Nominations
to the SOV Extended
The
deadline for submission of nominations to the Search for Outstanding
Volunteers (SOV) 2007 has been extended to August 15, 2007.
Nominations
are still being accepted in the regional offices of the National Economic
and Development Authority (NEDA), the Regional Planning and Development
Office of the Autonomous Region of the Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the
Department of the Interior and Local Government-Bureau of Local Government
and Development (DILG-BLGD) and the Philippine National Volunteer Service
Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA). The forms may be obtained from these
offices or may be downloaded from the PNVSCA website at http://www.pnvsca.gov.ph
The SOV is an annual search whereby outstanding volunteers and volunteer
organizations are conferred with honors for their exemplary performance
and dedication to volunteer service. It is spearheaded by the PNVSCA
in partnership with the National
Volunteer Month Steering Committee (NVM-SC). NVM is celebrated by
the volunteer community in the Philippines every December and the SOV
Awarding Ceremony caps the NVM celebration.
The Search is open to all individuals – youth and adult of Filipino
citizenship and Filipino volunteer organizations or local chapter
organizations of foreign volunteer organizations – non-government and
corporate that currently provide volunteer assistance in the Philippines.
The SOV has two categories namely: (1) the National Award; and (2) the
Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award.
Since
2001, 45 volunteers and volunteer organizations serving in various
development sectors all over the country have been accorded honor and
recognition through SOV. Their
volunteer work are regarded as models and best practices in volunteerism.
We
know of individuals and organizations in our communities trying to make a
difference in ordinary people’s lives.
Share their stories.
Recognize them by nominating them to the 2007 SOV.
For
more information about the Search or volunteering in the Philippines,
please visit the PNVSCA website at http//www.pnvsca.gov.ph. or call PNVSCA
at telephone nos. 929 63 76, 929 63 63,
435 79 99 or email ppis@pnvsca.gov.ph.
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Priesthood is a
vocation that requires a lot of sacrifices albeit volunteerism. Since day
one in the seminary they were constantly reminded and inculcated with the
seven heavenly virtues of Christianity namely: Chastity, Abstinence,
Liberality, Diligence, Patience, Kindness, and Humility. Most of their
lives, these selected few pry away from the public elect to spend their
precious time within the confines of the parish to enrich the religious
and spiritual well-being of the parishioners.
But who says priests
only plant the seeds of Christianity?
A priest from Agusan
del Sur has other things in mind and has made a step further. Aside from
ministering his functions as a priest, he also heads the Ecotech
Foundation, a Society of the Divine Word (SVD) - assisted non-governmental
organization (NGO) in Agusan. Fr. Pio M. Eugenio, SVD, and the Ecotech
Foundation along with other farmers and scientist under the “Magsasaka
at Siyentista para sa ikaunlad ng Panakahang Agham (MASIPAG)”, have
introduced a new method of farming and new varieties of rice that could
yield higher number of cavans per hectare (70 – 80 cavans per hectare),
are pest- resistant and pest tolerant and more importantly, do not need
chemical inputs; therefore, these rice varieties are more affordable and
less expensive to cultivate. MASIPAG is a partnership for Agricultural
Development between Ecotech Foundation and the University of the
Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) and the International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI).
Since 1996, Ecotech
Foundation implemented the MASIPAG Program in fifty-six (56) provinces and
fifty (50) diocese. To sustain this, Fr. Pio spearheads trainings of
interested farmer groups, mostly on a two-day seminar on this new farming
method and rice varieties. In doing this, farmers learn how to implement
the program and access the MASIPAG seeds.
For his devotion to
help improve the lives of the marginalized sector of the society through
volunteerism, Fr. Pio was recognized in 2004 as a national awardee in the
annual Search for Outstanding Volunteer (SOV). Fr. Pio proved to all that
they too can plant the seeds to feed a nation and more.
The SOV honors
volunteers and volunteer organizations for their exemplary performance and
dedication to volunteer work. It is spearheaded by the Philippine National
Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) in close coordination with
the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee and the National Economic
and Development Authority (NEDA).
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SOV 2006 Report
I.
Introduction
The
celebration of the National Volunteer Month (NVM) every December was
declared on 5 December 1998 to build nationwide public awareness and
appreciation of volunteerism and the role it plays in the social, economic
and political development of the country. It likewise seeks to create the
environment for bolstering voluntary action in development. Most
importantly, NVM aims to recognize the noble acts of volunteerism by
individuals, families, institutions
and communities as vital partners in socio--economic development.
The Philippine National Volunteer Service
Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) has been designated as the focal government
agency of the NVM celebration. A
National Steering Committee assists the Agency in the planning and
implementation of NVM activities. It
is chaired by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) with
members composed of representatives from other government agencies and
non-government organizations.
Each year, an Honorary Chair is chosen to
lead the promotion and advocacy of NVM.
The NVM 2006 Honorary Chair is Mrs. VIRGINIA P. DAVIDE, a United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Commissioner for Education, founding member of the Philippine Association
for Volunteer Effort (PAVE), former Director of PNVSCA and a staunch
advocate of volunteerism.
The
theme of this year’s celebration is
“Boluntarismo: Lakas Pagbabago.”
II. NVM
Events
To
generate nationwide participation in NVM, PNVSCA conducted advocacy to
encourage partners in volunteerism to include NVM as part of their
organization’s activities in December. The following are some of the
activities held in line with the NVM:
|
Organization
|
Activity
|
Date
and Venue
|
Contact
Person
|
|
Mariano Marcos State University
Batac, Ilocos Norte
Tel. (077) 7923501
|
Technology/Information Materials Distribution
|
13 December 2006
Batac, Ilocos Norte
|
Ms. Mercy Gaño
Chief, Applied Communication Section, Extension Directorate
|
|
Human Rights
Education Training for OSY, Women & Barangay officials
|
15 December 2006
Pinili, Ilocos Norte
|
Dr. Marivic M.
Alimbuyuguen
CHREIN Coordinator
|
|
Gender and
Development Training for Rural Women
|
19 December 2006
Batac, Ilocos Norte
|
Prof. Beatriz
Malab
GAD Focal Point
|
|
FoodProcessing/Preservation
|
26 December 2006
Laoag City
|
Prof. Filamer
Aguilar Extension Coordinator, CIT
|
|
Technical
Assistance on Bookkeeping, Auditing & Books preparation for
cooperatives
|
28 December 2006
Ilocos Norte
|
Dr. Cristina B.
Coloma Extension Coordinator, CBEA
|
|
NEDA Regional Office No. I , Guerrero Road,
San Fernando, La Union Tel. (072) 8885501/2679
|
Orientation Briefing on Volunteerism
|
7 December 2006
|
Mr. Leonardo N. Quitos Jr.
