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Sunday, April 30, 2006
Jaycees build for Gawad Kalinga
Members of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) in Central Visayas gave a meaningful conclusion to their celebration of the National Jaycee Week last April 23 with a Build activity for Gawad Kalinga (GK) beneficiaries at the GK Amazing Village in Sitio Tak-an, Budlaan II, Talamban district in Cebu City.
JCI Cebu-Mactan Channel organized the activity for the nine chapters in Cebu.
The JCI is a worldwide federation of young leaders and entrepreneurs. Jun Pinili led the organizing team and coordinated with the GK leadership in Cebu and at the project site.
Haidee L. Benedicto-Cayetano, JCI Philippines national vice president for Central Visayas, led the Jaycees in the activity which also served as a form of non-traditional fellowship and team building among the participants, 14 of whom came from the host chapter.
GK Budlaan II project manager Undo Lim, also a coordinator of the Couples for Christ in Talamban, gave the “Jaycee Builders” an orientation of the vision and mission of Gawad Kalinga, and what their “labor contribution” meant to the poor beneficiaries of the project.
He expressed hope that the Jaycees, known for their community-oriented projects, will begin to become very actively involved with the cause of Gawad Kalinga and help the movement attain its vision of building 700,000 homes in 7,000 villages by the year 2010.
Individual development commissioner Emi Rose R. Parcon said they want to come back and would explore making it a regular monthly weekend activity with family members and friends.
Director Eric Martin M. Taghoy, also international affairs commissioner, bared the plan of the chapter to find a partner abroad, whether a sister JCI chapter or a corporate entity, which can help find resources that could help build more homes and help GK achieve its vision.
Meanwhile, those interested in joining JCI may email to jcicebumactanchannel@yahoo.com or send by SMS to 0922-b-MACTAN. Also, browse through www.jci.cc, www.philjaycees.com and www.jcicebumactanchannel .tk to know more about JCI.
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