĞƐ EONIQUE Tri-­‐Youth Movement / Volunteers of Kapayapaan <ĂƉĂƟĚ ŽƵŶĐŝů ĂŶĚ ^K ^ Z' E WĞĂĐĞ EĞƚǁŽƌŬ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ŽĐĂůůLJ ŵƉŽǁĞƌĞĚ zŽƵƚŚ -­‐ Northern Mindanao ^ĂǀĞ KƵƌ >ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ &ĞĚĞƌĂůŝƐŵ ;^K>& Ϳ ƵƚƵĂŶͲzŽƵƚŚ National Capital Region WŚŝ <ĂƉƉĂ DƵ &ƌĂƚĞƌŶŝƚLJ ʹ hW DĂŶŝůĂ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ĂƚĂŶŐĂŶ ;hW ĂƚĂŶŐĂŶͿ ƚĞŶĞŽ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ ;^W Ϳ <ĂďĂƚĂĂŶŐ ƌƟƐƚĂ WĂƌĂ ^Ă dƵŶĂLJ ŶĂ <ĂůĂLJĂĂŶ (KARATULA)

THE AREA SCREENERS Luzon MISS EVITA GARCIA KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ D^͘ Z/ KZ: EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ WZK&͘ /E Z &>KZ EK EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽůůĞŐĞ ŽĨ WƵďůŝĐ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ 'ŽǀĞƌŶĂŶĐĞ͕ hW ŝůŝŵĂŶ y hd/s /Z dKZ >zE < >D E :ĞƐƵŝƚ sŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ

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D/^^ s/Z'/E/ Z /EK /ŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ zŽƵƚŚ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ d zK ϱ tŝŶŶĞƌ Visayas DZ͘ D/< / KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ DZ͘ EE/^ D E K EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ MISS JOSEPHINE FIRMASE University of the Philippines Visayas

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DZ͘ ^ > E 'h/d ǀĞůŝŽ ͘ :ĂǀŝĞƌ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ D/^^ < d D E' >/E E hW ŝůŝŵĂŶ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů͕ d zK ϯ &ŝŶĂůŝƐƚ Mindanao D/^^ Z/d ' >> Z K KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ <ŝŬŽ WĂŶŐŝůŝŶĂŶ D^͘ dh ^ z DK/^ ^ EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ MISS KRISTINE CALLEJA &ƌĞĞůĂŶĐĞ tƌŝƚĞƌ͕ WZ ĂŶĚ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ džƉĞƌƚ

National Capital Region D/^^ Z/^d d, : /Ed D Z/' > EĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ D^͘ ^d ͘ Zh Ͳ ^W/E WRITESHOP DZ͘ :K,E > Zd EhH Tuklas Katutubo, TAYO 2 Winner MR. ERIC PASION Run for Change MISS JACQUELINE PURUGGANAN ESL Teacher

DZ͘ ^, E 'Z / ^^ zW ůƵŵŶŝ ŽĨ ĂƚĐŚ ϮϬϬϭ MISS EMERICA CUPAS Mindanao Polytechnic State College Math Society, d zK ϯ tŝŶŶĞƌ

THE ON-SITE VALIDATORS: National Youth Commission Jun Angeles Charito Carag Philippine Center of Young Leaders in Governance Katherine Purugganan PAST TAYO Winners Gilbert Chan Ravelth Castro Rosemarie Mores Rhea Rato Michelle Gudito Marc Marion Guillergan Minnie Perdiz Girlee Caro :ŽŚŶ WŝĞƌŵŽŶƚ DŽŶƟůůĂ Allen Vic Tan Ryan Jay Ramos Ivanell Subrabas ŽƵŶĐŝůŽƌ >ŽƌĚ ĞĂŶ ĂƐƟůůŽ ZĞLJŶĂůĚŽ ĂŐĂLJĂƐ͕ :ƌ͘ Israel Jayson Vinta Kalvin Adala Christopher Ray Tanayan ĂƌůͲDĞůŝnjĂ ZŝǀĞƌĂ Jim Ordaniel Other Partners/Friends of TAYO :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ ŝĞŐŽ

