We are presently frantically trying to get the necessary building materials on to the site of the Goducate Training Center before the rains make it impossible for heavy laden trucks to enter the site. Thankfully, the rains that have been flooding the rest of the Philippines and the neighbouring areas around our site have not
dropped on our site!
We had originally planned to take in our first intake of trainees at the end of the year when the Multi-Purpose Hall (MPH) is completed. However, when we saw the plight of our neighbours – the poor, subsistence rice-farmers – we decided to start training them first!
The Camp Goducate seminar on hybrid rice production on July 24 at the Sto. Angel Barangay Hall is all set. Thirty farmers are attending along with 30 observers (barangay officials, guests, speakers, and facilitators). Mayor Victor Saclauso, Provincial Board Member Demy Sonza (representing the 2nd district of Iloilo that includes the town of San Miguel), Department of Agriculture Regional Director Larry
Nacionales, and Dean Reynaldo Dusaran of the CPU College of Agriculture, Resources, and Environmental Sciences have signified their intention to be at the seminar site on July 24. Already the people of Sto. Angel are ecstatic that some VIPs are coming to their place.
Goducate Training Center hopes to help Asians help themselves – even before it’s ready to receive its “official” trainees!
Charity begins at “home”!
From the 11th to the 23rd of January, I ate, slept, worked, and chatted with the children at the Goducate Children’s Home in Preyop, Cambodia. A typical day for a child in the home would go along something like this—wake up at crack of dawn to do assigned tasks or chores, have breakfast, attend school (in English) and Khmer classes, then back to doing assigned tasks in various part of… Continue reading
A nursing school that came to know about Goducate’s community work has chosen the Goducate Learning Center in Mabakan, Calaun, to be a center for practical training for their students. Hence 10 nursing students spent January training the locals in basic health awareness and doing health screenings.
Training session
Some 30 people, mostly mothers, attended… Continue reading
A fortnight ago parents of the children attending the Goducate Learning Center in Lalao, Laguna, were brought together to attend a session with their children. The session, called Mama and Me, was intended to emphasize to the parents the importance of good communication with their children and of teaching their children and supervising them while they do their homework and assignments. For the children, the intention was to impress on… Continue reading
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