Regional Director
|
|
Posting of IEC
materials in the advocacy corner
|
December 2006
NRO I Lobby
|
|
Department of the Interior and Local Government - Region I
Aguila Road, Sevilla
San Fernando City, La Union
|
Dissemination of MC to LGUs
|
8 Nov. 2006
|
Lorylyn P. Balanga
Chester B. Reynante
DILG Regional Office No. I
Tel. (072) 8883310 / 7005746
|
|
Information
sharing during Monday Convocation
|
11 and 18 Dec
2006
DILG Regional Office
|
|
Installation of
Information Bulletin highlighting the Role of Volunteers in
nation-building
|
December 2006
DILG Regional Office
|
|
IEC thru Local
Area Network (LAN)
|
|
Hanging of
streamers/posters
|
|
Monitoring LGU
activities re NVM Celebration
|
December 2006
All LGUs
|
|
|
Participation in
the Search for Outstanding Volunteers – Screening of Regional
Nominees and Validation of winners
|
October 2006
NEDA Regional Office
|
|
|
Department of Trade and Industry
Sen Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati City
|
Issuance of Memorandum to all DTI Regional Offices re NVM
celebration
|
4 December 2006
|
Usec Carissa Cruz-Evangelista
Regional Operations Group
Tel 8904897; 8953582
Fax 8904639
|
|
Department of Science and Technology
|
Issuance of Memorandum enjoining regional offices to help promote
NVM and SOV
|
27 June 2006
|
Mr. Mario P. Bravo
Assistant Secretary
Tel. no. 8372071
|
|
Department of Public Works and Highways
|
Issuance of Memorandum to Regional Offices to help promote NVM and
SOV
|
3 July 2006
|
Mr. Bashir D. Rasuman
Undersecretary
|
|
Commission on Higher Education
|
Issuance of Memorandum to Regional Offices to help promote NVM and
SOV
|
1 August 2006
|
Mr. Carlito S. Puno
Chairman
Tel no. 6332713
|
|
Young Artists Fellowship for the Environment
(YAFE)
|
Bike Tour for Clean air
|
1–7 December 2006
|
Ms. Jelyn Castillo
Chairperson
Yafe2004@gmail.com
|
|
Philippine Association for Volunteer Effort (PAVE)
Volunteer
Organization, Information, Coordination and Exchange (VOICE)
DLSU-College of
St. Benilde
VSO Bahaginan
Foundation
|
Round Table Discussion on Volunteerism
|
5 December 2006
|
Mr. Timothy
Gabuna
President, PAVE
Mr. Brad Fenomeno
Program
|
|
Exchange Arena Project
|
Exchange Arena
Matching Event
|
8 December 2006
|
Ms. Deanie Ocampo
Pinoy Rin
|
III.
Search for Outstanding Volunteers
The Search for Outstanding Volunteers aims to
highlight and recognize the exemplary performance and dedication to
service of Filipino volunteers in building strong communities across the
country through volunteerism. The Search is open to all individuals of
Filipino citizenship and Filipino volunteer organizations or local chapter
organizations of foreign volunteer organizations that currently provide
volunteer assistance in the Philippines.
The
categories of the Search are:
1.
National Award:
Individual (Youth)
Individual (Adult)
Group/Organization (NGO)
Group/Organization (Corporate)
2.
Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Awar
The
Search is conducted at the regional and national levels.
Regional
Search Committees (RSCs) were set up in each region in the country to
handle promotion and advocacy activities, receive and screen nominations
and select SOV regional qualifiers. The RSCs are composed of
reporesentatives from government and non-government organizations.
They are chaired by NEDA Regional Offices (NROs). In the case of the National Capital Region (NCR)
and the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), they are chaired by
the DILG-Bureau of Local Government Development and the ARMM-Regional
Planning and Development Office, respectively.
The
regional qualifiers forwarded to the National Search Committee are:
|
Region
|
Individual
(Youth/Adult)
|
Organization
|
VLAA
|
|
CAR
|
Ms. Jesusa
Vizcaya (Adult)
|
West Bayan Park
Emergency Medical Service Brigade
|
|
|
Region I
|
|
Young Earthsavers
Society
|
|
|
Region II
|
Mr. Rosauro
Resuello (Adult)
|
University
of Saint Louis-Tuguegarao – Kapatiran Center
|
Mrs. Florentina
S. Vigilia-Blando
|
|
Region III
|
Mr. Ivan Anthony
Henares (Youth)
|
|
|
|
Region IV-A
|
Ms. Laiden Pedriña
(Youth)
|
|
|
|
Region V
|
|
Universidad de
Sta. Isabel
|
|
|
Region VI
|
Dr. Primitivo
Cammayo (Adult)
|
Amity Volunteer
Fire Brigade
|
|
|
Region X
|
Ms. Teresita
Lauga Doydora (Adult)
Mr. Glen Tac-an Quilab (Youth)
|
Mahinog Response
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|
|
Region XI
|
|
Davao Oriental
Rescuers and Monitoring Stations, Inc.
|
|
|
Region XII
|
|
Obo Manobo Active
Language Resource and Community Dev’t., Inc.
|
|
|
CARAGA
|
|
Save Mindanao
Foundation
|
|
The
National Search Committee (NSC) is tasked to select national awardees from
among the regional qualifiers endorsed by the RSCs.
The NSC is composed of the following:
Chair
: National Economic
and Development Authority
Members
: Civil Service Commission
Philippine Information Agency
Metrobank
Foundation, Inc.
Philippine Association for Volunteer Effort
The
Honorary Chair, Mrs. Virginia P. Davide, also participated in the
Committee deliberation.
The
NSC evaluated the regional qualifiers on two main criteria: 1) the
relevance of their volunteer work on national priorities such as, but not
limited to, poverty alleviation, environmental protection, education,
shelter and agricultural productivity and 2) their effectiveness in
advocating and promoting volunteerism in their work.
The
national awardees selected by the NSC and subsequently confirmed by the
NVM Steering Committee: are:
1.
Ms. Laiden Pedriña –
Individual (Youth)
2.
Dr. Primitivo Cammayo – Individual (Adult)
3.
Ms. Teresita Lauga Doydora – Individual (Adult)
4.
Obo Manobo Active Language Resource and
Community Dev’t., Inc. – Organization
5.
Universidad de Sta. Isabel – Naga City –
Organization
6.
Dr. Helena Z. Benitez – VLAA
The
awarding rites were held at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel on 8
December 2006.
Ms.
Cleofe Pastrana, of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
and the Presiding Officer of the NVM Steering Committee, thru the
invocation, thanked the blessings of the Almighty and sought for His
continued guidance to everyone especially to the volunteers as they go
about their noble act of volunteering.
Mrs.
Virginia P. Davide’s welcome remarks reminded that this awarding
ceremony is a call to all in the volunteer community to continue their
work toward the greater good of mankind.
She commended the awardees for their commitment in giving their
time and talent for the most part of their productive lives. without
expecting anything in return. She
added that the awardees are the modern day pilgrims that embark on a
journey to help transform their communities and societies and in the
process, gain as much as they gave and were themselves transformed.
Dr.
Amelita Dayrit-Go of the Philippine Association for Volunteer Efforts, Inc
(PAVE) and of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP), read the citations
for the awardees.
The
awards were conferred by Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon. He was
assisted by Mrs. Davide, Secretary Neri and PNVSCA Executive Director
Joselito C. de Vera.
In
his message, Senator Gordon extolled the values of volunteerism and the
contributions of volunteers in strengthening communities and building the
nation. He further characterized volunteers as always ready. The
Senator praised the awardees by associating them with certain
characteristics. She referred to Ms. Laiden Pedriña as a volunteer
full of passion; Dr. Primitivo Cammayo as number one volunteer; Bae
Teresita Doydora as the unifier; Universidad de Sta. Isabel - Naga City as
an institution which opens our hearts; OMALRACDI as an organization that
preservers our ethnicity and Dr. Helen Benitez as an ambassador par
excellence.
Senator
Gordon also congratulated PNVSCA for honoring the volunteers.
He mentioned that his mother, Mrs. Amelia Juico Gordon, is a
recipient of the Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award (VLAA) in 2005.
He pointed out that the services which the volunteers constantly
deliver, if converted in terms of peso, for sure the Government, with its
budgetary limitations, will be hard pressed to provide.
Senator Gordon, as Philippine National Red Cross Chairman, also
encouraged the guests to volunteer in whatever way they could as volunteer
service will never go out of style and will forever be welcomed.
A
total of 132 guests attended the awarding ceremony. They include
partners in the volunteer program such as representatives of foreign and
local volunteer organizations, members of the NVM National Steering
Committee and National and Regional Search Committees and representatives
from government agencies and the private sector.
The
Supreme Court Choir led the singing of the Philippine National Anthem and
entertained the guests thru beautifully sung Christmas songs. They
also concluded the awarding ceremony thru their rendition of the
Philippine Volunteers March.
