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updates from the field
Bringing Comfort through Community Actions
By: Ami D. Salazar
February, 2025
Back in 2021, residents of Sitio Bimmangon in Cordon, Isabela, identified lack of electric meters in some households as one of the community issues that they wanted to resolve. This may seem like a simple problem which can be addressed by the affected families, but for some, it was still a problem that needs help from the group that was being formed then. The group became Pag-asa ng Sitio Bimmangon Association (PSBA), a community-based organization that was facilitated by OPI. PSBA achieved a lot since it was established and among their accomplishments was the Electric Meter Project that helped 34 households lived a more comfortable life.
One of the beneficiaries of the Electric Meter Project was Jenivive and her family. Jenivive was the former assistant auditor of PSBA. We had the chance to visit her and converse about how the project helped her family.
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Learners in Santa Monica, Aliaga receive
children’s rights books
By Ami D. Salazar
January, 2025
One hundred eighty-six (186) copies of the book, Karapat-dapat was generously provided by the Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) to learners in Santa Monica, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija. The book-giving project was jointly implemented by OPI, Angat Santa Monica Association and Santa Monica Elementary School last December 3, 2024. The activity also became an opportunity to celebrate the National Children’s Month and the Share a book, Shape a Future Drive.
“Karapat Dapat” (Bata, alamin ang iyong mga Karapatan! Child, know your rights), depicts the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in a way that children themselves can understand.
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