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Block S2 (!?)
SAGIP
My mother use to say that a child could only be trained
only up to a certain age and after that age it would be quite difficult
to train the child already. As Gawad Kalinga is focusing on the youth as
the would-be prime movers of change in this country it has not run short
of youth programs. One such program is aptly named “SAGIP”.
SAGIP translated into
English means, “to save”. Technically speaking it is program aimed at
grade school children, roughly ages 7-13. True to the Gawad Kalinga
vision of the youth as leaders, SAGIP offers creative workshops which
serve to allow the child to pursue particular interests such as visual
art, drama, dance and other such activities. Aside from this SAGIP also
gives academic tutorials to fully harness the mental aptitude of the
child. Finally to cap off all that SAGIP training is a strong values
formation program; essentially a guide through which a child may put all
of his or her training into the context of their lives. Having said all
these things, the program is appropriately referred to as SAGIP, as
these children are given an opportunity to relinquish the life of
poverty they may have once known and reach for the dreams they have long
held. In much wider setting, such as the Philippines, perhaps SAGIP as a
name still holds true. This is as being able to “save” themselves, these
children will also one day lead and save others.
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