Early this morning I attended the Commencement Exercises of Summer Workshop 2011 facilitated by St. Arnold Janssen Parish Shrine.
These girls in white were the graduates of the summer activity. The span of the program was three weeks which comprises of different learning programs such as Singing and Dancing, plus subjects English and Math, and of course since it is facilitated by the church, we also taught Catechism. The classes were divided as follows: pre-elementary, grades 1-3, grades 4-6 and high school.
The adults in yellow shirt were the volunteers for this summer workshop, through the efforts of the Social Services and Youth Ministry, volunteers were recruited to teach for this summer activity. I wasn't able to take more pictures with my fellow volunteers because on-the-spot I was assigned to give out certificates to the graduates with our SVD priest Father Martin Tsu.
I was summoned to teach the English subject for High School students by my mentor Tita Elvie Lualhati. The aims of our subject was:
1. Moral and character building.
2. Proficiency on basic English written and oral.
I have to admit, this experience was quite challenging considering the fact that it was my first time to teach a class of forty very active students.
Basically we tackled on basic grammar plus life lessons for teenagers.
I have known Tita Elvie Lualhati for some time because during my college days in our Theology subject we were required to empower a community. Our group was frequently at the St. Arnold Janssen Parish-Shrine doing certain activities to improve the community such as cleaning the church, teaching young children and assisting them in their livelihood programs.
After the commencement exercise, the volunteers celebrated with a feast. I got to know my fellow volunteers a little bit more. Although I particularly got acquainted with our facilitating priest, Father Tsu. He told me that he would be gone this June because he was assigned to help the Mangyan Tribe reclaim their ancestral heritage. Basically there is a conflict of interest among the local government, indigenous people and businesses.
Mangyan, indigenous tribe of Mindoro. Source: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Mangyan
I told him that this coming June, I am going to take up law at San Beda College Mendiola. He mentioned that they needed a lawyer for protecting the rights of these people.
He said that it was a struggle to empower this people, although they already have a rich culture, the government ceased to recognize them. My heart goes to these Mangyan people.. and I pray that their culture would live on.
My high school friend Nelea Paringit came for a visit.
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