Awardees Profile
LAIDEN G. PEDRIÑA
Leading the Youth to
Save the Future
Laiden Pedriña’s objective in volunteering is to maximize the potential
and contribution of the youth in social and development work. She started
her volunteer work as an artist in 1998. Later, she led “Barkadahan”,
a group of young artists and spearheaded
free art workshops to indigent communities in Laguna, serving as a team
leader and facilitator in
the literary and performing arts workshop.
Laiden
founded the Young Artists Fellowship for the Environment (YAFE), a
community-based organization of rural youth engaged in environmental
advocacy through the arts.
YAFE’s
free environmental and art workshops develop the artistic skills of rural
youth in the fields of the performing and visual arts and creative writing
so as to harness their talents in advocating environmental causes.
It has formed linkages with local government units, schools, corporate
groups and other youth organizations to implement its various projects.
Through
Laiden’s leadership, YAFE membership is continually increasing.
Laiden is instrumental in establishing YAFE chapters in Ifugao and
Camarines Sur thus paving the way for more arts and environmental
protection advocates.
DR. PRIMITIVO CAMMAYO
Enabling the
Specially-Able
His
gen
uine
concern for the specially-able made Dr. Primitivo Cammayo join the
Volunteers for the Rehabilitation of the Handicapped and the Disabled (VRHD)
way back in 1979. As the lone medical doctor and physiatrist with the VRHD,
he coordinated the pilot implementation of the World Health Organization
(WHO) Community-Based Rehabilitation System Program (CBRSP) in Bacolod
City in 1980.
With
the success of CBRP in nine (9) barangays, Dr. Cammayo initiated the
establishment of the Negros Occidental Rehabilitation Foundation (NORFI)
and the Negros Occidental Rehabilitation Center (NORC) to facilitate the
expansion of the CBRP in the whole province.
NORFI
forged partnerships with local government units in setting up satellite
rehabilitation centers and the training of local health workers providing
persons with disabilities (PWD) access to therapy
and other rehabilitation and support services in their own barangays.
Dr. Cammayo served as the lead trainor in these activities. His work
has been duly recognized by the WHO which appointed him in the WHO Experts
Advisory Panel and designated the NORC as the WHO Collaborating Center for
Rehabilitation for the Western Pacific Region.
To
date, CBRP is institutionalized in 25 towns in Negros Occidental with 21
satellite centers and more than 800 trained local health workers. Most
importantly, it has empowered PWDs to serve as health providers to their
fellow PWDs enabling them to become active and productive members of the
community.
BAE TERESITA LAUGA DOYDORA
Sowing Seeds of Unity
and Peace
Bae Teresita Lauga Doydora is a chieftain of the Bukidnon Tribe in
Valencia City, Bukidnon. Her volunteering work started way back in her
teen days when her father, a Datu of the Bukidnon Tribe, would bring her
to various service oriented activities, thus, instilling in her the spirit
of volunteerism at such a young age.
This
love of service is sustained through the years as she is exposed to the
situation of the populace in the rural areas. Valencia City, like
many areas in Mindanao, is a community of migrants who differed in
dialects, culture and belief.
These
migrant groups were doing their work independent of each other.
Oftentimes, conflict arose between the migrant groups.
Faced with this situation, Bae Teresita was motivated to organize
the migrant groups and the “lumads”
or natives from the place, who
are also in a disadvantaged situation as they have limited access to basic
services from the government.
Bae
Teresita federated the different migrant groups and indigenous people
residing in thirty-one barangays in the City of Valencia, into a
Panglibatuhan Federation of Tribal Filipinos, Inc. (PFTFI).
Through PFTFI, the migrants and indigenous people found a venue to
showcase their cultures as living treasures, were provided access to
alternative livelihood opportunities, share resources and services among
members, and establish coordination and partnership with the local
government and the private sector in implementing programs and projects
that would bring about lasting peace and development in the community.
OBO MANOBO ACTIVE LANGUAGE
RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, INC. (OMALRACDI)
Preserving and Enriching An Identity
Obo Manobo is a language used by members of the Bagobo Tribe
(which also includes the Tagabawa and Diangan People) in Southern
Philippines with a speaking population of about 80,000.
OMALRACDI envisions to uplift the well-being of the Bagobo tribe -
spiritually, emotionally, socially, physically and morally and to
preserve the Obo Manobo culture and language. To realize this
vision, OMALRACDI established literacy centers and community libraries
through the support of volunteers enabling the Bagobos access to basic
education services in their communities.
To
date, more than 1,500 individuals, mostly adults, 55 to 60 of age, were
taught how to read and write. Literacy has been significantly improved in
Kidapawan, Marilog, Magpet and Arakan Valley. Bagobos who need assistance
to vote in the past can now vote by themselves.Kindergarten Learning
Centers were able to benefit kinder-age students in Sayaban, Ilomavis and
Kidapawan City.
Books
of high moral value were also translated into the vernacular, helping the
Bagobo people first and foremost to read in Obo Manobo before learning how
to read in Pilipino and English as well as helping others who would want
to speak the Obo Manobo dialect.
Complementing
this, OMALRACDI is implementing a college scholarship program for
deserving Bagobos whereby graduates would return to voluntarily teach and
render service to their communities.
With
the help of partner organizations, OMALRACDI will continue to preserve the
Obo Manobo culture and language thereby empowering them and enabling them
to become valuable and active members of their communities and the
Filipino society.
UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL
A Culture of
Volunteerism
“Outstanding
community involvements and volunteerism in the Universidad de Sta. Isabel
in Naga City did not happen by chance but a product of systematic,
continuing and a long process of conscientization and formation which
starts as a student or a personnel enters the institution.
Volunteerism is not a result of a spur of the moment decision but
by a design and programs developed by the institution.
In USI, it is a culture”.
USI aims to educate not only those who are capable of entering regular and
formal education but, through volunteerism, has reached out to the poorest
of the poor through both the formal and non-formal system. Its
education programs for house helpers, mothers and adult learners which are
all supported by volunteers have produced graduates who are now ready to
continue further schooling or embark on more productive endeavors.
USI has also adopted schools where volunteer teachers and students provide
tutorial sessions to elementary pupils as well as set up community
libraries in selected towns in Camarines Sur.
One
of the most significant achievements of the literacy program is the
mobilization of former students particularly the mothers group as
volunteer teachers, promoting wider participation of stakeholders in
sustaining the gains of volunteering efforts.
Other
USI volunteer programs address concerns in health and nutrition,
environment, housing, emergency response and services to the elderly.
DR.
HELENA Z. BENITEZ
Counting Success
Through Change
The
life and deeds of Dr. Helena Z. Benitez in public office and as a private
citizen manifest deep love of country, a high sense of integrity and
service to others, exhibiting in her person the best Filipino traits and
values. The founder of the world famous Bayanihan Dance Group has indeed
became the icon of what Bayanihan is all about.
Dr. Benitez came
from an illustrious family of nationalistic educators and intellectual
leaders. This was the
grounding for her future leadership and the cradle that nurture her
volunteering spirit.
The first call for
Dr. Benitez’ civic leadership came in 1942 at the age of 28 when she
founded the Volunteer Social Aid Committee known as the “Girls in
Blue” to help thousands of prisoners of wars Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija and
prisoners of the infamous “Death March”.
Her volunteering spirit never wavered since that day.
When Dr. Benitez
became a senator in 1968 to 1973, she led in bringing environmental
welfare, habitat and sustainable development into the mainstream of
national and global concerns.
Long before sustainable development became fashionable, Dr. Benitez
was already articulating this vision and strategy.
She authored bills protecting the Philippine Eagle, Tamaraw and the
watershed.
It was through her initiative that the first in-depth report on the
state of the Philippine environment was produced.
She also sought the welfare of out-of-school youth through a
legislation funding the National Manpower Youth Center in 1969 to train
them for livelihood skills and citizenship.
