Saturday, May 31, 2008

Coordinators' & Volunteer Monitors' Joint Meeting

On May 24, 2008 we had a joint meeting of the Community Livelihood Center Coordinators and the Youth Volunteer Monitors.

We hold a regular monthly meeting of center coordinators. This time, we have our newly hired youth volunteer monitors to the meeting. Above, the Concepcion CLC coordinator reported on the activities of her center.



This is a good venue for exchanging experiences, ideas and showing off their products to other centers. Shown above is the coordinator of Don Felipe Larrazabal Community Development Center showing off her bag.


Below is the coordinator of Sumangga CLC reporting and then showing off the products that her group has been making.




Other coordinators seem to like Sumangga CLC's products.... hmmm.



It was time for the youth volunteers to render their reports. Two were absent and although the bookkeeper was present, she was not obliged to render her financial report as yet.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Carol's "I shall return!" to Ormoc City, Philippines

That was summer (Philippines, March-June), 2007 when Carol Hanlon, Mel Rom and Rhay Rom came for a visit to Ormoc City. Through Dr. Jun Yrastorza, she met with some NGO representatives and inquired of products unique to Ormoc. Unfortunately, they found none. Actually, we could not present one except food products (lol). None that they could probably purchase in bulk and sell in their shops in Australia. Such a shame!

The pessimist in us, was overshadowed by the optimist in her. She is a woman who never quits and her optimism is infectious. She talked to some people and learned of on-going trainings on sewing. Armed with this information, she, Mel and Rhay embarked on a campaign for donations of second-hand sewing machines in Western Australia.

On November, last year Textile, Clothing, Footwear Western Australia shipped a 40-foot container van full of 165 sewing machines, boxes and boxes of fabric and other materials, rolls and rolls of off-cut quality fabric and a lot, lot more.

The donations arrived Cebu from Perth, Western Australia through the courtesy of Aboitiz Group Foundation. AGF paid for the transportation costs from Australia to Ormoc City.

http://www.aboitizfoundation.org


Back in Ormoc we distributed these to 21 (now and still counting) community livelihood centers in 19 of Ormoc's 110 barangays (villages).


Now Carol and Mel are coming back to Ormoc. They will be joined by modelling and confidence building trainer Adam Barralet. This is so because there are community livelihood centers whose members are good garments makers already. And what a good way to sell their garments other than a fashion parade/show.

Adam will provide the crash training course to 200 young, and not-so-young Ormocanons in the hope of showing off the center's fashion creations.

http://www.metromodelling.com

Adam Barralet

Company National Principal
Head Choreographer

However, we do not want to be selfish about not sharing Adam with other garments makers in Ormoc. We are providing slots to all boutiques in Ormoc to participate in Adam's training.

As a matter of fact, TCFOC hopes to put Ormoc City as the fashion capital of Eastern Visayas or even the whole of Visayas! Mabuhay!!!

Thank you to Dr. Jaap Poll of Otto Energy and NorAsian Energy for sponsoring Adam's trip to Ormoc City, mabuhay ka, Dr. Poll.


Saturday, May 24, 2008

Carol Hanlon will be back to Ormoc City, Philippines

I think that was summer, 2007 when Carol Hanlon, Mel Rom and Rhay Rom came for a visit to Ormoc City. Through Dr. Jun Yrastorza, she met with some NGO representatives and inquired of products unique to Ormoc. Unfortunately, they found none. Actually, we could not present one except food products (lol). None that they could probably purchase in bulk and sell in their shops in Australia. Such a shame!

The pessimist in us, was overshadowed by the optimist in her. She is a woman who never quits and her optimism is infectious. She talked to some people and learned of on-going trainings on sewing. Armed with this information, she, Mel and Rhay embarked on a campaign for donations of second-hand sewing machines in Western Australia.

On November, last year Textile, Clothing, Footwear Western Australia shipped a 40-foot container van full of 165 sewing machines, boxes and boxes of fabric and other materials, rolls and rolls of off-cut quality fabric and a lot, lot more.

