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This report covers the second quarter of the year 2007,
specifically the months of April, May and June. In Junie, the school year
2007-2008 started in the Philippines and for this school year, step-by-step in Germany
assists the formal education of a total of 63 scholars from Cordova specifically from the
village of Camolinas and from the village of Kamagayan in Cebu City. Of the total number of
63 scholars, 51 come from Cordova and 12 from Kamagayan.
Project
Administration Basically, the focus of project administration this quarter
is on scouting for possible trainings for Ramonito (Scholarship Officer) and sending him to
relevant ones, school supplies purchasing as well as its distribution, screening of
scholars for the 2007-2008 school year, review and documentation of JPIC's
Scholarship/Sponsorship Program Guidelines, and orientation of the Education Committee
as well as the Last April, Ramonito del Campo took up one Education
subject entitled "Creative Arts, Music and Drama for Young Children" in St. Theresa's
College, a consortium partner of the University of San Carlos. We also made him join
a 2-day seminar for teachers and parents about updates in teaching language, mathematics,
computer lessons and how to develop children's study habits organized by the Cebu
International School. In May, we conducted an assessment of Ramonito's job performance. We recommended him to have a regular status on the bases that he was able to implement the activities planned and he was deeply committed to help the children and the parents even extending his services beyond the normal working hours and using his personal resources for the activities with them. |
 Field trip to Mactan Shrine ...
... in April of this year.
Ramonito's creative art class ...
... during summer! |
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Parents' Orientation Also in May, we gave an orientation to the parents on
the Screening Process for the Scholarship Program. There are no changes made on the
requirements this year, however, the parents need to be reoriented about it so that
they will be reminded and aware of their responsibility to their children. During the end of May, we conducted the Screening of
scholars or sponsored children together with the Education Committee and the
Officers of the Parents Association in Cordova and in Kamagayan. This is done
for both the current scholars and those who are new entrants to the program. JPIC's Scholarship Program staff had done planning
in terms of purchasing of school supplies, how much do we allocate this school year
considering the increasing prices, identification of suppliers and the manner
of distribution. An orientation about the JPIC's Scholarship/Sponsorship
Policies and Guidelines was organized by the JPIC's Education Program of which the
Cordova and Kamagayan Scholarship is a part of. Ramonito was one of the facilitators
of the activity. There were 2 representatives to the activity, 1 from Cordova and 1
from Kamagayan. All Education Committee or Edcom chairpersons coming from all JPIC
partner communities attended the orientation. Project
Activities The scholars/sponsored children were exposed to some
historical places in Lapu-Lapu City & Cebu City last April. There were 49 children
who joined, 44 from Cordova and 5 from Kamagayan. There were also parents from
Cordova including the Education Committee chairperson who joined and helped take
care of the children. In Lapu-Lapu City, they went to Mactan Shrine, this is a park
where the "Battle of Mactan" took place during which our first Filipino hero,
Lapu-Lapu, fought the Spanish invaders led by Ferdinand Magellan. Another historical
spot in Lapu-Lapu City that was part of the tour and which they really have to
pass through is the two Mactan-Mandaue Bridges making possible the connection of
two cities thus improving the economy of Mactan island of which Cordova is a
part of. April to May is summer in the Philippines, there are
no classes during this time. Instead of tutorials, Ramonito introduced computer
lessons to the children in Cordova. He introduced to them the parts of the
computer using his laptop and each one was made to touch and do some operations.
He divided the group into 10 each daily session. Time devoted to this activity is
about 2 weeks. Ramonito has conducted arts workshop for the children.
He taught them practical lessons in making baskets, boxes, flowers, etc. using art
papers. This is an application to what he learned from his subject in Creative Arts.
There were 10-21 children who attended the session. The activity is done both in
Cordova and Kamagayan. In Cordova, Ramonito has initiated a general cleaning
activity in the community center with children as the participants. He discussed
to the scholars the importance of having clean surroundings. They also cleaned up
the community Chapel which they will be using for their summer faith celebration
of "Flores de Mayo". Ramonito introduced the children in Cordova to the
Filipino faith celebration done during summer, "Flores de Mayo", where children offer
flowers everyday in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and have values development
sessions before the offering. This activity is a very important part of our cultural
and spiritual heritage. An average of 25 children attend the daily activity in the
month of May. The activity started on May 6 and was culminated last May 31 with the
presence of Fr. Tony, JPIC Executive Director, officiating the faith celebration
attended by the children and the parents through a Holy Mass. As part of the Flores de Mayo, children were taught
songs that are traditionally sung during the celebration. Ramonito also taught
them songs that will be sung during the Holy Mass that will be celebrated on the
culmination day. The song practice or music lessons was done immediately before
the Flores de Mayo. The Scholarship Officer, Ramonito, has visited the
children's families during the month of May. He makes it a point to visit at least
2 to 3 houses in a day. The children felt important because of this. To date,
he has already visited all the families. The summer camp is sort of a summer class that offers
lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic that runs for about a week or two. This
was done for a period of 8 days in Cordova last May. This was open to all children
whether scholars or not. There were 25 children who joined the activity. Children
have enjoyed the exercises given and this enhanced their reading, writing and
counting skills. Project
Concerns and Action taken Planned Activities for Next Quarter The following are the
planned activities for the next quarter, July-September 2007: |
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