After 25 years, Congress has elevated and continued the NMYC under
the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
Dr. Benitez has
also significantly served the advancement and empowerment of women. She chaired the UN Commission on the Status of Women when it
finally adopted the landmark declaration banning all forms of
discrimination against women and sent it to the UN General Assembly for
promulgation in 1966. She was the prime mover in the organization of the
National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women (NCRFW) as an
achievement of the 1978 UN International Women’s Year.
A
renaissance woman, she has exemplified the heart of a true volunteer when
she said “ My credo for success is not counted in term of degrees, but
in how much change I have brought into the family, the community and the
world.”
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MR.
TONY MELOTO IS NVM HONORARY CHAIR
Mr.
Antonio Meloto, 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership and
the man behind the phenomenal success of Gawad Kalinga is the Honorary
Chair of the 2007 National Volunteer Month (NVM) Celebration. Mr.
Meloto has accepted the NVM Steering Committee’s invitation to be this
year’s lead advocate and champion of volunteerism. NVM is celebrated in
December of every year to build nationwide public awareness of
volunteerism, create the environment for volunteering and recognize
volunteers as partners in development.
The
name Antonio Meloto - Tony or Tito Tony to friends, partners,
beneficiaries and volunteers, is synonymous with Gawad Kalinga or GK, the
movement he started in 1995. With the support of the
Filipino catholic organization Couples for Christ (CFC) in which he is an
active member, Mr. Meloto built houses for the poverty-stricken residents
of a squatter relocation area in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City.
This first GK village provided not only homes to poor families but created
and sustained the development of a community.
Inspired
by the transformation, Mr. Meloto identified new areas for GK sites and
invited people and organizations to participate in the movement by
volunteering their time and resources with the unique “see and make a
difference approach.” His advocacy and mobilization did not stop with
the CFC community.
He was able to tap the great potentials of the
business sector, the academe, NGOs, government, and international
groups and organizations to work together not to mention the thousands of
volunteers who join hands with the GK beneficiaries in building homes and
hopes of a good life.
Since
that fateful day in 1995, GK has already built 21,759 homes in 1,253
communities. It aims to build 700,000 homes in 7,000 communities in
7 years from 2003-2010. To date, GK is in over 900 communities all
over the Philippines and in other developing countries.
In
2006, the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) honored Mr.
Meloto with the Community Leadership Award. Gawad Kalinga also
received the RMAF for Community Leadership.
Accepting
the NVM Honorary Chair invitation, Mr. Meloto said he is honored,
explaining in his unassuming manner his thoughts and ideals about GK and
volunteering for nation-building. GK has attracted
volunteers from all walks of life. It may even come as a surprise
that many GK volunteers and staff are young people from the Philippines
and other countries who gave up or turned down tempting opportunities for
high-paying jobs or educational scholarships to spend a few years doing
volunteer work. “The best and the brightest,” is how Mr.
Meloto described them. His approach is to tell the volunteers
to “come and see how they can make a difference.” And so they
came and made a difference not only in other peoples lives but in
themselves as well.
Says Tito Tony, “It is
about the greatness of spirit… challenging what the human spirit can do.
It is heroism!”
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OUTSTANDING
VOLUNTEERS TO BE RECOGNIZED
The Philippine Rural Reconstruction
Movement (PRRM) and Fr. James Reuter will lead this year’s national
awardees of the Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) to be given by the
National Volunteer Month Steering Committee (NVM-SC) and the Philippine
National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA).
The awarding rites will be held on December 12, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
at the EDSA Shangri-La in Mandaluyong City.
NEDA Director-General and NVM-SC Chair Augusto B. Santos will lead
the presentation of the awards together with Gawad Kalinga Founder and
2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership Antonio T. Meloto.
Mr. Meloto is the 2007 NVM Honorary Chair.
PRRM will receive the Volunteer
Lifetime Achievement Award (VLAA) for its leadership and pioneering
efforts in adopting volunteerism as a strategy in its programs and
projects since its founding in 1952.
Currently chaired by former Senator Wigberto E. Tañada, PRRM
continues to play an active role in Philippine development through its
programs in education, livelihood, health, habitat, environment and
self-governance.
Fr. James Bertram Reuter, SJ, will
be recognized for his mission which he chose to spend in the Philippines,
devoting the productive years of his life in values formation, development
of the arts and mass media, and spiritual guidance to Filipino youth,
families and communities for the promotion of culture and peace in the
spirit of volunteerism.
Other recipients of the SOV awards
are:
·
Ms.
Myrna T. Yao – for her policy advocacy of women’s rights and role in
society;
·
Ms.
Juvelyn V. Gumal-in – for her work in providing educational and health
services to the Mangyan communities in
Oriental Mindoro;
·
Ms.
Marivic G. Boholts – for her initiative in setting up Botika ng Barangay
and organizing barangay health workers
to provide timely and affordable access to
health services and protection in island communities in Surigao;
·
Mr.
Edwin R. Ferrer – for developing alternative learning programs to
provide education and livelihood opportunities
for inmates, out-of-school youths and
senior citizens in Pangasinan.
·
Bro.
Crispin P. Betita – for his integrated program in value formation and
education for vulnerable children and youth
in Mindanao;
·
Ms.
Sheryl V. Paringit and her organization, the University of La Salette –
Student Volunteer Association - for
innovative projects in education, social services
and livelihood for the poor communities in Isabela; and
·
Guided
and Unified Interaction for the Development of Children, Inc. – for
programs in education, health services and psycho-social interventions
supporting the mainstreaming specially-able children.
The Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) is an
annual recognition for volunteers and volunteer organizations as part of
the celebration of the National Volunteer Month (NVM) every December.
The National Volunteer Month was declared in 1998 to build
nationwide public awareness and appreciation of volunteerism and its role
in national development, create the environment for encouraging voluntary
action and recognize volunteers and their contributions to society.
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OUTSTANDING
VOLUNTEERS TO BE RECOGNIZED. The Philippine Rural
Reconstruction Movement (PRRM and Fr. James Reuter will lead this year's
national awardees of the Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) to be
given by the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee (NVM-SC) and
the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA).
The awarding rites will be held on December 12, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the
EDSA Shangri-La in Mandaluyong City. NEDA Director-General and NVM-SC
Chair Augusto B. Santos will lead the presentation of the awards
together with Gawad Kalinga Founder and 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for
Community Leadership Antonio P. Meloto. Mr. Meloto is the 2007 NVM
Honorary Chair. Read
more.
HONORING
EVERYDAY HEROES
It is often said that art is an
imitation of life. But to some people, life is an artistic endeavor;
a passion to uncover and disclose the inner beauty in all of us that
propel us share our being with others. This is the life that
Ms. Laiden Pedrina has chosen.
Born in rustic
Laguna, a county blessed with natural beauties mirrored in her vast
verdant mountains, shimmering lakes and colorful festivals, it is no
wonder that Laiden was imbued with an artistic soul. Her love for
the arts started early on in his childhood. She had always wanted to let
people appreciate arts and the only way she knew how to do this was to
teach them about it. Laiden’s idea is to bridge the gap between arts and
the ordinary people. She tried to break the notion that art is only
for the elite and well-to-do. She wanted to bring art to their
ordinary lives and use it to transform their attitudes in life.
The
Young Artists for the Environment (YAFE) which Laiden founded in 2003 was
conceived gradually while Laiden was doing voluntary works in various
indigent communities in 2001. She was a volunteer mentor in
creative writing and handled tutorial lessons to prepare high school
students for college entrance tests. Her popularity among young
people grew because of her volunteer works. She found inspiration to
integrate art in her mentoring through a colleague who knows theater and
gave it a slant to advocate for environmental protection, an agenda close
to Laiden’s heart. Thus in 2003, she organized YAFE with the help
of other volunteer friends. YAFE aims to develop the artistic
skills of the rural youth in visual art, performing arts, dance and
creative writing and use them as platform for environmental advocacy by
encouraging young people to act and spearhead concrete measures to save
the environment from degradation.