TAYO Awards Foundation Mr. Rollie Fabi, Chairman Mr. Mike Sicat, Co-­‐Chairman Dƌ͘ WĂŽůŽ ĞŶŝŐŶŽ ƋƵŝŶŽ /s͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ Mary Grace Palpallatoc, Treasurer Katherine Purugganan, Corporate Secretary Georgina Nava Maria Regina Reburiano Maria Luisa Castañeda ƌǁŝŶ ĂǀŝĚ Ernesto Sunga, Jr. Office of Senator Kiko Pangilinan Dƌ͘ ZĞŶĂŶ ĂůŝƐĂLJ Mr. Ares Goyena Georgina Nava ZĞŶĂƚŽ :ƵĚĞ ŝŐĂŽ :ĞŶŶLJ ZĞĚ ŽŵŝŶŐŽ DŝŬĞ ŝĞnj Evita Garcia Vina Vivien Vargas Rachel Gillego /ƌŝƐŚ ĞǁĞƌ Nines Terol-­‐Zialcita Rita Gallardo Julie Laconico Nicco Atos >ĞĂŚ Ğů ZŽƐĂƌŝŽ ŝƚĂƐ &ĂũĂƌĚŽ Rey Nanale John Paramio WŽůŝƟĐĂů͕ >ĞŐŝƐůĂƟǀĞ͕ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ hŶŝƚƐ

National Youth Commission Chairman Richard Alvin M. Nalupta Commissioner Priscilla Marie Abante Commissioner Christopher Lawrence Arnuco ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ ZĂƵů ŽŵŝŶŝĐ ĂĚŝůůĂ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ ĞŶũŝĞ KůŝǀĂ Commissioner Mohammad Hanny Camid džͲKĸĐŝŽ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ :ĂŶĞ ĞŶƐŽƌŝĂ ĂũĞƐ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ƉŽůŽŶŝŽ DĂůĞŶŝnjĂ // Miss Marielou Chua Maria Regina Reburiano Cristabeth Jacinta Madrigal ŶŶĞ ĂƌŝĂ Jun Angeles ĞŶŶŝƐ DĞŶĚŽnjĂ Marlo Enriquez ŝĚŝƚŚ &ĞƌŶĂŶĚŽ Eric Ramos Tuesday Moises Chris Evert Leong Jopep Cielos Clarissa Alibuyog ĂŶŶLJ &ĞƌŵŝŶ ŝŶŐ >ƵŶĂ ƌĞĂ KĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ZĞŐŝŽŶĂů ŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌƐ ͻ ELJĚŝĂ WĂůĂĚĂŶͲ ĞůĮŶ ͻ ĚĚŝĞ ƵĂƌĞƐŵĂ ͻ ^ĂůŵĂ :ĂŶĞ dĂŵĂŶŽ ͻ EƵƌ :ĂLJƉŚĂ ĂĐĂƌĂŵĂŶ ͻ ZĂLJŵŽŶĚ ŽŵŝŶŐŽ ͻ YƵĞĞŶŝĞ ĂĚƵůŽ ͻ DĂƵŝ &ĞƌŶĂŶĚĞnj ͻ ŚĞƌƌLJ ĂƌĂŐ ͻ ǀĂŶĞƐĂ WĂƐĂŵďĂ ͻ DĞůĂŶŝŽ ^ĂŶƚĞůůĂ͕ :ƌ͘ ͻ ŝŶŐ YƵŝĂnjŽŶ ͻ ĂŝďŽŶŶ ^ĂŶŐŝĚ ͻ WĞƌĐLJ ďĂĚ ͻ ůƐĂ >ĞĚĞƐŵĂ ͻ DĂƌůĂ ůĞŵĞŶƚĞ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ KĸĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌƐ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŚŝĞĨƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ &ŝŶĂŶĐĞ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ WŽůŝĐLJ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ DŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ZĞŐŝŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĂů DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ Ez ͛Ɛ EĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ZĞŐŝŽŶĂů ĚǀŝƐŽƌLJ ŽƵŶĐŝůƐ Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines Mr. Rene Adad, Chairman Ms. Cecile Alcantara, President Dƌ͘ : ĂLJůŽŶ͕ dƌƵƐƚĞĞ Ms. Ting Cabalza Mr. Victor Manlapaz Ms. Kathryn Reyes

