Republic of the Philippines

DEPERTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV-A- CALABARZON
Schools Division of Laguna
STA MARIA INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
Santa Maria, Laguna

Community Engagement,
Solidarity, and Citizenship
Quarter 1- Week 7
Module 7

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Explain forms of community engagement that contribute to
community development through solidarity

What I Need to Know

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At the end of the module, you are expected to:
 Determine your view of an ideal or model youth;
 Determine different forms of community engagement;
 Write a case analysis to appreciate the youth’s role in the society.

What I Know

Activity 1 : “Si Ka Bayani”

Objective: To determine your view of an ideal or model youth.

Instructions:

1. You will draw your image of a model youth in action.

2. Call your model “Ka Bayani”. Paint or draw images in the different parts of Ka Bayani’s body or
clothes. These illustrations will symbolize the way you characterize a model youth in action.

3. Explain briefly by enumerating the characteristic of Ka Bayani as model youth in action.

Lesson
Youth in Community
4 Action
What’s In

THE YOUTH

Youth is defined differently by various groups. The Youth in Nation- Building Act of 1995
(RA 8044) which establishes the National Comprehensive Youth Development, defines youth as the
critical period in a person’s growth and development from the onset of adolescence towards the peak
of mature, self-reliant and responsible adulthood comprising the considerable sector of the population
from the age 15-30 years. The World Health Organization, on the other hand, defines youth to be
those between 15 to 24 years old. The youth from the psycho-social perspective, define youth as
within the adolescence and early adulthood phase. Being part of the adolescence stage, the youth has
already an integrated image of himself/herself as a unique person and in the process of constructing
his or her personal identify. This is also the stage when she/he clings to a peer group. In the early
adulthood stage, the youth has already formed herself/himself to form close relationship. (Philippines
Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (2005-2010). In a study undertaken by YAPS, it was
exposed that many young people have not gone through the expected youth life course as many get
sidetracked to family life. The youth are mostly concerned with issues related sexual risk behavior
and drugs. Often, this is connected to a dysfunctional family and society. Among the other issue of the
youth are education and quality of education. (Philippines Medium-Term Youth Development Plan
(2005-2010). Other issue that the youth’s face includes limited access to quality education and

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scholarship opportunities, low educational attainment, high cost of education and limited government
funding for education. Also included are the high incidence of poverty and the youth’s lack of
knowledge on history and culture. (Philippines Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (2005-2010).

REFLECTION QUESTION

Why is the stage of the Youth the most crucial stage in the life of a person?

THE IMPORTANCE AND ROLE OF YOUTH IN COMMUNITY ACTION

The Philippine Constitution states that: “The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in
nation-building and shall protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being
(Article II, Section 13). The youths are a vital resource of the community force but are also
considered as community change agents. Moreover, the youths are the forerunners of social
transformation and remains as an essential asset of the community because of creativity,
resourcefulness, and keenness. Giving due recognition to the importance of the youth, it is necessary
to provide them with the essential support for knowledge enhancement and capacity building. It is,
however, more than just knowledge and skills. There are four integrated strategies that were
formulated to protect their social well-being, namely: building youth caring communities, developing
community caring youth, re-engineering the mechanism through which youth services are delivered
and becoming more responsive to the specific needs of the youth. Below are two cases of academic
and school-based youths’ community engagement experience. Read the two cases, write a case
analysis and recommendations for improvement which might be useful for future youth community
involvement.

What’s New

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 70 COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROJECT
IDEAS
Helping the place you love, doing the things you
love.

Jackie Menjivar
Content Writer

Community service is exactly what it sounds like: services that you do to benefit
your community. If that sounds a little broad, it’s because it is -- community
service can take a lot of different forms since there’s SO much you can do to help
folks out in your area.
But that might leave you wondering where to start. (Spoiler alert: this is where you
start!) We’ve put together a list of community service project ideas, organized by
what you’ll be doing. Whether that’s collecting, teaching, volunteering, or
something else, you should be able to find something to inspire you to get out there
and do.
Collect Things for Your Community:
If you look around your community, you’ll probably find at least a few places that
accept donations -- like food pantries, family shelters, and schools, just to name a

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few. Here’s a super comprehensive guide on running your own donation drive, and
here are some places that accept donations.
1. Collect school supplies.
2. Collect backpacks.

3. Collect grocery coupons for local food pantries to help them with costs.
4. Collect non-perishable food items.

5. Collect unused makeup to donate to domestic violence shelters.

6. Collect Halloween candy to send to deployed military service members who
can’t be home to celebrate.
7. Collect hygiene products.
8. Collect gently-used jeans for teenagers in homeless shelters.