YAFE is based in Bgy. Masico in Pila, Laguna. This was not easy for Laiden
who lives in San Pedro, Laguna and studies in Quezon City. She has to
travel two hours to get to Masico to attend to YAFE’s activities.
Masico is a humble and simple community without the amenities of city
life. There, Laiden busied herself organizing and teaching people,
raising awareness on environmental issues and initiating activities that
engaged the youth through the young organization she founded.
YAFE’s influence extended beyond the confines of Pila, Laguna to
Camarines and Ifugao. Its free enviro-art workshops has engaged
around 1,400 youth in various regions. It has also forged
partnerships with various international organizations such as the United
Nations Volunteers (UNV), the Korea Community Exchange Project, Global
Youth Service Day (GYSD) and Otesha of Canada. YAFE played a key
role in advocating for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG),
environmental issues, youth leadership and development and promotion of
volunteerism for sustainable development.
Laiden’s humble works did not go unnoticed. She received various
local, national and international awards for her works in environmental
advocacy through arts. In 2006, the Search for Outstanding
Volunteers (SOV)Awards added another feather in her cap as a
National Volunteer Awardee in the SOV youth category.
The
SOV is an annual search whereby outstanding volunteers and volunteer
organizations are conferred with honors for their exemplary performance
and dedication to volunteer service. It is spearheaded by the
Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) in
partnership with the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee (NVM-SC).
NVM is celebrated by the volunteer community in the Philippine every
December and the SOV Awarding Ceremony caps the NVM celebration.
The Search is open to all individuals of Filipino citizenship and Filipino
volunteer organizations or local chapter organizations of foreign
volunteer organizations that currently provide volunteer assistance in the
Philippines. The categories are: (1) Individual – Adult and
Youth; (2) Organization – NGO and Corporate; and (3) Volunteer
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Since 2001, 45 volunteers and volunteer organizations serving in various
development sectors all over the country have been accorded honor and
recognition through SOV. Their volunteer work are regarded as models
and best practices in volunteerism.
Laiden
is a model of youth dynamism and idealism. She embodies in her
commitment the true meaning of volunteerism. It is individuals like
her that the SOV was dedicated – to recognize everyday heroes who work
in the spirit of pure service without regard for recognition and rewards.
We
meet and encounter people like Laiden everyday. We know of
organizations in our communities trying to make a difference in ordinary
people’s lives. Share their stories. Recognize them by
nominating them to the 2007 SOV.
SOV
guidelines and nomination forms may be obtained at PNVSCA, the regional
offices of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the
Regional Planning and Development Office of the Autonomous Region of
Muslim Mindanao (RPDO-ARMM), the Department of the Interior and Local
Government-Bureau of Local Government Development (DILG-BLGD) or may be
downloaded from the PNVSCA website at http://www.pnvsca.gov.ph.
Deadline
of submission of nominations is on 30 June 2007.
For
more information about the Search or volunteering in the Philippines,
please visit the PNVSCA website at http//www.pnvsca.gov.ph. or call PNVSCA
at telephone nos. 929-63-76, 926-89-02, 929 63 63, 435 79 99 or
email ppis@pnvsca.gov.ph.
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SENATOR
GORDON LED SOV AWARDING RITES
Senator Richard J.
Gordon led the presentation of awards to this year’s National Awardees
of the Search for Outstanding Volunteers in a ceremony held at the Manila
Hotel on December 8, 2006. The 2006 awardees are:
-
Ms.
Laiden Pedriña from Laguna who was recognized for her leadership in
organizing the youth to develop artistic talents to preserve the
environment;
-
Dr.
Primitivo Cammayo from Negros Occidental who was recognized for his
role in institutionalizing in Negros Occidental the Community-Based
Rehabilitation Program for People with Disabilities (PWDs);
-
Bae
Teresita Doydora from Bukidnon who was recognized for her leadership
in fedrating the indigenous and regional groupings in Valencia City to
unite their efforts toward [eace and development;
-
the
Universidad de Sta. Isabel (USI) of Naga City for its various
volunteer programs in education, health, environment, housing and
relief and rehabilitation harnessing teachers, students and community
beneficiaries in rendering volunteer work; and the
-
Obo
Manobo Active Language Resource and Development, Inc. (OMALRACDI) from
Cotabato for its literacy programs aimed at promoting and preserving
the Obo Manobo language.
The
Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award (VLAA) was also conferred on Ms.
Helena Z. Benitez for her public service and voluntary works in the fields
of education, culture and the arts, environment and women and development
In
his keynote message, Senator Gordon saluted the awardees for their
outstanding examples and accomplishments and congratulated PNVSCA for
initiating the SOV awards which he said timely so that the stories of
volunteers can be told. He related his own experiences in
volunteering as a young student, as Mayor of Olongapo City, as
Administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority tapping the Olongapo
City Volunteers in rebuilding Olongapo after the pull-out of the US bases
and presently as Chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) and
its current efforts of helping the victims of typhoon Reming in Bicol.
In all these, he said that Filipinos should have vision, values and
volunteerism to achieve victory. Echoing a challenge, Senator
Gordon called on Filipinos to “break down the walls” of
dependency and take charge of the responsibility for the nation’s future
emphasizing the role of citizens to volunteer to help themselves.
Co-presenting
the awards were 2006 NVM Honorary Chair Ms. Virginia P. Davide, Secretary
of Socio-Economic Planning and NVM Steering Committee Chair Romulo L. Neri
and PNVSCA Executive Director Joselito C. de Vera.
Secretary
Neri welcomed the guests with the message that the National Volunteer
Month celebrated every December is a time when the volunteer community
gather together as one to organize activities that will promote
volunteerism. He acknowledged the SOV is a dedication to the contribution
of volunteers to building a progressive, humane and peace-loving society
as well.
In
a similar tone, Mrs. Davide expressed her appreciation for the
overwhelming support of the volunteer community to the NVM celebration
which she initiated during her incumbency as Director of PNVSCA. She
paralleled the work of the volunteers and especially the SOV awardees to
that of the pilgrims who embark on a journey to help transform society.
The
awarding rites capped the year-long search conducted by PNVSCA and the NVM
Steering Committee in cooperation with the Regional Search Committees
headed by the NEDA Regional Offices, the Regional Planning and Development
Office of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (RPDO-ARMM) and the
Bureau of Local Government Development –Department of the Interior and
Local Government (BLGD-DILG).
Among
those who graced the event were members of the National Volunteer Month
Steering Committee (NVM SC), PNVSCA’s Multi-Sectoral Advisory Body (MSAB),
members of the SOV National and Regional Search Committees, officials of
NEDA and its attached agencies, previous years’ SOV awardees and
PNVSCA’s partners in the volunteer program.
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NVM 2006
Calendar of Activities
|
Organization
|
Activity
|
Date and Venue
|
Contact Person
|
|
Extension
Directorate, Mariano Marcos State University
,
Batac, Ilocos Norte
Tel. (077) 7923501
|
Human Rights
Education Training for OSY, Women & Barangay officials
|
15 Dec. 2006
Pinili, Ilocos Norte
|
Dr. Marivic
M. Alimbuyuguen
CHREIN Coordinator
|
|
Coastal
Clean-Up
|
22 Dec. 2006
Currimao, Ilocos Norte
|
Ms. Joyce
Bagaoisan, Extension Coordinator, CASAT
|
|
Food
Processing/Preservation
|
26 Dec. 2006
Laoag City
|
Prof. Filamer
Aguilar, Extension Coordinator, CIT
|
|
Technical
Assistance on Bookkeeping, Auditing & Books preparation for
cooperatives
|
28 Dec. 2006
Ilocos Norte
|
Dr. Cristina
B. Coloma, Extension Coordinator, CBEA
|
|
Gender and
Development Training for Rural Women
|
19 Dec. 2006
Batac, Ilocos Norte
|
Prof. Beatriz
Malab, GAD Focal Point
|
|
Technology/Information
Materials Distribution
|
13 Dec. 2006
Batac, Ilocos Norte
|
Ms. Mercy Gaño,
Chief, Applied Communication Section, Extension Directorate
|
|
NEDA Regional
Office No. I , Guerrero Road, San Fernando, La Union
Tel. (072)
8885501/2679
|
Orientation
Briefing on Volunteerism
|
7 Dec. 2006
|
Mr. Leonardo N. Quitos Jr.
