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General Updates iProj Philippines 2010

Back to work!

So it has been a week since the last of us have come back from Asia and not only are we adjusting to getting back to our regular work and school life, but also back to 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group duties. Yesterday we had a project management workshop and our monthly management meeting back to […]

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Jason’s Philippines Video Update

2nd update from Jason Lin on Vimeo.

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General Updates iProj Philippines 2010

Campfire and the Scouting Spirit

Campfire was fun, especially when Pinky Au, Kevin Li, Clarice Fu and Brandon Ma got pulled up in a skit thinking they were to be recognized for their contribution only to find out it was a big joke by Scouter Henry Hutalle. We sang our standard Paddle Song/Land of the Silver Birch medley, and watched […]

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Jan 5 – Climate Change and Leave No Trace

Hi everyone! Today, we brought the Climate Change and Leave No Trace workshops to the AACCTS Center, a local community center sponsored by the Council Chairman, Atty. Wendel Avisado.  Among the 50+ participants were the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of the Philippines, students of Davao National High School and representatives of the local government.  […]

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Igniting change in the BSP

It has been less than one hour since KK, Lester, and I gave our Woodbadge leadership training module on Personal Development Plans. I am exhausted… I poured 110% of myself into that presentation and even though our audience was a little smaller than expected, it was worth it. I saw more than just heads nodding […]

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Training gets underway!

The Climate Change and Leave No Trace teams got under way at Davao Wisdom Academy in Davao City. We led several workshops and held a school wide assembly. The students were very well behaved and had a great time with us.  It was impressive to see their level of dedication as the program ran well […]

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The Calm Before the Storm

It is the night before our training sessions. Again,  we were sprung with some last minute activities such as a song and dance number for the camp tomorrow night. We will be trying to do our own rendition of Canadian square dancing. The Leave No Trace and climate change teams will be departing back to […]

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Service

We battle against humidity and hot weather;We battle against fatigue.Some are tired;But all have the heart to carry on their duty to create a better world here in the Philippines. Jacky Mak

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Camp Malagos

After recovering from our New Years celebration, we finally moved to our base of operations to the camp site. We will be staying here for the remainder of our time in the Philippines. For the next week, we are stationed here for the final preparation and execution of our training program. The last two nights […]

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Happy New Year!

Traditionally, this is the time of year we take a moment to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. The crew, however, had to make a stop before we could take this moment. We spent part of our day to visit some underprivileged children who did not have access to public schooling. […]