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OPI, EWSF hold VeggiEskwela closing program, celebrate future food security warriors
By: Ami D. Salazar
January, 2025
After six weeks of online orientation, training, and performance of activities related to the lessons that were provided, Outreach Philippines, Inc. (OPI), East-West Seed Foundation and 15 community-based organizations in Luzon, held a formal online closing program last December 16, 2024.
The program began with an opening prayer that was led by Ms. Emily Garubo, OPI’s Admin Officer. Ms. Ma. Elena Primicias van Tooren, Executive Director of East -West Seed Foundation, gave the Opening Remarks, highlighting the reason for the training which was to address the issue of food security and to extend knowledge to others who will become future food security warriors.
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In her Closing Remarks, Ms. Krizza Ria Y. Velasquez, OPI Executive Director, affirmed that the closing program is a celebration of new knowledge and inspiration. She thanked everyone for their support, the EWSF trainers, OPI staff and the active participants from all CBOs.
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by: Ami Dasig Salazar - RADU
October, 2024
OPI, together with KAISA Association and Angat Santa Monica Association, were pleased to host seven site visitors from Charles Sturt University, Australia last October 21, 2024. A program was arranged to provide an opportunity for the visitors to learn about social development interventions in the Philippines, specifically in a rural setting. The team was composed of masteral students and professors of social work led by Dr. Manohar Pawar who is also the President of the International Consortium of Social Development or ICSD.
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The one-day program included an orientation about OPI’s history and a briefer on Participatory Human Development (PHD) Methodology.
In the communities, the site visitors were able to observe real time meetings of Angat Santa Monica Association in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija and KAISA association in Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija.
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