Deecee+Diego+on+Outbound+Trip

The outbound trip to Jaime Hilario was better than any community work we have here in the school. Outreach activities that we do only involves the interaction with the people in the poverty line here in the Urban setting. What's new and exciting about the outbound trip is that we would actually see, first hand the culture and capabilities of people living in the mountain and shoreline.

Activity Our activity was to teach students a paper lantern which can be used in their display for Christmas and hopefully they would turn this into a profit making skill. Unfortunately, we wasn't able to teach the kids how to make paper lanterns due to the insufficient amount of time. It was still a learning experience never the less. The children still values Filipino tradition. I was surprised when a kid approached me and made a "mano po" gesture to me. One activity that we did to give the kids some energy before we start is to ask one of them sing. It was so cool to me that they started to sing an English Praise song since I was expecting something like one of WIllie Revillame's song. They are talented kids and I'm glad that a Lasalle community was established there to hone their talents, knowledge and skills.

Beach Cleaning I thought that people living near the shoreline would help in cleaning their beaches. Since they would most likely rely on the water as a mean of livelihood, I was pretty sure that they would take care of it and I always had an impression that people who are more connected in nature would take care of it. I was disappointed to see cigarette butts, bottles and wrappers buried in the sand. I see a need for the children to be taught on the idea of environmental protection to reduce the trashes that can accumulate in the shoreline and the mountains.

Thankful experience I enjoy the peaceful life that they experience in Bagac, Bataan. Surrounded by a protected forest and the sound of the river. The sight of the dragonflies in the grassland are now a rare sight nowadays here in Metro Manila. The children are lively and friendly, unfortunately we weren't able to interact with the adults in the community to have a deeper impression on their lifestyle in the rural area.