Wednesday, May 25, 2011


 One part of my culminating activity for my BAYER YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL ENVOY Project. :))


SEARCH FOR PAULINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENVOYS 2011 (SPUQC)

I.  Rationale: This program is patterned after the Bayer Young Environmental Envoys (BYEE) Philippines which recognizes young individual for his/ her environmental advocacies and projects with exemplary leadership and community involvement. The Search for Paulinian Environmental Envoys recognizes a Paulinian student who will play a major role to protect the environment and to help other students become aware of environmental problems inside and outside the school.
Through the Paulinian Environmental Envoy program, the Paulinian Student Government hopes to achieve the following goals:
  • To identify the youth leaders for environmental protection
  • To encourage Paulinian students in establishing activities or programs that will promote environmental awareness and protection inside and outside SPUQC.
II. Qualifications:
  • Filipino citizen, 17 to 24 years old
  • A bona fide college student enrolled in St. Paul University Quezon City.
  • Actively involved in environmental activities/projects
  • No failing grade throughout the entire college years and of good moral character.
III. How to join:
Each co-curricular organization may join the contest. They can send a maximum of 4 applicants.
In no more than 1,000 words, the candidate writes an individual proposal for a simple and do-able environmental project in SPUQC or partner communities of SPUQC that addresses a specific environmental problem.
  • Identify and describe a current situation with environment-related problems in school/partner community of SPUQC and the relevance of addressing this concern.
  • Name a few practical solutions to the problem that your organization has so far carried out.
  • Draw up a personal project you intend to do to help alleviate this problem. State the objectives of your project and your deliverables.
  • Indicate your resource requirements like budget, manpower, facilities, as well as institutions/groups/organizations involved, making sure that all necessary resources are within your reach. Compare resources and costs with the benefits you expect to gain.
Implementation of all the projects that will make it to the final round must begin not earlier than July 1, 2011 and end not later than July 23, 2011.

IV. Procedure / Rules
  • Fill out the application form and attach a 2X2” color photo.
  • All entries must be accompanied by a project proposal. Incomplete application forms and entry requirements will not be processed.
  • Secure the endorsement of your Program Director and College Dean.
  • All applications should reach SPUQC Student Affairs office by June 27 at 5 pm.
  • Project proposals must be typewritten in English; double-space. Handwritten or e-mail entries will not be accepted.
  • On June 28 shortlisted candidates will be released and required to submit their:
    1. Soft copy of the proposal
    2. Proof of awards received
  • Project proposals which are adaptations/upgrades of already existing projects are acceptable, but the entry will be judged solely on the basis of new elements introduced and their added value. Pre-existing work or accomplishments prior to the official start-up date will not be given any credit.
  • Successful finalists shall be asked to begin implementing their respective projects by July 1, 2011. A premature start-up of the proposed projects will be grounds for disqualification.
  • While the project proposal should be the applicant’s own concept, the project itself may be carried out by any number of people, with the applicant taking a significant role in its implementation.
  • The project must be completed by July 23, 2011. 
  • The judge’s decision is final in all aspects of the competition.
V. Judging and selection
  • Applicants will be short-listed based on the content of their project, their leadership and environmental know-how and involvement.
  • A panel of judges will interview each of the shortlisted candidates to determine their intelligence and understanding of environmental issues, their communication and people skills, and the feasibility of their project proposals. 
  • The Top 4 finalist will receive the formal title of “Paulinian Environmental Envoy” during the awarding ceremony on July 27, 2011 and will be required to join and apply for the Bayer Young Environmental Envoys 2012.




Sunday, May 8, 2011

VOLUNTEERS MUST HAVE A GENUINE HEART TO SERVE

"I AM A VOLUNTEER AND I WILL LIVE OUT THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE. "


I love to volunteer in all the activities that we have when I was still in my grade school and high school years. I always raise my hands when my teachers will ask us with a question: WHO WANTS TO DO THIS...ANY VOLUNTEER?

I love to do things that will strengthen me, mold me, will empower me. At first I thought volunteering will just help me to improve my skills but I am wrong. Being a vlounteer will empower other people around you.

I know that God blessed me with so much blessings, I volunteered to be part of the summer camp in Mindanao and I've realized that I can live out the spirit of sacrifice. I've learned how to love my neighbors and to see Christ with the smiles of the children and families in the areas that we have visitied.

After the summer camp while waiting for our flight going back to Manila my phone rang and I've heard a good news that my prject for BYEE  qualified the regionals. I'm so happy and I prepared for the last interview and in God's good will I passed the nationals.

My school is very supportive with my project but  there's an idea behind my back to share my project to my community before to my school... At first I thought everybody will support my project. :/

Last April 30, I organized the first part of my project which is BAKAS 101, a training that will empower the youth to be aware of the environmental problems that we have. I'm happy because some of my volunteers responded to my invitation but as the day goes by everyone is quitting. They are busy. I texted my co-yfc but only three answered the invitation postivitely the rest are not.

I'm sad for I thought my co-yfc's will help me to fulfill my project but I can't feel their support. So I look for another community to conduct my project. The community is GAWAD KALINGA PAYONG. I will go there on Thursday and will conduct my activity. I know that they will embrace my project with their whole heart and I will empower them to be a young man and woman to change our nation.

Sobra talagang nakakaiyak na hindi ko naramdaman yung suporta ng mga yfc sa sarili kong cluster. Sobrang nalungkot ako na kahit nag makaawa na ako sa mga chapter heads sa cluster namin isa lang ang sumuporta. Sumuporta rin naman sila ate Joan at Kuya Ryan kaya masaya na rin ako.

Nasaktan rin ako nung nag backout yung friend ko to give talk, nung hindi na available yung isa kong friend to attend the training. Nung nag text na sa akin na huwag na lang ituloy yung isa kong kaibigan din. Kaya ano pa ba magagawa ko nun edi ki-nancel ko na yung activity. Nung una may bitterness sa puso ko pero di naman makakatulong kung magiging bitter tayo sa sa mga taong di sumusuporta sa akin. Alam ko na challenge lang ang lahat. Sabi nga nila THERE'S ALWAYS A LIGHT IN EVERY DARKNESS.

Alam ko plano ni God ang di pagkatuloy ng project ko for my YFC friends pero alam ko mas magiging maayos ang project this coming Thursday sa GK payong. Excited na ako. Sana may mga mag volunteer, kung wala naman ayos lang. Basta tuloy lang sa adhikain. I pledge to continue my project and help the poor people to be part of changing our nation into a better one.

Today, I pledge to live out the spirit of SACRIFICE. :))


LORD GRANT ME YOUR WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. :))