Youth Seminar: Bullying

On October 17, 2016, ASP Wen Parducho visited Brgy. Captain Lapitan of Brgy. Baybayin for a courtesy call. She talked about the mission and vision of the Club and its ongoing projects which may benefit the barangay. The captain offered the Club to be a co-organizer of the barangay’s Youth Week where they plan to spread awareness about the following: bullying, antidrug campaign, HIV/cancer, disaster preparedness, and environmental concerns. The Club invited Mr. Edel Parducho, a psychologist at Medical Action Group, Inc. (MAG), to conduct the seminar on bullying on October 31. He first talked about the various definitions of the concept itself, facts and myths, and enumerated the types. Afterwards, he explained in detail the difference among “victim”, “bully”, “parent”, “educator”, and “society” given a situation. He also held an interactive activity wherein the participants were grouped to display the following situations and how to handle them:

(1) physical abuse;
(2) verbal abuse;
(3) societal/ relational abuse; and,
(4) gender-based abuse.

The participants were very responsive and even shared a few experiences which was great because that day became an outlet for them.  The Club hopes that through its small efforts to spread awareness on various topics concerning the youth, such as leadership and bullying, that it can at least prepare those children and young adults to face their future in a braver way.

Mr. Edel Parducho, a psychologist, spreading awareness on bullying in front of the youth of Brgy. Baybayin. 

ASP Wen Parducho and Mr. Edel Parducho, together with the participants of Brgy. Baybayin
Youth Week 2016 and the barangay officials. 

Youth Seminar: Leadership

Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho held its Youth Week last October 28-30, 2016 at Tuntungin-Putho Covered Court. The event was spearheaded by the Youth Task Force in cooperation with the barangay officials. They previously sought the assistance of RC LB Makiling to conduct a leadership seminar during the latter’s courtesy call to Brgy. Captain Ronald Oñate last October 8. On October 28, RTN Gelli Parducho conducted a youth leadership seminar entitled “The Young Leaders, Today and Tomorrow.” She was joined by RAC Makiling’s ASP AJ Mendoza and RAC Lorenzo Magadia. She started the seminar with an activity wherein each group will have to build the tallest tower using only six (6) barbeque sticks and four (3) small pieces of marshmallows. Next she presented the following: (1) definition of leadership; (2) facts and myths on leadership; (3) qualities of a good leader; (4) leadership styles; (5) biggest mistakes a leader can make; and (6) short clips about the concept of between a leader and his followers, bayanihan and stepping out of the comfort zone. She finished the seminar by asking each participant what he will do if he was the president of the Philippines. Many answered that they will find a solution to solve the problems of the working sector, i.e., provide more jobs and increase salary; others wanted to solve the never ending traffic, to build more schools, to provide household allowance, etc. All their ideas have potential but the question remains on how will all those ideas be executed. We do hope that at least one of them will step up and achieve to solve those problems.

RTN Gelli Parducho, RAC ASP AJ Mendoza and RAC Lorenzo Magadia, together with some
of the participants of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho’s Youth Week 2016. 

Featurette: RC LB Makiling's Interactors

On September 25, 2016, Acebert Velasco, a member of Interact LBNHS TuntunginPutho and one of the Club’s scholars under the “Sakay Mo, Libre Ko” project wherein a monthly stipend is given to each scholar which is allotted for their transportation to and from school for the purpose of encouraging them to go to school, participated in the Brain Gauge 2016 held at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), organized by the League of Agricultural Engineering Students (N.-G.). The event is lined up with the following contests: quiz contest (Mathematics, Science, and General Information); editorial cartooning; poster making; essay writing; extemporaneous speaking; and, symposium or career orientation. As the representative of his school, Tuntungin-Putho National High School, he specifically participated in the editorial cartooning contest where he won 3rd place.

