Nearly 400 residents of Barangay 836 in Pandacan, Manila recently received free healthcare services during a one-day community outreach program in April 2025 organized by Mapúa School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Health Sciences in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU). This is the first-ever community outreach organized by the allied health sciences group together.
The community outreach, a part of the institution’s social orientation and community involvement program (SOCEP), provided free medical consultations for adults and children, medicines sponsored by Unilab, circumcision or “tuli”, physical therapy services, mental health awareness lectures, and Basic Life Support training to the community.
As part of the ongoing celebration of the 57th Founding Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and in alignment with Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), and 10 (Reducing Inequalities), volunteers from Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna (Mapúa MCL) organized a meaningful outreach program on October 5, 2024, titled “SamaKatutubo: Hearts and Minds for the Aetas”. Assistant Vice-President for External Relations and Global Linkages shared that ‘the project started in 2015 with some student volunteers and employees who thought of a unique community service project for the Christmas season. That was the first time that Mapua MCL got engaged with the Aetas community.
The program was spearheaded by the Office for Strategic Partnerships and Global Engagement (OSPGE), in collaboration with the Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement (CSCE) and the Mapúa MCL Alumni Center. Participated in by more than 50 volunteers composed of students, faculty members, employees, and alumni who organized a feeding program serving hot meals for some 300 Aeta residents and children. Volunteer participation is very strong for being able to gather donations such as rice, canned goods, and other essential supplies from their peers and friends in the Mapua MCL community. Volunteers from the Senior High School, Mapua-PTC College of Maritime Education, College of Health Sciences, Mapua Laguna Institute of Aviation, and the Mapua Institute of Technology at Laguna also organized games for the children and interaction activities with the local residents.
Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao’s Center For Service-Learning and Community Engagement (CSCE) launched Project HELP: Help End Learning Poverty in September 2023. Project HELP is a learning poverty alleviation project that aims to conduct learning sessions for Grades 1-3 students at Langub Elementary School in Barangay Langub, Ma-a, Davao City.
Through this year-long program for learning poverty alleviation, Project HELP aims to address the lacking educational needs by ensuring that every child’s unique learning style is taken into account by providing learner-centered materials and activities.
Ms. Marycon Delos Reyes, the Head of Mapúa MCM’s CSCE, shared that, “Since the pandemic passed, we sensed the concern to be more urgent as the Philippines was not ready for remote learning and the pandemic further affected our learners.”
Through conducting learning sessions that include reading aloud, educational songs, reading together, and applying what the children learned, the students are able to have enriched interactive reading sessions with the help of volunteers from the CSCE. The reading sessions are facilitated every other week. Despite their busy schedules, the volunteers prove that through their dedication, they can pave the way for a brighter future for the children.
The MMCM volunteers at Langub Elementary School share a commitment to the belief that education is a powerful weapon to change the world. As the volunteers continue their service, they remind us all that the pursuit of knowledge knows no boundaries and that every child, regardless of their circumstances, deserves the chance to shine.
The community extension services of the University of Nueva Caceres are organized program lay down by ICES through its framework UNC CARES. UNC CARES stands for Understanding Needs of the Community-Collaborating Actions and Resources in Extension Services. This framework has four components; CARE (Collaborative Assistance for relevant Education), HELP (Health Education and Livelihood Program), HOPE (Honing Opportunities to Protect and save the Environment) and RISE (Raise Intended reSources in Extension). Various projects and activities are being implemented under the program components.
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UNC CARES - Understanding Needs of the Community Collaborating Actions and Resources in Extension for Sustainable Development
The community extension services of the University of Nueva Caceres have organized programs lay down by ICES through its framework UNC CARES. It stands for Understanding Needs of the Community-Collaborating Actions and Resources in Extension for Sustainable development. This framework has four components: CARE (Collaborative Assistance for Relevant Education), HELP (Health Education and Livelihood Program), HOPE (Honing Opportunities to Protect and save the Environment) and RISE (Raise Intended reSources in Extension). All program components are geared towards the actualization of the various services. Specific approaches and strategies will be implemented to adopted communities and institutions based on the real needs felt as expressed which are based on specific researches conducted.
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