Regional Director
|
|
Posting of
IEC materials in the advocacy corner
|
December 2006
NRO I Lobby
|
|
Department of the Interior and Local Government
Region I
Aguila Road, Sevilla
San Fernando City,
La Union
Tel. (072) 8883310; 8882269
|
Dissemination
of MC to LGUs
|
8 Nov. 2006,
all LGUs
|
Lorylyn P. Balanga
Chester B. Reynante
DILG Regional Office No. I
Tel. (072) 8883310 / 7005746
|
|
Information
sharing during Monday Convocation
|
11 & 18
Dec. 2006
DILG Regional Office
|
|
Installation
of Information Bulletin highlighting the Role of Volunteers in
nation-building
|
December 2006
DILG Regional Office
|
|
IEC thru
Local Area Network (LAN)
|
|
Hanging of
streamers/posters
|
|
Monitoring
LGU activities re NVM Celebration
|
December 2006
All LGUs
|
|
|
Participation
in the Search for Outstanding Volunteers – Screening of Regional
Nominees and Validation of winners
|
Conducted
last Oct 2006
NEDA
|
|
|
Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI)
Sen Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati City
|
Issuance of
Memorandum to all DTI Regional Offices re NVM celebration
|
4 December
2006
all Regional Offices
|
Usec Carissa
Cruz-Evangelista
Regional Operations Group, DTI
Tel 8904897; 8953582
Fax 8904639
|
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NVM
2006 Honorary Chair
Mrs.
Virginia P. Davide, former Director of PNVSCA has accepted the invitation
of the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee to be this year’s NVM
Honorary Chair. As Honorary Chair, the energetic wife of former
Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. will lead the promotion and advocacy
efforts for the celebration of NVM in December. She will also sit in
the National Search Committee to select the awardees of the Search for
Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) and lead the presentation of awards in the
SOV Awarding Ceremony in December.
The
role of Honorary Chair is a fitting tribute to the woman whose string of
accomplishments while she was at the helm of PNVSCA includes initiatives
that strengthened the role of government in volunteerism, one of the most
notable perhaps is the proclamation of the National Volunteer Month way
back in 1998. She is also responsible for the preparation of
an Action Agenda for the National Volunteer Program and lobbied for the
successful integration of volunteerism in the Medium-Term Philippine
Development Plan.
Mrs.
Davide was PNVSCA Director from 1986 to 2001 and during her incumbency,
she worked for the expansion of national and international volunteering
through continuous program development and enhancing networks.
Immediately before joining PNVSCA, she was with the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) in various capacities.
Mrs.
Davide continues to be active in volunteer work through her many
socio-civic involvements with different sectors and communities and as
member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Association for
Volunteer Effort (PAVE) in which she is a founding member. She is
currently a UNESCO Commissioner for Education.
MESSAGE
FOR THE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH 2006
Ms. Virginia P. Davide
Honorary Chair, NVM 2006
Volunteerism
is synonymous with service; and service, love. For, one cannot serve
without love, and love will not bloom if not translated into
service – real voluntary service. And, without these two beautiful
values, there can be no meaningful effects of anything on the lives and
work of people.
In
doing volunteer work, one not only helps with the delivery of services.
He/she is also a catalyst who encourages people to discover their
potentials and capability, and empower them to decide for themselves and
manage their destinies.
And
because volunteerism is premised on service without regard for
compensation therefore, volunteer work is priceless and cannot be equated
with any material rewards. But it deserves a higher form of
recognition now and forever. This is the essence of our celebration.
I
say it now, and I say it again, that volunteers are my everyday heroes.
Volunteer work, like heroism cannot be quantified, it will not be
sufficiently known but will certainly leave an indelible mark in the
hearts of people and in the history of humanity.
So,
let everyday of our lives be a day of volunteering.
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Celebrate
National Volunteer Month
The
volunteer community in the Philippines is all set to celebrate this
year’s National Volunteer Month in December. The event will be
made more meaningful with the increasing participation and collaboration
among different sectors from the government, NGOs, academe, corporate and
socio-civic organizations. This year’s theme is Boluntarismo:
Lakas Pagbabago!
Major
events include:
December
1 - Exchange Arena Matching Event at the Kaisa Heritage
Center, Intramuros, Manila.
The
EA is a project whereby government agencies, local government units and
NGOs can post their volunteer opportunities in which the corporate sector
can choose to commit support through employee volunteering. The EA
will serve as the official kick-off ceremony of NVM.
December 5 -
International Volunteer Day celebration at the College of Saint Benilde,
De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila.
December
8 – Awarding ceremony of the Search for Outstanding Volunteers at
the Manila Hotel, Intramuros, Manila.
The Philippine
National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) which serves as
focal point for the NVM celebration is inviting agencies and organizations
to participate through organizing their own volunteering activities,
undertaking advocacy through media and other promotional events and
putting up NVM streamers in their offices and other strategic places.
The National
Volunteer Month was declared in 1998 to build nationwide public awareness
and appreciation of volunteerism and its role in national development,
create the environment for encouraging voluntary action and recognize
volunteers and their contributions to society.
For more
information, please contact PNVSCA (website: www.pnvsca.gov.ph)
at telephone nos. 927 68 51 and 435 79 99; Fax nos. 929 63 76 or email ppis@pnvsca.neda.gov.ph.
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Guidelines
on the Search for Outstanding Volunteers 2006
I.
PURPOSE
The
Search for Outstanding Volunteers aims to highlight and recognize the
exemplary performance and dedication to service of Filipino volunteers in
building strong communities across the country through volunteerism.
II.
COVERAGE
The
Search is open to all individuals of Filipino citizenship and Filipino
volunteer organizations or local chapter organizations of foreign
volunteer organizations that currently provide volunteer assistance in the
Philippines.
III.
TYPES OF AWARDS
A. National Award
This is a recognition conferred on outstanding volunteer individual and
organization that are chosen from among the regional
qualifiers.
There are two categories under this award: (1) Individual and
(2)
Organization.
1. Individual
An individual volunteer is a person that engages in activity/ies
undertaken not primarily for
financial gain that involves spending
time on his/her own free will, doing activities
that aims to benefit
the community, the environment or individuals outside one's
immediate family.
The individual category is further classified into youth and adult.
Qualifications
-
Must
be fifteen (15) to thirty (30) years old (youth category) and at least
thirty-one (31) years old (adult category) at the time of submission
of nomination;
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Is
providing volunteer assistance consistently for at least three (3)
years (youth category) and at least five (5) years (adult category) to
socio-economic, civic and humanitarian programs or projects in
institutions or communities; and
-
Is
a member of a volunteer organization or institution that is registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); or registered by
the Philippine National Volunteer Service coordinating Agency (PNVSCA)
or duly recognized by an accrediting government institution; or is
recognized as a volunteer by communities, groups or institutions which
he/she serves.
2. Organization
Volunteer Organizations are classified into (1) Non-Profit and
(2)
Corporate. For purposes of the
Search, a Non-Profit refers
to any non-stock, non-governmental organizations
including
schools and academic institutions and not affiliated with any
company/corporation and one that engages the services of
volunteers in
socio-economic and
cultural development,
humanitarian, civic activities, advocacy, capability building
and
networking for volunteerism or is created specifically to recruit,
train and
deploy volunteers for such purpose.
