CYDF Newsletter, Vol.2, Issue 1, 2007 August 2008 - Calantas ...

P AGE 18Ang Pangarap Ko Sa BuhayLyka Mitra QuerubimV OLUME 2, ISSUE 1A Barrio Benedicto 6th grade student graduated from Del Carmen Elementary School and a First Awardee Recipient as an“Academically Excellent Student” of the Phase I: Benjamin-Victoria Manlulu High School Scholarship Grant of the CYDFI-Benedicto Satellite Scholarship Program Model 001, SY: 2007-2008Ang pangarap ko sa buhay ay ang makapagtapos sa kursong Mass Communication. Bata pa lang akoay natutuwa na ako pag nakikita ko sina Karina Sanches at iba pang mga Anchor sa television. Kayangayong malaki na ako at tutuntong sa highschool nais kong pagbutihin ang aking pagaaralpara makamit ko ang pangarap kong maging isang reporter o isang mahusayna manunulat.. Bilang isang reporter namanunulat ay alam kong malaki rin angmaibabahagi ko sa sambayanan. Ka-sama ko sa aking pagtatagumpay angisa ko pang pangarap na matulunganang akung mga magulang at kapatid.Gusto ko pong makatulong saating mga kababayan upang magbigaynang mahahalahang impormas-yon tungkol sa ating bansa. Naiskong magta- gumpay sa larangan nanais ko pong tahakin. Nais ko rinrong ipahayag ang mga mahaha-lagang impormasyon na dapat malamanng mga kababayan natin. Tutula-ran ko po ang mga iniidolo kong mgabatikang reporter na nagtagumpay atnaparangalan dahil sa kanilang husayat galing sa pagbibigay ng mga maka-buluhang impormasyon at pangyayari dilang sa ating bansa kundi sa buongmundo.An Open Letter of Lyka’s Mother...It is of great honor to consider my daughter to be one of the applicants in your scholarshipprogram. My daughter, who is a very studious and diligent one, is willing to undergo any test that theFoundation is conducting. She, at her young age, is showing interest on media writing/broadcasting asevidenced by her winning as second place in editorial writing contest held at Basa Air Base last September,2006. This contest is joined by selected pupils from all schools in the entire town of Floridablanca.At this moment, my husband and I can no longer afford to send our children to any high school,more so... in college. We depend solely for our livelihood with my husband’s meager pension as a returnedpolice officer. All of our children, four of them, are still of school age, the eldest, being a second year highschool student, is currently living with my sister in Laguna so he can continue his studies. I am afraid Lykaand her twin sister, Clariza, cannot enter high school this coming school year due to financial strain. I amhopeful and grateful that my Lyka be granted a scholarship by the Foundation.from p10, Implications...7. Immediate, Long-Term “Resource” Development and Leadership Capacity-BuildingAnother implication of SWREM Theory In Action is the immediate and long-term development ofresource responsible for making the Scholarship Program become self-sustainable.1. On the immediate, this will be materialized when scholars will start coming back to comply with theirScholarship Program Contract of helping, at least, one or two new incoming CYDFI Scholars.2. On the long-term, beyond their compliance with the Contract, scholars are expected to rise above theirfeeling of having complied with their Contract but to have been then “must have developed an attitude ofbeing able to also do and have the capacity to continue doing of helping the Foundation in its CrusadeAgainst Abject Poverty in the Philippine rural areas. At this stage of their immersion in the Mission of theFoundation, they are expected to focus their “helping attitude” towards building a “resource capacity” tobenefit the Aetas in Nabuclod and other Aetas in neighboring communities.3. Eventually, CYDFI Scholars shall learn to become and assume responsible leadership not only in theoperation of the Foundation but in the community and the country, in general.