Interactor and one of RC LB Makiling’s scholar under the “Sakay Mo, Libre Ko” project, Acebert Velasco,
who won 3rd place at Brain Gauge 2016

Meanwhile, on October 5, another Interactor from the same school and Interact Club, Jay Platino, with his partner Elaijah Gironella, participated in the Water Rocket Competition, one of the many contests lined up in celebration of World Space Week. The other contests were 2nd Can Satellite Launch Competition and On-theSpot Poster Making Contest. All contests were held at DOST-PCAARRD, Los Baños. They won the Water Rocket Competition and was awarded to be part of the Philippine Team to represent the country in the 23rd Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) to be held on 1518 November 2016, at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, Pasay City. According to their adviser, Mr. Jom Oliveros, it is the first international contest their school has ever participated.

Sir Jom Oliveros, the adviser, and partners Elaijah Gironella and our own Interactor  Jay Platino,
during the celebration of World Space Week at DOST-PCAARRD

Interact Club of LBNHS Tuntungin-Putho is not the only one in need of recognition but also some members of our other Interact, the Interact Club of LBNHS Poblacion. The Cluster 7 Schools Training Workshop of Campus Journalism held last 8-9 September 2016 at Nicolas Galvez Memorial High School, Bay, Laguna, wherein eight (8) schools participated, including the Los Baños National High School Poblacion (LBNHSP), to which our Interactors belong to. The goal was to train potential journalists that will participate in the Division Schools Press Conference to be held at Famy, Quezon on 28-30 September. Two participants from LBNHSP won during the said workshop, both are Interactors. Ms. Angeline Canino, the current president of the Interact Club, won 3rd place in the Feature Writing category under the Filipino sub-category. Mr. Cron Malomog, the immediate past president of the Club, also won that day; he placed second in the Copy Reading and Headline Writing category. Another Interactor from the same school and Club, named Fiona Angeles, won 1st runner-up and best in costume when she represented Venezuela during their school’s pageant as part of their United Nations celebration last October 14. The Club would like to extend their sincerest congratulations by recognizing their accomplishments, whether big or small, and that the Club is very proud of them.

Interactor Fiona Angeles who won 1st runner-up in their school’s pageant in celebration of the United Nations.

ASP Wen's Courtesy Calls to LGUs

Los Baños

ASP Wen Parducho, together with Rotarians Gelli Parducho and Gina Umali, and Ms. Gemma Encinares, went to visit Hon. Mayor Cesar Perez at his office in the Municipal Hall of Los Baños last September 19, 2016. She informed the Mayor about the current and proposed projects of the Club for the whole Rotary year, and sought partnership with a few of the projects. The Mayor said, that the LGU-LB office is willing to enter into any partnership initiatives on environmental protection in general and waste management in particular as well as sustainable livelihood projects. Likewise, he mentioned the need to conduct needs assessment and consultation meetings with his team and the target program/project beneficiaries of the Club before implementing any community project. Lastly, he enumerated the heads of respective offices in Los Baños, with whom the Club could coordinate its proposed programs/projects to ensure compliance with local ordinances and avoid overlapping of activities.

The municipal office of the town of Los Baños.

Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho

The morning of October 8, 2016, ASP Wen Parducho, accompanied by RTN Rona Parducho, went to the Barangay Hall of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho to officially meet Hon. Ronald T. Oñate (the Barangay Captain of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho). She has contacted him and requested for the meeting days before, to which he gave his consent enthusiastically. She started the introductions by playing the latest video promotion of the Club where projects executed from 2015 to present were showcased. This was followed by a brief history on how the Club was created, its mission and vision, and projects which may benefit the community. She also shared the Club’s ongoing project, entitled “Rotary Wheels-on-the-Go” wherein part of the project was to distribute fifty (50) make-shift wheelchairs to selected Laguna-based beneficiaries who fit the required qualifications set out by the donor, SunPower Manufacturing Philippines (see Luntiang Tanawin Vol 16 No 4 ). He was very much interested and promised to help find potential beneficiaries in their community. She also introduced to him the idea of establishing community-based Interact and Rotaract, the official partners-in-service of any Rotary Clubs, to which the latter pushed the decision of the establishment to the current officers of the Task Force on Youth Development of their barangay. He invited ASP Wen to attend the Task Force’s meeting tonight at the Barangay Hall to discuss it with the youth officers. Before the meeting ended, ASP Wen offered the Club’s assistance to the barangay in whatever they need but emphasized the limitations of the Club based on the 3 Ts (Time, Talent, Treasure). In response, he toured them to the room they have provided for one of the barangay’s ongoing projects—rag sewing—which provides income to a few seamstress in their community. They already have a market for it but they are currently in need of additional machines to cope with the demand. She did not promise anything but instead told him that she will discuss the matter with the Club and they will deliberate on how the Club can help them. That night, ASP Wen came back to the Barangay Hall, with RTN Gelli Parducho. She discussed the intention of the Club to establish community based Interact and Rotaract, with consent from Brgy. Captain Oñate, to the members of the Task Force. They were open to the idea and even Task Force officers from Brgy. Mayondon, which were present during the meeting to offer their assistance to the Task Force of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho, expressed their interest when they talked with RTN Gelli. Putting that aside, the main agenda of their meeting was to discuss matters relating to their Youth Week celebration on October 28-30. They finalized the list of activities and pointed out which they needed assistance. Here, ASP Wen offered the Club. In response, the Task Force proposed if the Club can be in-charge of the leadership seminar scheduled on October 28, to which ASP Wen accepted the invitation in behalf of the members. The Club instills the idea that leaders are not born but made and providing leadership seminars was just one of the many ways how leaders of today can train and prepare the leaders of tomorrow.

 ASP Wen Parducho , with  RTN Rona Parducho, introducing the Club to Hon.
Ronald T. Oñate (the Barangay Captain of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho).  

ASP Wen Parducho, with RTN Gelli Parducho, discussing the idea of creating
community-based Interact and Rotaract in Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho.

The Task Force on Youth Development of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho deliberating on the
list of activities previously laid out as part of their Youth Week 2016 celebration. 

Brgy. Anos

ASP Wen, accompanied by RTN Gelli, went to the Barangay Assembly of Brgy. Anos on October 16, as per the invitation of Brgy. Councilor Sammy Domingo to present the Club and its project, Rotary Wheels-on-the-Go, to their Brgy. Captain, Hon. Celerino Balasoto, Jr. Upon arrival, they first approached Brgy. Councilor Domingo who immediately and officially introduced them to Brgy. Captain Balasoto. Brgy. Captain Balasoto gave ASP Wen a few minutes to introduce the Club and its projects in front of the community and to the rest of the officers. She did the same introductions as she did when she visited Brgy. Captain Oñate of Brgy. Tuntungin-Putho. The response this time was also promising because according to the Brgy. Captain himself, they know of some who are in dire need of wheelchairs. ASP Wen further explained the necessary qualifications required by the donor, SunPower Manufacturing Philippines (see Luntiang Tanawin Vol 16 No 4 ), for the selection of beneficiaries. They promised to assist the potential beneficiaries and will make sure that they will provide the necessary documents as instructed. After which, she approached the representatives of Generika (Los Baños branch). Coincidentally, she is acquainted with Ms,. Chi Anne Lacson, the officer-in-charge of the Los Baños branch. Both parties agreed to meet on October 27, with the presence of Ms. Charity Talabis, their Cluster Head, to further discuss the matter on exploring the idea of a tie-up project.

Hon. Celerino Balasoto, Jr. (the Barangay Captain of Brgy. Anos), ASP Wen
Parducho, and Sammy Domingo (Brgy. Councilor of Brgy. Anos).

The community of Brgy. Anos who attended the Barangay Assembly of Sangguniang
Barangay Anos held last October 16, 2016 at the Brgy. Anos Covered Court 

ASP Wen Parducho speaking in front of the Brgy. Anos community, introducing RC LB
Makiling, its mission and vision, and current projects that will benefit its community.