The much-awaited video presentation made for our 48th Induction and Turnover ceremony held last March 12, 2011 has been made available to our website! Kudos to JCI Member Darrell Jon Cerna for producing and directing this amazing video and not to mention the ever merry gentlemen of JCI Mandaue.

Feel free to comment and like it Enjoy!

KALINGA SA BAYAN : BANTAYAN ISLAND, Cebu

1. Building of homes Experience building a house from laying its foundation to attaching its roof, painting and landscaping.
2. Paraisong Pambata Fun and learning with children aged 6 to 10 years old and participate in feeding program, story-telling, games, conducting Sports Clinic for the children.
3. School Build Refurbish and repair public school through painting, landscaping, repairing tables and chairs.
4. Island Greening Volunteers caring for the environment through coastal cleanup, mangrove planting and tree planting to be conducted in tourist spots, town plazas, landmarks, playgrounds, etc. all over the island in order to preserve the environment.
5. Farm Build Volunteers set up the farm’s infrastructure such as fences, compost sheds & family plot markers.
6. Health Build Up: Needs volunteers to conduct a nutrition program, medical check-up and consultancy covering different barangays. A healthy people is a healthy nation.

We will cap off each spirited and fulfilling day with the following activities:

Beach Competitions After a hard day’s work the volunteers will be treated to various beach competitions like Dodge ball, Beach volleyball, Beach soccer, Frisbee and Pinoy games. These are fun activities that foster team work and good sportsmanship.

Blogging Rights Day Sharing of experiences and stories of heroism that inspire.

Empowerment Talks After-dinner talks and sessions to process the experience and harness the heroism in everyone for nation building.

Fellowship Night Brings together the volunteers for a night of celebration and commitment.

Plus this year we will be hosting a series of KALINGA SA BAYAN SPECIAL EVENTS:

• BAYANIHAN RACE Teams will compete in a unique race around the island.
• MASTER KUSINERO The team who cooks the best dish using an endemic ingredient from the island will be rewarded a prize.
• CONCERT To culminate the event, we will have festivities that include bands and other activities to celebrate a successful Bayani Challenge.

This year’s Bayani Challenge will prove to be an exciting one with all the different activities happening simultaneously on the island.

Hurry and register now at www.gk1world.com as slots are on a first come first serve basis. For inquiries you may contact Franz josef Hipol +639178888596 or email gkbayanichallenge2011@gmail.com.

See you in Bantayan!

Sincerely,
Kat Atillo Raymond Dimaiwat
Event Head
GK Bayani Challenge 2011

Jose Mari Oquiñena
Head of Operations
Gawad Kalinga

This video explains the changes in the new 2010 Guidelines for CPR released on October 18.  This CPR even easier so more people will perform it and more lives will be saved. For more information visit www.heart.org/cpr.

We started around 9:30AM with the 6 month old baby. I think it took about 2 hours to finish the surgery with the first patient. After that, everything went smoothly.

There were 7 patients in total. But there was one that we had to postpone since the patient was coughing and had a fever.

We had loads of food from sponsors like: Jolly Ant, Virginia Food Inc., General Milling Corporation, Dunkin’ Donuts, and from our own members.

- Michael Brian Yu

www.jci.cc JCI asks, what matters to you? With so many issues facing the world today, young people have the passion and inspiration to decide what matters to them and take action to create positive change within their communities. So what matters to you? How can you be the change you wish to see? Learn how you can help address the issues facing your community at www.jci.cc.

Malaria is a disease caused by the blood parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. Infected humans experience flu-like symptoms that can result in coma and death. Malaria, from the Medieval Italian words mala aria or “bad air,” infects more than 500 million people a year and kills more than a million— one person dies about every 30 seconds. The disease is particularly devastating in Africa, where it is a leading killer of children. In addition to being home to the deadliest strain of malaria and the mosquito best equipped to transmit the disease, many areas in Africa lack the proper infrastructure and resources to fight back.

The disease is a self-perpetuating problem with large-scale impact on societies and economies. Malaria accounts for up to half of all hospital admissions and outpatient visits in Africa. In addition to the burden on the health system, malaria illness and death cost Africa approximately $12 billion a year in lost productivity. The effects permeate almost every sector. Malaria increases school absenteeism, decreases tourism, inhibits foreign investment, and even affects the type of crops that are grown.

Malaria is Both Preventable and Treatable

source: Junior Chamber International Lemesos

Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) “We Are The World 25 For Haiti”, in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; producers Humberto Gattica and RedOne; and co-producers Rickey Minor, Mervyn Warren and Patti Austin to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief efforts and the rebuilding of Haiti.

Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and behind-the-scenes production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici.

The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.

The much-awaited video presentation made for our 46th Induction and Turnover ceremony held last January 14, 2010 has been finally uploaded! Cheers to JCI Member Darrell Jon Cerna for producing this amazing video and not to mention the ever merry gentlemen of JCI Mandaue.

Feel free to comment and like it Enjoy!

One night in 2005, a bunch of guys gathered together at a bar at Gaisano Countrymall for a regular meeting of their JCI chapter… a few beers later a new project was born, giving free operations to indigent children who had a cleft lip/palate, children who would likely not have the same opportunities as other kids bec…ause they were either kept at home by embarassed parents or refused to go to school because of being picked upon.

Since then my chapter has been able to change an otherwise bleak future for hundreds of children, it has been 4 years now, and I am happy to find that the project still continues.

Please support the project. If you are looking to help others, something meaningful to do, at the same time molding yourself into a better leader, better person, find out more about JCI.. here is the link to my JCI chapter, JCI Mandaue.. http://jcimandaue.org/

— Roy Sencio – JCI Mandaue Past President