A corporate refers to companies that engage employee volunteering
as
an approach to achieve
corporate social responsibility; or to
corporate-supported or affiliated foundations
that engage
volunteers to implement volunteer program/s.
Qualifications
-
Is
providing volunteer assistance consistently for at least five (5)
years to socio-economic, civic and humanitarian programs or projects
in institutions or communities; and
-
Is
formally organized, with SEC registration and/or duly registered by
the PNVSCA or granted accreditation by government or non-government
organizations duly recognized by government; or is informally
established but is recognized as a volunteer organization by
communities, groups or institutions it serves.
B. Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award
This is a recognition conferred to (1) an individual volunteer of Filipino
citizenship, or (2) a Filipino volunteer organization or
a local chapter
organization of a foreign volunteer organization serving in
the
Philippines.
Qualifications
1. Individual
-
At
least fifty (50) years of age at the time of nomination;
-
Has
been engaged in consistent volunteering activities for at least twenty
(20) years;
-
Is
a recipient of national or international recognitions/awards;
-
Plays
a significant role/contribution in promoting volunteerism and
possesses the capability to mobilize others to support volunteer
causes;
-
Serves
as a role model through a positive representation of volunteerism as a
development resource.
2. Organization
-
Has
been engaged in consistent volunteering activities for at least twenty
(20) years;
-
Is
a recipient of national or international recognition/awards;
-
Plays
a significant role/contribution in promoting volunteerism and able to
mobilize others to support volunteer causes; and
-
Serves
as a role model of volunteerism through a positive representation of
volunteerism as a development resource.
IV.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
A. Regional Criteria
1. Individual
Qualities of the Volunteer: Commitment, leadership, teamwork
and adaptability
Performance of the Volunteer: Length of time engaged in
volunteer work, awards
and recognitions received,
initiative, resourcefulness
and innovativeness
Impact of Volunteer Assistance: Relevance of volunteer's
contribution to development
priorities, its effectiveness
and replicability
2. Organization
Qualities of the Organization: Established policy supportive of
volunteerism, presence of
functional volunteer management
system, extent of employee/
members' participation, linkages
with other organizations
Performance of the Organization: Length of time engaged in
volunteer work, awards and
recognitions received,
initiative, resourcefulness
and innovativeness
Impact of Volunteer Assistance: Relevance of the organization's
contributions to development
priorities, its effectiveness
and replicability
B. National Criteria
The regional qualifiers (both individual and organization categories)
to
the national awards shall
be evaluated in accordance with the
following criteria:
Overall Impact: Impact of volunteer assistance on national
development priorities particularly the
Ten-Point Agenda and the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
Advocacy of volunteerism: Contribution to the promotion of
volunteerism, mobilization of
volunteers and support to
volunteers and volunteer
programs
V.
NOMINATION/RECOMMENDATION
A. National Award
1. Who may nominate:
For the Individual, any individual and heads of private sector
organizations, local government
units and national government
agencies can nominate. Members
or colleagues
may nominate
someone within their organizations/LGUs with the
nomination
endorsed by
the head of the organization. Self-nomination is
allowed, provided,
it shall be endorsed
by the organization to
which he/she belongs or the community to
which the
individual
is rendering volunteer assistance.
For the Organization, any individual and and heads of private
sector
organizations, local government
units, beneficiaries
and/or partner organizations and national
government agencies
can
nominate. Members of the SOV National and Regional
Search
Committees are not
eligible to nominate.
2. Nomination Process:
Nomination forms may be obtained from the following agencies:
-
Philippine
National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA)
-
National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and their Regional Offices
-
Commission
on Higher Education (CHED) and their Regional Offices
-
Department
of Education (DepEd) and their Regional Offices
-
Department
of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and their Regional Offices
-
Regional
Planning and Development Office of the Autonomous Region of Muslim
Mondanao
The forms may also be downloaded at www.pnvsca.neda.gov.ph
The following documents shall be submitted in two (2) copies to
the
Regional Search Committee.
-
Duly
accomplished nomination form.
-
Certification/endorsement
of services rendered and good performance issued by reputable
individuals or institutions that are either beneficiaries or have
first-hand knowledge of nominee's volunteer work.
-
Certificate
of membership or membership ID for individual volunteers; SEC
registration and/or PNVSCA registration or accreditation by recognized
institutions for volunteer organizations.
-
Copies
of local and international awards and citations received.
B. Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award (VLAA)
1. Who may nominate:
Individuals and heads of private sector organizations, local
government
units and national government agencies can
recommend an individual or an organization whose
qualifications
meet the requirements of the award. Members of the NVM
Steering
Committee and SOV Regional Search Committees may
submit their individual recommendations.
2. Nomination Process:
Any nomination must be done through a printed letter addressed
to the
Chairperson, SOV National Search Committee (NSC)
c/o PNVSCA, NEDA Complex, EDSA, Diliman,
Quezon City or thru
the Chairpersons, SOV Regional Search Committees (RSCs).
Nominations
received by the
SOV-RSCs shall be forwarded to
the Chairperson of the SOV-NSC.
VI.
DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION
A. National Award
Nominations must be received by the SOV Regional Search
Committees not
later than 18 July
2006. Mailed nomination
must be postmarked not later than said date.
Deadline of endorsement of regional qualifiers to the SOV
National Search
Committee shall be on
15 September 2006.
B. Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award
Nomination must be received by the SOV Regional Search
Committees not
later than 31 July 2006
and to the SOV
National Search Committee not later than 15 August
2006,
or if mailed,
must be postmarked not later than said dates.
VII.
SELECTION AND CONFIRMATION OF AWARDEES
A. National Award
1. The SOV Regional and National Search Committee shall
evaluate and
select regional qualifiers and national awardees
using the Evaluation and Selection Guide.
2. The NVM Steering Committee shall review and confirm the
recommendations of the National Search Committee.
B. Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award
1. Nominations shall be validated by the NVM Secretariat whose
findings shall be presented to the National Search Committee.
2. The National Search Committee shall deliberate on the
recommendations, conduct further validation as may be
necessary and recommend awardees to the
National
Steering Committee. There shall be one awardee per
category in the
VLAA.
3. The NVM Steering Committee shall review and evaluate the
recommendations of the National Search Committee.
VIII.
INCENTIVES
A. Regional qualifiers shall receive certificates of
recognition.
National awardees shall receive
trophies. Recipients of
VLAA shall receive certificates of
recognition and medals.
B. The National awardees and recipients of VLAA based outside
Metro
Manila will be provided round-trip transportation and
accommodation for their attendance
in the awarding ceremony.
IX.
PROHIBITION AND EXCLUSIONARY PROVISION
Previous national awardees are no longer eligible to be nominated,
but
they may be nominated to the VLAA.
Regional qualifiers not conferred national award are eligible to be
nominated.
X.
CONFERMENT OF AWARDS
Awards will be conferred in Manila on 12 December 2006 at a venue
to be
decided by the NVM Steering Committee.
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Nomination form (Individual Category)
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Nomination form (Group Category)
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Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. was the keynote speaker in this
year’s Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) awarding rites at the
Mabuhay Hall, Manila Hotel held last 15 December 2005.
The
Chief Justice was joined by the National Volunteer Month (NVM) Steering
Committee Honorary Chair Regina Paz L. Lopez, National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) Director-General Augusto B. Santos, Deputy
Director General Margarita Songco and Philippine National Volunteer
Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) Executive Director Joselito C. de
Vera in honoring three individuals and two group of volunteers.
Dr. Ryan C.
Guinaran from the Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR), the sole awardee in the youth category, will
receive an award for his exemplary leadership as a young doctor in
addressing the needs for medical and social services of the indigenous
people through ardent advocacy for the medical profession and for his
pioneering efforts in the preservation and conservation of the Ibaloi
culture to restore and uplift the dignity and pride of his own people.
