𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑬𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑴. 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒔, is united with national and international volunteerism advocates in hosting the 2nd Forum on the International Volunteer Service Program, July 19, 2024.
Dr. Galas welcomed participating representatives of Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), International Volunteer Service Organizations (IVSOs), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), National Development Authority (NEDA), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and other volunteering organizations at the Golden Lion Hotel.
“𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦’𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠,” the PSU President said.
According to Dr. Galas, through the sharing of innovative approaches and success stories, the IVSP will be strengthened and positive impact on communities around the world will be maximized.
The said activity hosted by the university coincided with the three day-day event on Training-workshop on the Volunteer Management System (VMS) spearheaded by the 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝑹𝑬𝑰) 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝒓. 𝑹𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑮. 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝑫. 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐.
𝑴𝒓. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑫. 𝑮𝒂𝒘𝒆, 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝑵𝑽𝑺𝑪𝑨, thanked he university in leading the volunteerism forum and encouraged everyone to network, build connections, and collaborate with peers to enhance their understanding and commitment to volunteerism in higher education.
The 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑫 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆-1, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒓, who joined online, emphasized the role of volunteerism which talks not only about giving back, but also empowering both students and communities allowing them to become active citizens, develop their crucial skills and discover their passions.
“𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛,” Dir. Ferrer added.
Meanwhile, the 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑵𝑬𝑫𝑨 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆-1, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝑭. 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏, commended the incorporation of volunteerism model for HEIs to mainstream the students and the faculty as according to her ‘we want to mold minds that would live the essence of volunteerism, not only as a one-time episode, but as an experience that will be part of them throughout their lives.’
“𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠,” she added.
National Organizations and IVSOs physically present at the Golden Lion Hotel in the said forum were Australian Volunteer Program, France Volontaires (FV), GIZ, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), United States Peace Corps (USPC), Mindoro State University, Camosun College, NEDA and PNVSCA.
A meeting on academic partnership and technical assistance for curricula development and incorporation of Volunteerism mechanisms was held in the afternoon, attended by Vice President Resultay and Director for International Relations, Ms. Leizel Del Castillo.
