On May 5, 2012, the staff and volunteers of Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation (APBF) came together in Ortigas Center to revisit the Vision/Mission statement of the Foundation. Workshops were likewise held to encourage the current volunteers to take more seriously their task as volunteer values educators, and to launch a campaign for more volunteers.
The primary
objectives of APBF, which was formally created in June 2010, are: to empower
the public schools and enrich the learning therein so that the quality of life
of the pupils, teachers, and their families may be raised, through the delivery
of values education modules. It is hoped
that, through this formation in values and virtues, the pupils and teachers may
undergo an attitude change, enabled through a greater love for God, a more
productive and responsible way of life, and a greater self-confidence which in
turn will make them selfless servants of the Filipino people.
In APBF, emphasis is laid on character
education, especially on those human virtues that will make of the pupils more
reliable citizens of the nation, such as: obedience to authority,
industriousness, respect for neighbor, service-orientedness, and the like. The
volunteers delivering these modules have likewise augmented the academic
learning in the public schools through academic tutorials, mentoring, and the
teaching of Catechism. Mentoring holds
extraordinary promise, as this personal follow-up ensures training and guidance
that is appropriate and suited to the circumstances of each one.
Apart from the
pupils and teachers benefiting from the education imparted in the public
schools, the volunteers above all have been the primary beneficiaries of the
activities of APBF. Volunteering, as we
are told during the International Volunteer Day last December 5, is a concrete
chance for volunteers to work together on projects and campaigns promoting
their contributions to economic and social development at local, national and
international levels. The volunteers of
APBF are no exception: they have exceptionally been hardworking and giving of
themselves by undergoing the necessary training in values education from the
trainors of APBF and relentlessly dedicating time and energy to go to the
beneficiary public schools and teach values, Catechism and academic classes to
the pupils.
In recent months,
the organizers of APBF have realized that it is critically important to augment
and improve the teaching skills of the school teachers themselves. Thus, last October, a series of Teachers’
Training seminars was held at the APBF facility in Tanay, Rizal. Close to 200 teachers of Ramon Magsaysay
High School
For those
interested in knowing more about Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation,
especially those who would like to be volunteers, send SMS to
Marievic at 0949-1788034. You may also visit: alalaysapamilyaatbayan.blogspot.com You may likewise join the Facebook group Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation J
