Felix Santos, barangay kagawad at Ugong, Pasig City, talks about his special rescue unit and the tools they use in their trade.
A myriad of non-profit organizations focus on education as a way to address the poverty issue in the Philippines. Many of these organizations provide everything from volunteer teachers to academic materials, from scholarships to classrooms–ostensibly covering all corners of the educational spectrum.
Makati-based Hands On Manila (HOM) takes a different, but equally philanthropic, route on education-veered volunteerism by focusing on addressing the needs of students with very high potential but do not have access to proper education that can enhance their capacity.
HOM enacts this project through Hands On School.
He has lectured extensively on juvenile justice, child abuse issues, restorative justice and community policing in varous conferences and symposiums in the Philippines as well as in international conferences in Japan, the United States, Ireland, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Finland, Scotland and India. In November 2004, he was invited by UNICEF New York to participate in a forum to develop juvenile justice indicators.
This, what we could consider passion of his, stemmed from that very traumatic and harrowing experience, which could otherwise have been an issue of vengeance, but instead had become a mission for the greater good.
Read more on Ray Dean Savlosa, managing director for Philippine operations of Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation, and his story on youth justice, family, finding one’s purpose, and doing the right thing.
Cecill volunteers at Pangarap Shelter, and handles the Scoring Points program for Hands On Manila. In 2005, she was awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Award for her selfless involvement in changing the lives of young men through education and personal development.
In this interview, she explains HOM’s “sherpa” and why they use the term to ref
er to volunteer leaders. Cecill talks about her most memorable childhood moments and why it is important for parents to teach their children about the values of volunteering and being socially involved.
Read on and learn more how Cecill finds time between her work as a web content writer and volunteerism.
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I truly believed in their mission, which is why I opted to stay connected to Greater Good Inc. when I left the company in January this year.
I started working for the Hawaii-based media company on January 2006, without any inkling that I would be staying with them for two years. At first I even asked myself why I would be working for an organization which is thousands of miles away.
"Even if it had a worthwhile purpose, would it concern me?," I thought.
He could have pulled the trigger on them but he would not be any different from those child criminals who killed his brother.