Saturday, October 18, 2014

Service Learning: Searching for the Right One


My whole Sunday was spent on searching for the right one. I had opened more than thirty websites to search for organizations which I may consider to be the best for the group.

One of the criteria which I inclined to look for is the location. Since all of us in the group have work commitments, we preferred at least an organization that would not consume a lot for the travel time. The second factor which I well thought out is the enforceability of the organization towards their objective and the level of commitment of the people on their organization’s mission.  

The top three among the organizations which I was able to search are The Academy of Hope, CRIBS Foundation Inc. and PREDA Foundation.

The Academy of Hope is located in Cabuyao, Laguna. They rehabilitate individuals who are victims of drug abused and people who are experiencing depression and anxiety. They also facilitate individuals with mental disorders due to tragic circumstances that happened in their lives. I have also found out that the Academy of Hope is tie up with a known private organization.

CRIBS Foundation Inc. has different objective. This organization is into child caring. They support homeless children to find foster parents who can provide them special care. It is located in Marikina. Some private organizations coordinate with CRIBS Foundation Inc. on their Corporate Social Responsibility.

Lastly is the PREDA Foundation which is located in Olonggapo city. Mr. Shay Cullen, the Founder, is actively raising campaign against human trafficking. The organization rehabilitates young individuals who experience drug abused, maltreatment/ physical abused and women who have been into prostitution. Most of their programs and articles are posted on their website. This organization is actually my preference. However, the location is just bad for our schedules due to travel time.

At this moment our group is still deciding in which organization we will spend our 6 hours service learning activity.



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