Department of Education

Region VI-Western Visayas

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Essay No.1
Describe your project entry.

Saving one’s life in danger is not only the concern of selected people but the major duty of
everyone. As what we have observed from the past volunteerism is not that visible around only few are
doing. For instance, when there is an emergency we are always dependent with others in giving immediate
first aid because we claim that we do not know how to respond. We lack volunteerism because we are not
trained to become.

The municipality of Batan in the province of Aklan is rich in natural resources commonly fishing
is the source of living. Aside from this, the place is known for its resorts that are known to all. Swimming
and boating are some recreational activities people used to do. However, the place is prone from natural
catastrophic phenomena such as typhoons, storm surges, earthquakes and others. Additionally, cases of
drowning, fire and vehicular accidents were some of the reported man-related incidents. The case of a child
who was drowned in a certain barangay and was survived because of a seaman who knows to do the CPR
and the people there appeared to be onlookers for they don’t how to do how to revive the victim. This one
of the many circumstances in our community moved us to take initiative how to empower especially the
youth in responding in such incident.

Moreover, the community has an Out of School Youth in which of them are fisher folks. They
focused themselves in helping their families survived in their daily living.

With this, the Supreme Student Government (SSG) of Batan Academy (A National School) aims
to implement the Project SAGIP Kabuhi Mo, Salbar Ko! (A project for the students, Out of School Youth
fisher folks, and community youth members in the Municipality of Batan fostering basic literacy, numeracy,
life support skills, survival knowledge, and rescue trainings in safeguarding everybody’s welfare.)

This project will be of great help not only for the school, community but also for every family to
have a member who knows to respond in every call of emergency and to extend support on literacy and
numeracy for the young fisher folk of Batan, Aklan.
 Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Aklan
District of Batan
Batan Academy ( A National School)

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Essay No.2

How does the project address the problem of the school/community?

The Project SAGIP Kabuhi Mo, Salbar Ko! will not only provide essential skills in survival, life
support, and rescue skills but also helping out the youth who have not gone to school by teaching them
basic literacy and numeracy skills for them to grow and develop sense of pride among themselves.

For the school, to have well trained students in survival, first aid and rescue can assure of a
minimized or a zero casualties during disasters. This will support the school’s advocacy on the Disaster
Preparedness. Accidents inside and outside the school the students will be able to respond accordingly
without fear and feeling of doubt. Volunteerism will be alive in each of the learner.

These trained school-children will comprise the project’s support system who will act as volunteers
together with the volunteer teachers who will act as resource persons in the community for replicating best
practices and capacitating them to such endeavor.

Each youth will lead confidently in the family for they develop skills that will secure the safety and
help their families in times of needs.

In general, if these youth in the community of Batan are taken- cared of by providing them the
necessary skills and techniques in survival, life support and rescue rest-assured that the place will become
safe and disaster resilient community.

The spirit of volunteerism will be at the hands of each of us who will be uniting for the common
good of all.
 Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Aklan
District of Batan
Batan Academy ( A National School)

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

No. 3
Who and how many are the beneficiaries of the project? How they did benefit from the project?

Primarily, the immediate beneficiaries of the project are students, the community youth and the Out
of School Youth fisher folks who have not trained on how to respond in emergencies, who don’t have
knowledge on first aid, life support and rescue.

In school, there are a total of 738 learners enrolled, approximately a total of 40 community youth members
including the Out of School Youth who benefit in the said project.

As soon as the training will be implemented, they will be able to acquire essential skills needed to daily
living in any untoward incidents that may occur.

For the OSY, while they will be trained to become skilled in survival, rescue and life support, they will also
be taught of basic literacy and numeracy. These basic academic skills will lift and boost their confidence
so they will not grow ignorant and will have essential knowledge in communication.
 Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Aklan
District of Batan
Batan Academy ( A National School)

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

No. 4

What is the impact of the project to the stakeholders?

Stakeholders play a vital role in this project as they will realize how significant it is to the general
public and to the underprovided individuals.

The Project SAGIP : “Kabuhi Mo, Salbar Ko! as a student-motivated initiative will draw awareness
and consciousness among the benefactors of the school. The cause will be realized better when stakeholders
partake in this undertaking.

To the stakeholders they will take pride in helping molding the youth’s life, making them secured
and giving them the sense of hope in the long run.

This kind of project will create a great impact to them because they will feel how important their
roles in providing a community which is safe and disaster resilient where members are well trained,
informed and self-directed in various life threatening acts.

A well- empowered youth could inspire others to live better by selflessly offering oneself during
times of predicaments.

For well- trained students and volunteer teachers they will take pride on the nobility of
volunteerism helping other people without anything in return. As they will immerse in the community, it
will ignite the spirit of camaraderie among members towards the attainment of the goal.

For the parents, they will feel the security and safety of their children. Giving their full trust to the
school where their children are. They will realize the additional life-learning of their children which they
will acquire from outside the four corners of their classroom.

For instance, the School Governing Council (SGC) one of the school’s internal support
mechanism which supports school’s advocacies will consider the project as scaffolding program in helping
the school-children.

Moreover, for the Municipal and Barangay council the project will be a great support in he
programs strengthening the long sought campaign for the Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRMM).

The end outputs (well-trained individuals) will serve as a strong support system, partners and co-
advocates in upholding the safety of all.

For the Alternative Learning System, the project will condition the mind of these OSY on the
importance of education and encourage them to acquire education through ALS. However, if can’t make it
with the DepEd program. The project will reach them out and fill the gaps of the basic literacy and numeracy
skills.
 Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Aklan
District of Batan
Batan Academy (A National School)

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

No. 6

How does the project promote the idea of teamwork and solidarity among its stakeholders?

Through the Project SAGIP: “Kabuhi Mo, Salbar Ko! it paves way to unity where cooperation
and teamwork are taken into consideration.

Each will extend support in achieving the primer goal of the project. All means and support will
mean a lot to the project implementers.

The SGC through their efforts, the funds for the project will be easily accumulated because of

their wide linkages.

Both parents, teachers and students will voluntarily donate their unused clothes, old bottles and other
recyclable materials to be sold.

While, ALS collaboration, with their support for the materials and other learning resources for
literacy and numeracy, the goal will be realized.
 Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Aklan
District of Batan
Batan Academy (A National School)

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

No. 7

What innovation did the team introduce in implementing the project?

The SSG has organized a training team who continuously undergoing intensive training under the
School Disaster Management team and with the Municipal DRRMO.

The individuals who comprise the training team in school has started joining training in survival,
first aid, rescue and others in fact they are currently represented the Municipality of Batan in the
Provincial Rescuelympics.

Moreover, the project team organized group to initially start the donation of old unused bottles,
clothes and etc.
 Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Aklan
District of Batan
Batan Academy (A National School)

SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT

No. 8

How were the team able to fund the project?

The Project SAGIP: “Kabuhi Mo, Salbar Ko! generated funds out of the donations, and support
of the stakeholders. The “Money in the Bottle”, “My Donation, My Valor” thru Mini Bazaar earned funds
to defray expenses in the conduct of the said project.

Bottles, unused clothes and other recyclable materials were sold to profit and can accumulate
funds.

With careful planning, the team was able to derive best action to holistically gain funds. Not to
mention the voluntary financial help from the LGU and SGC.