LAKBAYANI GOES TO DUMAGUETE AND BAYAWAN NEGROS OR. JULY 12-16 2013

Lakbayani goes to Dumaguete and Bayawan, Negros Oriental from July 12-16,2013. Lakbayani will be participating in one of the initiatives of Bayawan through Atilano Jude Silorio Cabangal

at the Reforestation - Milagrosa Woodland
Description of the Site:

1) The Atilano Buyco-Cabangal Memorial High, Barangay Nangka, Bayawan was established in the year 2011 and at present has 189 students with three (3) Regular Teachers and one (1) Teacher Aid;
2) Adjacent to the school is a farmlot owned by the Cabangal family with a potential site for an Arboretum (a collection of some 20 native and endemic forest tree species.)
3) DCCCO Multi-purpose Cooperative planned to adopt the school.



Expected Outcomes:

1) Establishment of a Nursery for native and indigenous species of trees, tropical fruits and bamboo species in partnership with DepEd; LGU-Bayawan/CF! Bayawanihan/City Agri Office/CENRO; DCCCO Multi-purpose Cooperative; Barangay; students and parents;
2) Integration of rainforestation and bamboo industry in the (Technology and Livelihood Education) TLE curriculum;
3) Establish eco-educational tour package (equipped with facilities) with the students as guide-advocates; and
4) Establish an income-generating mechanism that would support the students financially.

July 12, 2013


Ø Arrival of Learning Facilitators and Volunteers

Ø Briefing/Meeting


· Levelling-off of flow and purpose

· Review preparations and logistics

July 13, 2013


Ø Bird-watching and Bio-diversity Observation

Ø Refresher on Rainforestation

Ø Tagging and Inventory of Trees


· Commitment from students, school administration and parents association

· Profiling and mapping of the area

July 14, 2013


Ø Ligiron Clinic and Exhibition

Ø Collection of wildlings

Ø Nursery Establishment


· Appreciation of “ligiron” as sustainable pinoy transport

· Establishment of a Nursery with native and indigenous species of trees, tropical fruits and bamboo species

July 15, 2013


Ø Presentation during Monday Morning Convocation

Ø Vision Café (20 ABCMHS Selected Student Leaders)

Ø After lunch – to Dumaguete


· Presentation of the initiative to the LGU;

· Meeting with the mayor to discuss details of the partnership

· Vision café conducted to youth leaders of the school

PARTNERSHIP SCHEME
Bayaw-ANI


ABCMHS/Dep-ED


LGU-Bayawan (Character 1st! Bayawanihan, City ENRO, City Agri)


Barangay

§ Coordination in the over-all conduct of the activity

§ Accommodation, food and honorarium of resource persons and volunteers

§ Materials for the nursery (bamboo, nylon)

§ Transport support within Bayawan


Ø Area for Nursery

Ø Allow 20 students to take part in the establishment of nursery and attendance during workshops and other related activities

Ø Make the initiative part of the program of the school


§ Transportation support

§ Technical/Monitoring support and provision of seedling bags

§ Happy soil and fertilizer for the potting medium

§ Workshop Facilitator

§ Provision of IT equipment

§ Tokens


§ Manpower support in the establishment of the nursery



** Students will provide their own lunch and bring notebook and ball pen.

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Save 651 Trees in Naga City Petition: Nuture nature and nature nurtures in return

Lakbayani is helping Mission Naga petition DPWH and DENR to save 651 trees from being cut for road widening by sharing this initiative in emails, blogs, twitter and Facebook. This is an initiative of Mission Naga.


Nurture Nature and Nature nurtures in return. Save the trees.

Please sign this petition and share on FB, blogs, twitter and other social media.

https://www.change.org/petitions/dpwh-and-denr-save-651-trees-from-being-cut-for-road-widening?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_chat&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_false

651 Trees on Naga City Thoroughfare Road Block to Proposed Widening
by MISSION Naga

The Department of Public Works and Highways in Bicol has lined up a road widening project which will pass by the city of Naga encompassing the national road that traverses the barangays of Concepcion Pequeña, Concepcion Grande, Del Rosario and Mabulo, which streets hosts 651 old and big trees now considered the road block to the widening project.

The DPWH-V under Director Danilo Dequito has made it clear the need to turn identified road sections into four lanes, citing the volume of vehicles passing the area daily.

One of the staunch proponent, Arnel Rodriguez, Camarines Sur Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office chief, said his office will issue the corresponding permit to cut, adding he sees nothing wrong with with the condemnation of the trees to give way to the widening.

please click link for the complete news article: http://cbanga360.net/2013/06/24/651-trees-on-naga-city-main-thoroughfare-presents-road-block-to-proposed-widening/

651 Trees on Naga Main Thoroughfare Road Block to Proposed Widening
by MISSION Naga

http://cbanga360.net/2013/06/24/651-trees-on-naga-city-main-thoroughfare-presents-road-block-to-proposed-widening/

Happy Jin Day 3013

Jin Akanishi my all  time favorite Japanese artiste and entertainer was born on July 4 1984. He is 29 years old today, now a father  to baby Theia born Sept. 23,1912 and husband to japanese singer and actress Meisa Kuroki. Fans of Jin known as Loyal subjects, worldwide are tweeting about his birthday with the hashtag #HappyJinDay3013. The King is back!
Last two weeks of June, the was news from Warner Music Japan that Jin will be releasing a self composed song in japanese, a new single on Aug. 7, Hey, What's Up which will come in four editions with DVD, bonus song and a 24 page photobook. You bet I got one of the editions. I want to plaster my room with Jin's photos! Can't wait for the worldwide release of Jin's first Hollywood movie 47 Rounin as Chikara Ooshi the youngest ronin, in December 2013. Jin, so happy for your return. Love you always. Thank you for brightening up my life with your music.