Coca-Cola Export Corporation DƐ͘ DĂƌŝĂ dŚĞƌĞƐĂ :ĂĞ ^ŽŶnjĂ͕ ƌĂŶĚ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ TeaM Energy Foundation Mr. Federico Puno, President and CEO DƐ͘ DĂƌŝĂ dĞƌĞƐĂ >ŽƉĞnj͕ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ Dƌ͘ ZŽĚĞƌŝĐŬ Ğ ĂƐƚƌŽ͕ ĞƉƵƚLJ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ Ms. Cynthia Pantoñal Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral Undersecretary Celia Yangco hŶĚĞƌƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ůŝĐŝĂ ĂůĂ TAYO Volunteers: >ĞĂ ĞůĂ ƌƵnj Harold Clavite Israel Jayson Vinta Renzmar Velasco ZƵĚLJ ŽĐƚŽƚ Redg Plopinio Eda Marie Cabangal ŵĂŶƵĞů ĂŐƵĂů Christopher Ray Tanayan Marc Marion Guillergan Gilbert Chan Rj Saw Joanes TAYO Friends: Miss KC Concepcion Dƌ͘ dŽLJŵ Ğ >ĞŽŶ /ŵĂŽ͕ ƌƟƐƚ ʹ d zK dƌŽƉŚŝĞƐ McCann Erickson Philippines Commissioner Gillian Akiko Thomson -­‐ Guevara, Philippine Sports Commission DĂLJŽƌ ĞŶŚƵƌ ďĂůŽƐ͕ :ƌ͕͘ ŝƚLJ ŽĨ DĂŶĚĂůƵLJŽŶŐ &ŽƌŵĞƌ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ůďĞƌƚŽ ZŽŵƵĂůĚĞnj͕ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Health ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ƐƉĞƌĂŶnjĂ ĂďƌĂů͕ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů tĞů-­‐ ĨĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ƌƚŚƵƌ zĂƉ͕ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ :ĞƐůŝ >ĂƉƵƐ͕ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ :ŽƐĞ ƟĞŶnjĂ͕ :ƌ͘ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ and Natural Resources ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ZŽŶĂůĚŽ WƵŶŽ͕ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌŝŽƌ ĂŶĚ Local Government Chairman Emmanuel Angeles, Commission on Higher ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ,ŽŶ͘ :ĂŶĞ ĞŶƐŽƌŝĂ ĂũĞƐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ^< EĂƟŽŶĂů &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞ ĐĐƌĞĚŝƟŶŐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ŽůůĞŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂƚŚŽůŝĐ ŝƐŚŽƉƐ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽĨ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƐŽĐŝĂ-­‐ ƟŽŶƐ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚĂƚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽůůĞŐĞƐ ŽLJ ^ĐŽƵƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ Girl Scouts of the Philippines Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity

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Rivermaya Mike Elgar Mark Escueta Jayson Fernandez Japs Sergio Ate Flor Ms. Miej Jornacion DƐ͘ >ŝůŝďĞƚŚ ĞůĂ ƌƵnj &ƌŽŶĚŽƐŽ Mr. Mark Ruiz, Hapinoy Miss Reese Fernandez, Rags2Riches ƩLJ͘ ĂƌǁŝŶ DĂƌŝĂŶŽ Mr. Gilbert Simpao, Unilever Philippines Miss Timi Gomez, Unilever Philippines Dƌ͘ ^ĂŶĚLJ ĂǀŝĚ͕ ĞĂƚ Ždž WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů >ŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ Sounds

Ideals Creatives, Inc. Ms. Rhea Alarcon DƐ͘ ĂŶŐ ^ĞƌŝŶŐ Photos: ĞŶŶŝƐ DĞŶĚŽnjĂ Rey Mondez Redg Plopinio TAYO 7 Winners and Finalists Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Mr. Philipp Mitchell Morales, Zoobic Safari Jam Malicsi ĂŶnj SEAMEO Innotech Ms. Marlene Santos

ZĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ Θ sŽƚĞ ƵƐ Ms. Mariz de Jesus DĂŶŐ ŽLJ

FRIENDS IN MEDIA ABS-CBN Mornings@ANC Mr. Ron Cruz Mr. TJ Manotoc RX 93.1 Dƌ͘ ZĂīLJ ZĞLJĞƐ DZMM Mr. Angelo Palmones Mr. Ariel Ureta Ms. Winnie Cordero Ms. Roselle Manahan Mr. Glen Carlos Ms. Au Zialcita DZBB Dƌ͘ DĂƌ ĞůĂ ƌƵnj Mr. Joel Reyes Zobel DZRH Mr. Joe Taruc Mr. Andy Vital Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) Manila Bulletin Ms. Mary Ann Sta. Ana

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The Philippine Star Dƌ͘ ŽLJ ďƵŶĚĂ The Podium Cinema SEAMEO Innotech ZĞŶĂŝƐƐĂŶĐĞ ,ŽƚĞů͕ DĂŬĂƟ ŝƚLJ DĞƐĂ͕ 'ƌĞĞŶďĞůƚ ϱ ^ƵďŝĐ ĂLJ DĞƚƌŽƉůŝƚĂŶ ƵƚŚŽƌŝƚLJ Zoobic Safari hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ,ŽƚĞů͕ hW ŝůŝŵĂŶ Mango Park Hotel, Cebu City WŚŝůƚŽǁŶ ,ŽƚĞů͕ ĂŐĂLJĂŶ Ğ KƌŽ Raylee Printpack

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