Back in Ormoc we distributed these to 21 (now and still counting) community livelihood centers in 19 of Ormoc's 110 barangays (villages).

Now Carol and Mel are coming back to Ormoc. They will be joined by modelling and confidence building trainer Adam Barralet. This is so because there are community livelihood centers whose members are good garments makers already. And what a good way to sell their garments other than a fashion parade/show.

Adam will provide the crash training course to 200 young, and not-so-young Ormocanons in the hope of showing off the center's fashion creations.

However, we do not want to be selfish about not sharing Adam with other garments makers in Ormoc. We are providing slots to all boutiques in Ormoc to participate in Adam's training.

As a matter of fact, TCFOC hopes to put Ormoc City as the fashion capital of Eastern Visayas or even the whole of Visayas! Mabuhay!!!

Thank you to Dr. Jaap Poll of Otto Energy and NorAsian Energy for sponsoring Adam's trip to Ormoc City, mabuhay ka, Dr. Poll.

(See photos at tcfoc.blogspot.com)

OTTO ENERGY DONATES AGAIN!


Through Dr. Jaap Poll, Otto Energy is once again providing money to Carol Hanlon and company's TCFOC project in Ormoc City, Philippines. Otto Energy will support the airfare of Mr. Adam Barralet, Modelling & Confidence Building trainer, to come to Ormoc City to train aspiring models.
Textile, Clothing, Footwear Western Australia does this to help Textile, Clothing, Footwear Ormoc City get off as fashion leaders (!) in Ormoc City.

AGYLA CLC

17-year old Ingrid Luna is the creator of the bead work presented here. She is also the Coordinator of our newest center AGYLA Community Livelihood Center. The beads are part of the sewing materials and accessories donated by TCF Western Australia.

AGYLA means Active, Genuine Youth Leaders Association.





These are part of Ingrid's collection of bead work modeled here by another member of AGYLA.





These are the ones that Ingrid has finished so far.

These are also her own designs.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

TCFOC youth volunteers

With funds provided by NorAsian Energy's Dr. Jaap Poll, TCFOC is hitting two birds with one stone. Instead of hiring 1 full-time Barangay Monitor, we instead accepted youth volunteers who could not proceed schooling because of financial constraints. With the allowance that TCFOC provides, they will now return to school on June.

Fred wants to enroll in Hotel & Restaurant Technology at
the Eastern Visayas State University. This classroom is
the main classroom of the program under Mr. Basas who
is seen here working at the back of the room. Fred is 17.




Eling, shifting from B.S. Agriculture Business at the
Leyte State University in Baybay, Leyte, to Hotel &
Restaurant Technology at the Eastern Visayas State
University in Ormoc City is seen here introducing
himself. Eling was at the PFI-LEYAN Summer Youth
Camp 2008.




Jennifer is set to enroll in 2nd year high school at the
Ormoc City National High School in Ormoc City. She is 17. She is
transferring from Ipil National H.S. She is a member of
the 90-strong youth group OSOC (Ormoc Samuka Oi Clan).




Karen is graduating soon from B.S. Commerce major in
Management. She is 19 and the daughter of the COW
Coordinator.




Dodong as he is fondly called
actually is Michael Francis.
He will be back to school from
a long hybernation and be
enrolling in 2nd year high
school at the Ormoc City National
High School - the school that
does not want him back. Let's
see if the COW coordinator can
use her "heart" power to
secure his enrollment. Dodong
was the loudest at the PFI-LEYAN
Summer Youth Camp 2008.




Greg was a sugarcane plantation child laborer. He was
"rescued" by ECLIPSE from labor to classroom. He
will be enrolling in Hotel & Restaurant Technology under
Mr. Basas. He is 19 years old.



Glenn was absent in the orientation because he is still holed up in his internship at the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation (PASAR) in Isabel, Leyte. One more semester and he'll be a Mechanical Engineer. He is enrolled at the Eastern Visayas State University in Ormoc City.