Happy Mother's Day

A Love Letter to Filipinos from an American Expat

Love letter to Filipinos

11:39 pm | Sunday, February 17th, 2013.

I am an expatriate worker. I refer to myself as an OAW, an overseas American worker, as a bad joke. The work I do involves a lot of traveling and changing locations, and I do it alone, without family. I have been in 21 countries now, not including my own. It was fun at first.  Now, many years later, I am getting tired. The Philippines remains my favorite country of all, though, and I’d like to tell you why before I have to go away again. I have lived for short periods here, traveled here, and have family and friends here. My own family of origin in the United States is like that of many Americans—not much of a family. Americans do not stay very close to their families, geographically or emotionally, and that is a major mistake. I have long been looking for a home and a family, and the Philippines is the only place I have lived where people honestly seem to understand how important their families are.

I am American and hard-headed. I am a teacher, but it takes me a long time to learn some things. But I’ve been trying, and your culture has been patient in trying to teach me.

In the countries where I’ve lived and worked, all over the Middle East and Asia, it is Filipinos who do all the work and make everything happen. When I am working in a new company abroad, I seek out the Filipino staff when I need help getting something done, and done right. Your international reputation as employees is that you work hard, don’t complain, and are very capable. If all the Filipinos were to go home from the Middle East, the world would stop. Oil is the lifeblood of the world, but without Filipinos, the oil will not come from the ground, it will not be loaded onto the ships, and the ships will not sail.  The offices that make the deals and collect the payments will not even open in the morning. The schools will not have teachers, and, of course, the hospitals will have no staff.

What I have seen, that many of you have not seen, is how your family members, the ones who are overseas Filipino workers, do not tell you much about how hard their lives actually are. OFWs are very often mistreated in other countries, at work and in their personal lives. You probably have not heard much about how they do all the work but are severely underpaid, because they know that the money they are earning must be sent home to you, who depend on them.  The OFWs are very strong people, perhaps the strongest I have ever seen. They have their pictures taken in front of nice shops and locations to post on Facebook so that you won’t worry about them. But every Pinoy I have ever met abroad misses his/her family very, very much.

I often pity those of you who go to America. You see pictures of their houses and cars, but not what it took to get those things. We have nice things, too many things, in America, but we take on an incredible debt to get them, and the debt is lifelong.  America’s economy is based on debt. Very rarely is a house, car, nice piece of clothing, electronic appliance, and often even food, paid for.  We get them with credit, and this debt will take all of our lifetime to pay. That burden is true for anyone in America—the OFWs, those who are married to Americans, and the Americans themselves.

Most of us allow the American Dream to become the American Trap. Some of you who go there make it back home, but you give up most of your lives before you do. Some of you who go there learn the very bad American habits of wanting too many things in your hands, and the result is that you live only to work, instead of working only to live. The things we own actually own us. That is the great mistake we Americans make in our lives. We live only to work, and we work only to buy more things that we don’t need.  We lose our lives in the process.

I have sometimes tried to explain it like this: In America, our hands are full, but our hearts are empty.

You have many problems here, I understand that. Americans worry about having new cars, Filipinos worry about having enough food to eat. That’s an enormous difference. But do not envy us, because we should learn something from you. What I see is that even when your hands are empty, your hearts remain full.

I have many privileges in the countries where I work, because I am an expat. I do not deserve these things, but I have them. However, in every country I visit, I see that you are there also, taking care of your families, friends, bosses, and coworkers first, and yourselves last. And you have always taken care of me, in this country and in every other place where I have been.

These are places where I have been very alone, very tired, very hungry, and very worried, but there have always been Filipinos in my offices, in the shops, in the restaurants, in the hospitals, everywhere, who smile at and take good care of me. I always try to let you know that I have lived and traveled in the Philippines and how much I like your country. I know that behind those smiles of yours, here and abroad, are many worries and problems.

Please know that at least one of us expats has seen what you do for others and understands that you have a story behind your smiles. Know that at least one of us admires you, respects you, and thanks you for your sacrifices. Salamat po. Ingat lagi. Mahal ko kayong lahat.

David H. Harwell, PhD, is a former professor and assistant dean in the United States who now travels and works abroad designing language training programs. He is a published author and a son of a retired news editor.

To the American who wrote Filipinos a love letter

http://opinion.inquirer.net/47047/love-letter-to-filipinos

IGA Kendo Club recruitment poster

My Kendo Club the IGA Kendo Club home of the U.P. Kendo Club founded by Sensei Igarashi and sempai Kutch  & Loida Inting are recruiting new members for the summer. Check it out.

May you be filled with love and blessings today and always. Hugs and kisses! Love and Light!