THE Junior Chamber International (JCI) Kagayhaan Gold highlights the projects or programs that are built from the tenets of JCI as they celebrate the JCI Week which started last April 7.
According to JCI Kagayahaan Gold President Roxanne Fuentes, the JCI members believe “that faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life; that the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations; that economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise; that government should be of laws, rather than of man; that Earth's great treasure lies in human personality; and that service to man the best work of life.”
“We create project or programs that targets the [aforementioned] tenets of our JCI values,” Fuentes said.
The JCI Kagayaan Gold started the first JCI week with a mass at Our Lady of Manaoag Chapel in Limketkai.
For the following days, JCI organized several activities that encompasses tenets, which includes: Joint Opportunity to Impact Training and Bangon Marawi: Build a Library Project on April 8; e.com: The JCI KG Effective Communication Training Sessions on April 9; United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) Seminar for the Department of Education, How to Make an Eco Brick Demo, and SALIDA: The UNSDG Short Film Festival Launching and Germination Workshop on April 11; among others.
JCI also had its Beyond Prison Walls project for female inmate at Lumbia Jail last April 8.
The project aims to help the people behind bars in their total human development based on the principles of a balanced and restorative justice. It is also to help the condition of imprisoned and detained individuals inside prison cells, to help in the reformation of the inmates and to provide legal assistance for those who are under detention.
JCI Kagayhaan Gold also recently conducted a fitness activity at Anytime Fitness on Friday, April 12 to help its members to stay physically fit and healthy, especially in time of JCI Week.
“The mission of JCI is to develop ourselves before we are able to make positive change or help our community, not just sa anong intellectual but also sa among physical and health,” Fuentes said.
“So every year, we also advocate for health,” she added.
The JCI Week is celebrated by all JCI chapters all over the country. JCI now has more than 9,300 members nationwide.