9. Collect stuffed animals.

10. Collect SAT books and donate them to a library.

Do Things for Your Community:

Some of these take a few minutes, and others a bit longer, but they all help out in
some way. Especially try pitching in to do tasks for neighbors who can’t do them
themselves, like folks who are ill, elderly, or busy with work or childcare.

11.Walk kids home from school.

12.Rake leaves for an elderly neighbor.
13.Mow your neighbor’s lawn.
14.Offer dog-walking services.
15.If you know another language, be a translator at parent-teacher conferences.
16.Babysit during PTA meetings.
17.Foster a shelter animal.
18.Take and donate photos during community events.
19.Donate blood (if you’re at least 17, or 16 with parental consent).
20.Contact your reps about local issues.
Teach Things to Your Community:
We’ve all got things that we’re good at, so why not share those skills with others?
If teaching feels a little intimidating at first, try using these tips for teaching
anything to anyone.
21.Help kids with their homework.
22. Teach underclassmen safe social media practices.

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 23.Give free music lessons.
24.Coach a youth sports team.
25. Educate beachgoers about sustainability.

26.Teach adults in your life internet skills.

27.Give a seminar on driving safety.
28.Teach CPR (after getting certified).
29.Help English language learners practice with conversation.
30.Teach people how to register to vote.
Fix Things in Your Community:
If you see a problem in your community, consider doing something about it!
Sometimes the best service we can do the places we love is to take care of them.

31. Start a little, free library.

32. Place campfire safety plaques near campsites.
33.Clean up your local park.
34. Beautify your area with seed bombs.

35.Help a neighbor or community org paint fence or building.

36.Spruce up a run-down playground.
37.Help your neighbors with repairs.
38.Offer to patch up clothes and stuffed toys.
39.Organize books at the library.
40.Give IT help to local adults.
Host Things in Your Community:
Here’s your chance to flex your event-planning muscles and put on something that
will bring folks together. After all, the only thing better than community service is
doing it with friends.

41.Host a bake sale.

42. Host a clothing swap.

43.Host a holiday meal.

44. Host a competitive book drive.

45.Host activities for kids in hospitals.

46. Host a dog wash.

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 47.Host an immunization clinic.
48.Host a river clean-up.
49. Host a gardening party.

50.Host a study group.

Make Things For Your Community:
There’s something special about receiving a handmade gift, and we’re sure there
are plenty of people and places that would really appreciate it. Make and send
items to folks at elderly care facilities, family shelters, or hospitals to make their
days a little brighter.

51.Knit scarves or hats for families in shelters.

52.Bake cookies and snacks for food pantries.
53.Write letters to seniors in care facilities.
54.Make quilts or blankets for kids in hospitals.
55.Build birdhouses for your neighbors.
56.Make Ramadan or Eid cards for your local mosque.
57.Design a community mural.
58.Put together first aid kits for local shelters.
59.Make birthday cards for kids in homeless shelters.
60.Produce a community newsletter.
Volunteer For Things in Your Community:
The cool thing about volunteering is that you can do it just about anywhere (even
online!), so hopefully this gets you thinking. For more inspiration, we’ve got a few
other places you can volunteer and a bunch of volunteer opportunities
with DoSomething.org.
61.Volunteer at your local library.
62.Volunteer to chaperone a field trip.
63.Volunteer with a local nonprofit.
64.Volunteer at an animal shelter.
65.Volunteer at a community center.
66.Volunteer as a lifeguard.
67.Volunteer to be a crossing guard.

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 68.Volunteer to do social media for a local org.
69.Volunteer to help set up a community event.
70.Volunteer at a food pantry.

What Is It
Forms of Community Engagement

Direct Service. Giving personal time and energy to address immediate needs of the community.
Examples include tutoring, serving food at a shelter, building or repairing homes, and neighborhood
park clean-ups.

Community Research. Exploring a community to learn abouts its assets and how it is being affected
by current social problems. This form of community engagement provides knowledge that other
efforts can build upon.

Advocacy and Education. Using various modes of persuasion (e.g. petitions, marches, letter-writing
to convince government or corporate decision-makers to make choices that will benefit the
community. Raising public awareness of social issues by giving speeches to community groups,
distributing written materials to the general public, or providing educational activities in school.

Capacity Building. Working with the diverse constituencies of a community and building on existing
assets to solve problems and make it a better place. Creating a space for everyone in the community to
have a say in what the community should be like and how to get there.

Political Involvement. Participating in process of government such as campaigning and voting. This
includes keeping informed about issues in the local, national, and global communities in order to
voted responsibly and engaging in discourse and debate about current social issues.

