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1000,000
volunters to rebuild schols, homes in Bayani Challenge
QUEZON CITY (PIA) – The race is on for the
100,000-strong Army of Hope Builders who will enlist for the 8th Bayani Challenge scheduled on March
23-27, 2013. A new kind of People Power will be manifested in 37 sites of 33
different provinces, as volunteers from across the nation will work together to
ensure that no Filipino will be left behind in the national pursuit for
progress and sustainable development.
Started in 2006, Bayani Challenge is touted to be the biggest volunteer movement in
the country after successfully mobilizing 10,400 volunteers last year in the
spirit of the quintessential Filipino trait of bayanihan. Driven by this year’s theme of Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan, volunteers sign-up in teams of
fifteen (15) for a 5-day test of courage, endurance and love for country as
they engage in varied nation-building activities that include the construction
and refurbishment of homes and schools, education sessions for children, tree-planting,
clean-up drives, and health missions. Interested volunteers may sign-up either
individually or in groups of 15 by visiting the official Facebook page of Bayani Challenge: www.facebook.com/bayanichallenge.
Most of the Bayani Challenge Volunteers are youths who seek to counter the
apathy and materialism prevalent in our society by instilling lasting hope and
concretizing compassion into sustainable, positive action. Past volunteers have
attested that through this experience, they carried with them insights about
how today is the best time to be a Filipino as their generation seeks to prove
to the nation that volunteerism is the key to the permanent dismantling of the
unjust structures that perpetuate poverty and injustice in the Philippines.
Serving the Nation will prove to be more
fun in the Philippines as well with the inclusion of marathons, a Master Kusinero cooking competition, sports
competitions and Laro ng Lahi games.
These activities aim to foster nurturing relationships between volunteers and
the members of the empowered communities.
Bayani
Challenge
is a multi-sectoral partnership spearheaded by Pilipinas Natin (the flagship volunteer program of the Presidential
Communications Operations Office). The vast network of private companies,
organizations and other government agencies includes Gawad Kalinga, Philippine
Information Agency, Department of Education, National Youth Commission,
Commission on Higher Education, Department of Health, TESDA, PAGCOR, Armed
Forces of the Philippines, National Telecommunications Commission, Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, League of Provinces, EDSA People Power
Commission, Housing and Urban Development Council, Union of Local Authorities of
the Philippines, Radyo ng Bayan, LBC Foundation, BERJAYA Corporation Berhad,
Globe Telecom, People’s Television and many others.
Just as millions of people gathered at EDSA
to achieve social change, Bayani
Challenge will be a revolution against poverty by building healthy, humane
and nurturing communities. The event is a challenge to every Filipino to put a
halt to bickering and complaining and grab the opportunity to be part of the
solution and become a modern day hero.###
BAYANI CHALLENGE 2013: ISANG BAYAN, ISANG BAYANIHAN
THE BAYANI
CHALLENGE
Bayani
Challenge 2006: A Race to Rebuild a
Nation
Participants:
400 volunteers
Impact: 25
families given hope
Location:
St Bernard, Southern Leyte
The volunteers provided food, medicine, and
other relief services for families affected by a landslide, which covered an
entire barangay in Ginsaugon, St. Bernard.
Bayani
Challenge 2007: Rebolusyon ng Pag-asa
Participants:
3000 volunteers
Impact: 230
families given hope
Location:
Camarines Sur (Goa, Calabanga, Naga), Albay (Taysan), Marinduque
(Buenavista, Gasan) and Sorsogon, (PrietoDiaz)
The
volunteers rebuilt and refurbished the homes and classrooms of victims of
Typhoon Reming, which pummeled the Bicol and Southern Luzon regions in November
2006.
GK
Bayani Challenge 2008: The More We
Sweat for
Peace, the Less We Bleed in War.
Participants:
1,100 volunteers
Impact: 70
families given hope
Location:
Bukidnon (Malaybalay, Kitaotao, Maramag, Dangcagan) and Lanao Del
Sur (Wao)
Building
brotherhood and peace among Christians and Muslims
Bayani Challenge
2009: Only for the Brave
Participants:
1,000 volunteers
Impact: 73
families given hope
Location:
Sulu (Panglima Estino) and Zamboanga City
With
a battle cry to “Leave no one behind,” the volunteers built homes for our
brothers and sisters in Muslim Mindanao.
Bayani
Challenge 2010: Explore, Build, Protect
Participants:
1200 volunteers
Impact: 70
families given hope
Location:
Palawan (Bataraza)
Restoring
the dignity of indigenous people and caring for their environment.
Bayani Challenge
2011: Kalinga sa Bayan
Participants:
2000 volunteers
Impact: 130
families given hope
Location:
Bantayan Island (Santa Fe Cebu, Bantayan Cebu, Madridiejos Cebu)
Launched a culture of
caring and sharing to end poverty in Bantayan
Island
Bayani Challenge 2012: Challenge the
Impossible
Participants:
10,000 volunteers
Impact: 2,000
families given hope
Location:
Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Oriental and Occidental Mindoro
A massive volunteerism
movement to provide food, shelter, and relief services to communities affected by
Sendong in December 2011
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