Sunday, July 22, 2012

Journal # 12: Planning Stage


July 19, 2012

            For the past months, my COSORES group has been planning for our Service Learning Project.  We kept in mind that it is vital to help the unfortunate Filipino citizens and teach them something that will be beneficial for them in the future.  With that, we officially decided to choose Reception and Action Center (RAC) as our beneficiary.  This place is a temporary caring shelter for displaced people.  Last year, I actually went to this center for a project that I headed for BMS.  For some reason, the children living in this place really touched me and made me realize how lucky I am as a person, living in a good home with my loving family.  Below is a picture of myself and a little girl that I became attached with during my visit last year in RAC:  



From yesterday (July 18) until today (July 19), my group finalized our plans for our visit tomorrow (July 20).  When I contacted the RAC, they informed me that the children are not studying in school and therefore, we decided that tutoring them would not be a good idea.  As discussed with the center, we did not have to conduct our first session with the kids wherein our focus was to tutor them with their current studies.  Thus, we focused on our idea, which is to conduct value-added activities for the children.  Our main ideas were to teach them how to make pastillas and have an art session, particularly painting.

My group made sure that all the necessary materials are all set for tomorrow for us to have a successful service-learning project.  Here are some of the pictures of our materials for the activity. 


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