Socially Responsible and Personal Behavior. Maintaining a sense of responsibility to the welfare of
others when making personal or professional decisions. Using one’s career or professional training to
benefit the community. This category describes personal lifestyle choices that reflect commitment to
one’s values: recycling, driving a hybrid car or bicycling to work, buying or not buying certain
products because of unjust corporate policies or choosing to work for companies with socially just
priorities

Philanthropic Giving. Donating funding, or needed items, organizing and participating in fund
raising events.

Participation in Associations. Participating in community organzations that develop the social

networks that provide a foundation for community-buliding efforts including civic associations,
sports, leagues, church choirs and school boards.

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What’s More

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Activity 2: Case Analysis
Objective: To write a case analysis to appreciate the youth’s role in the society
Instructions:
1. Read the two cases of youth engagement.
2. Write a case analysis and your recommendations for improvement.
3. The questions to answer in the case analysis are:
 What are the strengths and weaknesses of the program? For example, you may look into the
planning, implementation, and evaluation activities. You may also look at their principles,
vision, technology, methods, and linkages.
 What are the student’s organizations ‘threats and opportunities?
 What are your recommendations for improvement?

Case A: A Student Organization In Action: Computer Literacy For The Urban Poor Community

Context
In the country, digital divide is recognized as contributory factor in unequal access to goods
and service. Digital divide signifies disparities among groups such as information and communication
access. It Is a manifestation of world with people divided – between those who have and who do not
have; between those who have access or not. It is present here in the Philippines – in rural and urban
poor areas; it is existing right in our nearby communities. (Rouse, 2005)
In order to reduce digital divide, it necessitates physical access (ICT device), financial access
(ICT device and related cost), socio demographic access (limits ICT usage). and cognitive access
(information literacy). (Wikipedia.org)
In the surrounding barangay of the school A, computers are very limited and the community
cannot afford to buy or ever pay rent of computers. Many of the kids and youth are deprived of
computer usage and have limited knowledge or skills in computer use. In short, computer illiteracy is
rampant in the area. It is in this context that a student organization, in a school near community
Kallidad, pursued a project entitled, KalayaansaKamangmangan para PamayanangKalidad. The main
thrust of the organization is to implement a long-term and sustained community computer literacy
project. Their project aims to assist its target beneficiaries as farmers.
The computer literacy program of school A has is divided into the Basic Computer Literacy
and Advance Computer training on multi-media applications. The Basic Computer Literacy Programs
assumes that the trainees have no prior exposure to computers. Hence the basic computer tutorials
include introduction on basic computer concepts on MS Word, Excel and Power Point. Apart from the
learning exercises and homework, a Final Examination was given to the trainees on the last day to
gauge the extent to which the learning objectives were met.
Advance Computer Literacy, on the other hand, focuses on Multimedia Application requiring
familiarization in any or a combination of the following topics: Moviemaker, Power point and/or
Photoshop. The contents were designed so that participants could have hands-on experience on using
computers for developing educational media for schools. Similarly, learning exercises and final
examinations were given to the trainees to measures their learning progress and performance the
sponsoring organizations organized Recognition Day to distribute Certificates of Participation and
Completion to deserving attendees.

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 Trainings were both school-based and community-based. Presently, the student organization
is consciously working towards implementing a high impact computer literacy project outside the
school in partnership with the nearby barangays and non-government organizations. The student
organization sees its role to contribute for the realization of Child friendly City by means of
increasing the computer literacy rate among youngsters in a number of barangays. For project
sustainability, computer literacy projects are now being done on a regular basis for program
sustainability in order to create high impact project.
The student organization has entered into a memorandum of agreement with its partnership,
the students conducted consultations and meetings with the different sectors conducted consultations
and meetings with the different sectors in Barangays. They also undertake regular evaluation and
planning with the barangay.

Case Analysis:
1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the program? For example, you may look into the
planning, implementation and evaluation activities. You may also look at their principles, vision,
technology, methods and linkages
2. What are the student organizations; threats and opportunities?
3. What are your recommendations for improvement?

Case B: A Community Engaged Student-Faculty Project: Bringing Light to a Remote Community

Context
The lack of energy supplies in rural areas particularly those situated in remote and
mountainous region is a chronic problem. Traditionally, rural folks have been using kerosene or wood
for illumination and cooking. While rural electrification through conventional means such as grid
connection or diesel generators for residential and agricultural use is very costly. Poverty exacerbated
by oil price hike in the world market and the need for environmental protection have led to an interest
in developing alternative sources of renewable energy that is affordable, environment-friendly and
sustainable.

