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Goducate Training Center holds a recruitment conference

Goducate Training Center (GTC), in Iloilo, Philippines, held its first Recruitment Conference on May 6-8.

Invitations had been sent to new university graduates, to working people, and to those who had expressed interest in being trained as community development workers (CDWs). Over 300 people from all over the Philippines … … Read More

Children in Laguna show their skill at playing the recorder

On April 26 the Goducate music department in Laguna Province, the Philippines, held a recorder concert at the Goducate Music Learning Center. The performers were some 50 children aged about 6-12 from 10 villages around the town of Bay who are learning to play the recorder. 14 Goducate volunteers … … Read More

Goducate returns on mercy mission to Mindanao, Philippines

In early December last year, the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines was hit by Typhoon Bopha (known locally as Typhoon Pablo). This category 5 typhoon was the worst disaster in the world in 2012 by way of lost human lives. However, by the end of last month … … Read More

Harvest time at Goducate community farm in Tagumpay

In August last year the torrential rains and thunderstorms, known informally as Typhoon Habagat, displaced the communities around Laguna Bay. The Goducate team in Laguna has been helping to rehabilitate some of the families in Tagumpay through training in livelihood skills. Some of the men learnt agricultural skills at … … Read More

Goducate’s staff in China undergo training at Goducate Training Center in Philippines

Recently, four members of Goducate’s staff in China were sent to Goducate Training Center (GTC) in Philippines to be trained for 6 weeks. At Goducate, we believe that we should equip our workers with the best training so that they will be prepared for and be effective in their … … Read More

Goducate Training Center welcomes first corporate guests from abroad

Goducate’s tagline is “Helping needy Asians help themselves”. Since Goducate expects the people we help to help themselves, it ought to practise what it preaches. Hence the Goducate Training Center in Iloilo was designed such that it could be made as self-sustaining as possible. To feed the staff and … … Read More

Goducate Training Center holds English camp for students in neighboring villages

Since February the Goducate Training Center in Iloilo has partnered with neighboring primary and secondary schools to hold remedial classes for those children who need help to cope with their schoolwork. Every week, each GTC trainee coaches 5-7 pupils in mathematics and English. At the end of the 5-week … … Read More

University of Philippines students partner Goducate in teaching through alternative learning system

In Laguna Province, Philippines, Goducate helps out-of-school youths, as well as adults who have not completed their schooling, to go through the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS)

In March, 19 engineering students from the University of the Philippines, Los Banos campus, became our partners in teaching through … … Read More