Handog Edukasyon

Handog Edukasyon by Bea Atienza Rotaract Club of Manila

Last September, the Rotaract Club of Manila, in partnership with a group of ten MBA students from De La Salle University Manila (DLSU), launched a program for out-of-school teens entitled Handog Edukasyon.

Handog Edukasyon is an alternative learning program that supplements the Young Unlimited-Young Focus (YoungLi) program to help out-of-school youth aged 15 years and above who are considered the most vulnerable and at-risk youth in the Smokey Mountain area of Tondo. The program aims to help these teens recapture their love for education and encourage them to enroll back in school.

In the previous years, the club has conducted similar activities wherein YoungLi teens and club members come together in an educational center to spend a day of learning and fun. With the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, however, gatherings and events such as this, are currently impossible.

Through the Handog Edukasyon program, the Rotaract Club of Manila and DLSU MBA are crafting modules covering Math, English, Art, and Values Education to continue supporting distance learning of the children of Young Focus under the Love2Learn and Young Unlimited Programs. The modules are constructed and designed for independent learning and for the students to fulfill the required learning of the center’s curriculum. Every month, these modules will be delivered to the beneficiaries for them to accomplish, and once completed, the modules will be checked and assessed for progress.

The first batch of modules has already been sent to Young Focus last September. As an incentive for the beneficiaries to perform well on their modules, the club and its partners provided them with learning kits and healthy snacks. Moreover, a virtual awarding ceremony will be held after the completing of the first set of modules to recognize individuals with the highest test scores.

As the club cheers on and encourages the children of Young Focus to take part in this program, the club is optimistic that this will help improve their lives and motivate them to reach their dreams.