* Early Child Education (ECE)

The project on Early Childhood Education in the Province of Agusan del Sur has just started early this year. This is in partnership with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO). This is a 3 year project that aims at contributing for better educational attainment of disadvantaged children. The target Municipalities are La Paz, Loreto and Veruela. Its components include Capacity Building and Training of Day Care Workers, Health and Nutrition which includes supplemental feeding, Construction or Repair of Day Care Centers, Advocacy Inter-agency Collaboration and Networking and Monitoring and Evaluation.

A Stakeholders Analysis workshop was conducted last February 15, 2007. This was attended by representatives of the Provincia Health and Social Services Office, the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO), Provincial Nutrition Action Office (PNAO), Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) and their counterparts at the Municipal Government. The three involved SVD Parish Priests and the KKS ECE Agusan Coordinating Team. This was facilitated by Mr. Andy Pestano.

A consultation meeting with Provincial Governor and Municipal Mayors in the 3 target municipalities was conducted on March 5, 6 and 7, 2007 to discuss respective commitments before signing the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).

A Strategic Planning was conducted on February 22-23, 2007 to finalize the Operational Plan for the Year 2007 based on the Logical Framework.

The Project Coordinator participated in the Provincial Local Development Planning for Children last March 14-15, 2007 wherein gaps on Early Childhood Education were discussed and plans formulated.

Trainings for Day Care Workers on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Checklist and Revised Manual was conducted in three batches. March 26-30, 2007 – Veruela Day Care Workers, April 9-13 La Paz and April 16-20 Loreto. The activity was attended by 100 Day Care Workers. They were able to understand themselves better as Day Care Workers and understand better children’s development and learning. They were able to clarify how to create profile of children. The major output of the activity is that they were able to formulate activity web which they use for creating session plan for the whole year. As an impression of most of the participant " Katulo na ni namo ug training ini apan karn pa gyud mi nkasabot ug na klaro and mga kalibog sa amo hunahuna. (This is the third time that we attended training on this but only after this training that we fully understand and clarified what was not clear before. Participants were couched by PSWDO Social Workers and JPIC Traning Officer. Sessions plans were collected after the Training and certificates were distributed.

 

* Integrated Rural Development Project for Women and Children in Guiwanon, Bantayan Island, Cebu-Expansion Phase

The livelihood component of the project will utilize the available local resources to be developed which is the marine-based resources. The plan of Guiwanon Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GMPC) is to process the marine products into sardines and other food products. In order to acquire the knowledge and skills, JPID-IDC tapped the services of Confederation of Scientific and Professional Organization (COSPO), a training arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to provide the training on Basic Fish Processing.

The training was held at the DOST training center on February 12-13, 2007 to learn the following: Spanish Sardines Making, Fishball and Squidball Making and Fish Patties making.

To enhance the knowledge and skills acquired in the Basic Fish Processing Training, an exposure trip to successful Food Companies in Dipolog City where Spanish Sardines processing are popularly known like the Montaño Food Corporation, Zaragoza Foods Company and Mendoza Foods Company were conducted on February 27 to March 1, 2007.  The group also visited the Dipolog School of Fisheries where additional skill on Shrimp Kroepeck Making was acquired and more inputs on Spanish Sardines Making. Likewise, the group visited Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental to know the cooperative’s best practices, management and successful lending program.

                                                           

 

* Street Children of Cebu

A Training on The Use of the eLearning Module for the staff and volunteers of JPIC-KKS Street Children Project was conducted last February 19-22, 2007 at the Community Scouts Youth Rehabilitation Center. Dylan P. Dizon, Ph.D., the founder of the Education Outreach thru eLearning Project himself facilitated the training. This is part of the eLearning package extended by the Education Outreach thru eLearning to the Street Children Project for free. The package includes the software installation and training on its use. The eLearning module is an interactive software intended for out-of-school youth to give them chance to learn math, science, English and social studies so they can get a high school diploma thru equivalency tests. The modules have been accredited and developed in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd).

       

 

* JPIC-IDC PRE-SCHOOLS GRADUATION AND RECOGNITION RITES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2006-2007

There were 124 children who graduated from JPIC-IDC community-based pre-schools last March 2007. 

The pre-school in Marfa, Mandaue City named San Carlos Learning Center, had their rites last March 19, 2007 in Holy Family Parish Social Hall.  There were 21 graduates and more than 70 children recognized on that day.  

The Inayawan pre-school, St. Arnold Janssen Community-Based Learning Center, had their rites in the Inayawan Sports Complex last March 21, 2007.  The school has a total of 49 graduates and 132 children recognized this year. 

On March 22, the Umapad St. Hedwig and St. Agnes Community Based Learning Center had its turn in the ceremonies.  Located in the dumpsite of Mandaue City, the school had 9 graduates and 22 recognized children. 

In the afternoon of March 22, the Bankal San Carlos Community Based Learning Center had their recognition and graduation rites at the vacant lot near the NAPOKALA cooperative center.  The school is located within the dumpsite area. There were 18 children who graduated and 38 children recognized. 

On March 24, we witnessed the joint graduation and recognition rites of the two pre-schools in Compostela, San Carlos Community Based Learning Center in Laray (Canamucan) and St. Arnold Janssen Learning Center in Estaca.  The activity was held in Laray (Canamucan), Compostela community complex.  From the school in Laray there were 35 graduates and 58 recognized children; while from the school in Estaca there were 8 graduates and 14 recognized children.