Jacobina
Pondo Dimamay from Region VI will
receive an award for her outstanding dedication and leadership in
championing the cause of the marginal farmers, sakadas and fisherfolks to
attain a renewed sense of confidence and ability towards self-reliance and
harmonious collaboration in pursuing community-based development
endeavors.
Judelio L. Yap
from the National Capital Region (NCR) will receive an award for his
outstanding contributions and dedication in building the capability of the
Boys Scouts of the Philippines in elevating its standards of commitment
and dedication facilitating a culture of excellence and dynamic leadership
among its ranks that enabled the organization to demonstrate its capacity
for nurturing young leaders and contributing in
the task of nation building.
Bayanihang
Bulakenyo Foundation, Inc. from
Region III, an awardee in the group category, will receive an award for
its exemplary performance as a volunteer organization in carrying out
various programs in nutrition, population and delivery of social services
thereby contributing in the upliftment of conditions of the poor and
malnourished children
and the effective dissemination of information on responsible parenting
and family planning.
Kadtuntaya
Foundation, Inc. from the Autonomous
Region of Muslim Mindanao, also an awardee in the group category, will
receive an award for its exemplary contributions in the field of
integrated area development through an effective program on human
development, food and income security and the protection of women and
children’s rights that enabled grassroots communities developed its
capacity for self-determination and sufficiency and for promoting peace
and cultural understanding among Christian and Muslims and other ethnic
communities in Mindanao.
The National
Volunteer Month (NVM) Steering Committee will also confer awards to two
individuals and one organization who dedicated their lifetime in
volunteering.
Teresita Ang See
in honor and recognition of her lifetime commitment and selfless
dedication in support of achieving Filipino and Chinese mutual
understanding towards an integrated Philippine society; for her untiring
crusade against violence and corruption that significantly influenced the
reforms in the judicial and law enforcement agencies in the country, and
for her shining example of fortitude and moral tenacity that serves as
hope and inspiration for the crusaders against violence and injustices.
Amelia
Juico-Gordon in honor and recognition
of her lifetime commitment and self-less dedication in championing the
cause of the less privileged and vulnerable sector of society through her
untiring demonstration of love and compassion to the abandoned children,
victims of violence and oppression and other form of socio-economic
deprivations. Her unwavering humanitarian ideals and commitment has
provided multitudes of less-fortunate individuals support and assistance
to attain self-confidence, dignity and an opportunity to be reintegrated
in society.
Jesuit
Volunteers Philippines Foundation, Inc.
in honor and recognition of its exemplary services rendered in the
formation of young students and professionals as leaders imbued with
spirit of social responsibility to become instruments of grassroots
community empowerment through education and capacity building that enable
communities, institutions and individuals attain self-sufficiency and
capability for self-development
The
Search is held annually as a major activity to celebrate NVM. It aims to
highlight and recognize the exemplary performance and dedication to
service of Filipino volunteers as well as nurture and promote volunteerism
in the country.
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2004 Awarding Ceremony Held
Speaker
of the House Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. was the Guest of Honor and
presenter of awards during the awarding ceremony of the Search for
Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) last 14 December 2004 at the Andaya Hall of
the House of Representatives in Quezon City.
Four
individuals and one group in various sectors were given trophies for
their exemplary volunteer work; three exceptional individuals who
dedicated their life to volunteerism were given the Volunteer Lifetime
Achievement Award (VLAA) while special citations were awarded to three
companies that are engaged in volunteering as a way of carrying out
their corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Also present
to assist the Honorable Speaker were Socio-Economic Planning Secretary
and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director-General
Romulo L. Neri, Philippine Association for Volunteer Effort, Inc. (PAVE)
President Dr. Amelita Dayrit-Go, 2004 NVM Honorary Chair Corazon Alma G.
de Leon and Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA)
Chief Volunteer Service Officer Corazon M. Macaraig.
Following are
photos taken during the event:
The
Intel-Involved, Philippines group, take its turn at the registration
table.
Ms. Lina Cortez and Ms. Thelma Abdulrahman
of DILG, members of the NVM Steering Committee, registers as PNVSCA
Angie Gavino looks on.
Guests and awardees
watch a power point presentation prior to the awarding proper.
A pre-awarding scene,
as guests await the start of the ceremony.
The Honorable Speaker
Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. leads the singing of the Philippine National
Anthem.
A
soloist from the Girl Scouts of the Philippines renders a very inspiring
doxology.
Director
Benjamin Turiano of the National Economic and Development Authority
–Development Information Staff (NEDA-DIS) is the Master of Ceremonies.
Secretary Romulo L.
Neri delivers his welcome remarks.
Dr. Amelita Dayrit-Go, President of
the Philippine Association for Volunteer Effort, Inc. (PAVE) and member
of the NVM Steering Committee, introduces the Guest of Honor.
Speaker of the House
Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. delivers a rousing impromptu speech on
volunteerism.
Mr.
Neil del Rosario renders a song during the intermission.
Mr. Tim Gabuna (second from right) of the
National Capital Region (NCR) receives his award. His passion for
volunteering includes welfare for the youth, especially those who are
marginalized.
DG Neri shakes the hand of the awardee from Region VII, Ms. Martiniana
Mercado. She is recognized for addressing issues on the rights of
children, women, the elderly and inmates through various intervention
and awareness programs.
Fr.
Pio M. Eugenio, SVD (second from right) receives his award for his
devotion in helping farmers increase their yield through organic farming
and the Masipag (Magsasaka at Siyentista Para sa Ikauunlad ng Panakahang
Agham) Program.
Yusoph I. Muhammad (second from right) of
the Autonoumous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is hailed as the Hero
of Liguasan Marsh because of his tireless efforts in conserving and
protecting it.
Executive
Director Melfe S. Gallego (third from right) receives an award on behalf
of the Champagnat Community College of Notre Dame of Marbel University.
CCC, the sole awardee in the group category, is awarded for its
exemplary performance in extending holistic services and assistance to
the poorest of the poor and indigenous peoples of Mindanao. She is
joined by Marbel University President, Bro. Crispin P. Betita, SMS
(second from right).
The
following individuals who have dedicated a significant portion of their
lives to volunteering were given the Volunteer Lifetime Achievement
Awards:
Fr. Pierre T. Tritz, SJ, holds and read the certificate given him. He is
a tireless leader, innovator, educator and ambassador of international
goodwill and has transformed the lives of countless poor and
marginalized youths into productive members of the society.
Dr. Ligaya P. Jorge of the Girl
Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) receives her award for her lifetime
commitment and selfless dedication in building the capability of the GSP
as a national institution for the molding of future women leaders and
model citizens of the country.
Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. is set to
don on Leonarda N. Camacho a medal for her dedication to the cause of
environmental conservation and protection which are exemplified and
demonstrated by her relentless advocacy for waste segregation and
recycling. Through her able leadership, the “Metro Manila Linis Ganda”
project has become a model for zero waste management.
Special citations
to companies that are engaged in volunteering as a way of carrying out
their corporate social responsibility were likewise awarded to the
following:
Petron
Foundation, Inc. for its numerous civic programs such as
Volunteerism-in-Action, Tulong-Aral ng Petron, Petron School, Sa Aklat
Sisikat, Skills Training and Education Program (STEP), Junior
Achievement Philippines, Petron Kids’ Summer Camp, Kontra Kalat sa
Dagat, Puno ng Buhay, and Smoke Emission Testing.
The
Meralco delegation stands proud as they are cited for Meralco’s civic
engagements such as the Teacher Education and the Libro Ko-Alay Ko
projects. It collaborates with the Department of Education in its
Brigada Eskuwela and schools electrification projects.
The beaming Intel-Involved Philippines delegation stands proud behind
their streamer. The organization is cited for its volunteering
programs that support education, environmental protection and youth
development.
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Nomination
form for Individual