Category: General Updates

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.  […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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. […]

Yesterday we arrived two days ago in Davao City, the place where we will be doing most of our training to the Philippines Scouts, and so far it has been an absolute blast. The days leading up to arriving in Davao was jam packed with activities. We met many city officials who have provided most […]