This was the situation in the remote villages of Community B which have loon been deprived
of electric power. Thus, in 1995, the Diocese in that place invited the one University in Manila to
assist the Tinggian people in their education, research and technology development of micro-hydro
power project in Malibcong, Abra. The project was aligned with the Diocese’ Community-Based
Environmental Development and Management Program.

Responding to the call of service, the University together with its faculty, students and
personnel worked closely in partnership with the Diocese and in cooperation with the Department of
Science and Technology (DOST), Local Government Unit (LGU), another University in Pangasinan
and Community B. For the University, the primary goal of the project is to provide access to
electricity in rural communities. Together by association.

The University delegates assisted by the parish workers of the Diocese conducted Social
Preparation including community consultations and dialogue with local people. Site visits were also
undertaken. As part of protocol, they paid courtesy calls with the Provincial and local government
officials. This was followed by community profiling to better understand the economic, political and
socio-demographic profile of local residents. A Site Selection was likewise conducted to determine if

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you have sufficient water flowing with sufficient strength. A rapidly flowing river or stream
(especially one that has good slope) may be suitable for a micro hydropower plant.

In conceptualizing the project, series of meetings were held initiated by the Diocese involving
the University, Municipal’s Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), Ste University, and the Provincial Government and local government units. The different
stakeholders committed their time, resources and expertise for the realization of the Micro-Hydro
project.

The problems encountered include Social Acceptability in introducing new micro hydro
technology for the IPs, technical viability of the Micro Hydro Project, selection and acquisition based
on community’s needs, and Kaingin’ or the practice of slash and burn which might lead to forest
deforestation and loss of habitat Actions taken were protocol sensitivity such as – courtesy calls,
community profiling to identify needs and aspirations of the community members, genuine dialogue
and consultations involving the tribal community members from project conceptualization,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation, community participation, upholding the principles of
sustainable development, faculty and students from the University’s involved conducted a research on
Hydrology to determine if the water source has either elevation or is flowing. Faculty and students
from the University assisted in the designing, construction and installation of micro-hydro project.

The community members, on the other hand, assisted in providing labor and food as local
counterpart. Funding support came from various sources. The project, the tribal community organized
themselves into association and cooperative and became responsible in the daily operations and
maintenance of the micro hydro projects. The money generated from monthly services are used to pay
for the operator and electrician to run and maintain the CB-MHP. The formation of the cooperative
was initially supported by University in the form of education and training and later on, sustained by
the volunteer nuns from the Diocese. Community actively participated in environmental protection
and conservation via tree planting to maintain the watershed and conserve biodiversity.

Through the microhydro projects, the community now has electric power. People began
purchasing and investing on TV, radio, DVD and other electronic appliances. There is better quality
lighting with Php30 monthly tariff for maintenance & labor cost and there is an increased Php20
monthly savings per household. Equally important is the self-organization and management of tribal
group to own, be trained and manage a micro hydro project. It also provided employment
opportunities and training to 1 operator and 1 electrician per barangay. People become aware of micro
hydro project and appreciated its beneficial effects. Due to TV and radio, there are regular news
updates and link to outside world. There is extended hours for study time and for small businesses
(sari-sari store, mailing services, etc.) Lastly, people became more concerned with environmental
protection and conservation to develop watershed which will ensure the steady supply of water and
prevent soil erosion.

What I have Learned

The Topic was about __________________________________________

It Matters because ____________________________________________

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I’ve Learned today that _______________________________________

The case analysis will be evaluated based on the following:

Criteria 5 4 3
Problem Identification Shows understanding Shows limited Shows limited
of the main problems understanding of understanding of most
in the case study some of the of the problems in the
problems in the case study
case study
Analysis and Evaluation of Provides a discerning Provides a Provides an
Problems and thorough problem thorough analysis incomplete analysis of
analysis of all the of some of the the problem identified
problems presented problems
identified
Recommendations Based on an evidence- Based on limited The recommendations
supported problem problem analysis; are not based on a
analysis and well- with unbalanced well-grounded
balanced arguments; arguments problem analysis
sound, feasible, and
relevant
recommendations
Relevance/connection to Establishes Establishes Establishes
the Lesson appropriate appropriate inappropriate
connections between connections connections between
the identified between the the problems
problems and identified identified and the
concepts studied in problems and the concepts studied in
modular distance concepts studied modular distance
learning in modular learning
distance learning
Grammar and mechanics; Shows coherence and Shows a little The writing shows no
Oragnization cohesion, conciseness, coherence and coherence and
and correctness; the cohesion of ideas; cohesion; poor
writing is free of some errors in grammar and
errors in grammar and grammar and organization; filled
mechanics mechanics with errors in
mechanics

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