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Ust-Simbahayan: Vision

The UST Simbahayan Community Development Office is tasked with developing and managing the University's community development program in accordance with its mission of forming competent and compassionate professionals committed to serving the Church, nation, and global community. It oversees programs involving student organizations, community service, and alumni groups. Its vision is for partner communities to become self-reliant and empowered, contributing to society. Its mission is continuous improvement and forming community members and partners to be agents of social transformation. It employs strategies like training, education, organizing, management, advocacy, research, and spirituality to achieve its goals.

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Ust-Simbahayan: Vision

The UST Simbahayan Community Development Office is tasked with developing and managing the University's community development program in accordance with its mission of forming competent and compassionate professionals committed to serving the Church, nation, and global community. It oversees programs involving student organizations, community service, and alumni groups. Its vision is for partner communities to become self-reliant and empowered, contributing to society. Its mission is continuous improvement and forming community members and partners to be agents of social transformation. It employs strategies like training, education, organizing, management, advocacy, research, and spirituality to achieve its goals.

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UST-SIMBAHAYAN

The UST-SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Office is tasked to develop, implement, and


manage the University Community Development Program (UCDP) towards the University’s mission of
“generation, advancement, and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals,
committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community.”
Directly under the Vice-Rector for Religious Affairs, it covers programs and projects of
College/Faculty-based and University-wide student organizations; Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and
Literacy Training Service (LTS) sections of the National Service Training Program (NSTP); and alumni groups
and associations.

Vision
The UST Simbahayan Community Development Office, a grounded and responsive institution,
envisions partner communities and at-risk sectors to be self-reliant, interdependent, and empowered,
contributing to the building of the Church, the home, and the nation.

Mission
The UST Simbahayan Community Development Office commits itself to continuous improvement and
to the sustained Christian formation of Thomasians and University partner communities and institutions in
becoming agents of social transformation.

Social Transformation Strategies


Training and Education for Capacity- Building
As a premier Catholic educational institution, training and education are at the heart of our Community
Development strategy. Training pertains to helping partner communities and institutions to proficiently practice
a specific set of skills in order to allow them to perform better in a particular task. Meanwhile, education
pertains to help partner communities learn how to use knowledge based on UNESCO’s four pillars of
education, namely: 1) Learning to live together; 2) Learning to know; 3) Learning to do; and 4) Learning to be.
Thus, education is not just about being trained, but it is also about knowing how to use knowledge to do what is
good, to promulgate local knowledge, and help partner communities and institutions become educators
themselves
Organizing for Empowerment
People in partner communities and institutions must be helped in order for them to be organized so that
they can have a high level of public engagement and cohesion on important Community Development projects
and issues that affect their lives. Community and institutional organizing includes conscientization, leadership
development, membership building, organizational development, and campaign or action plan development.
Management for Program Development
In order for Community Development projects to be sustained, they must be anchored on long-term
programs. Management for program development here refers to helping partner communities and institutions
develop a portfolio of multiple projects that are managed and coordinated as one unit with the objective of
achieving outcomes and benefits for their organization and respective community. This will require community
participation in learning how to manage development phases of a program, namely: 1) situation analysis; 2)
planning and design; 3) implementation and monitoring; 4) evaluation; and 5) impact assessment. Management
for program development also entails institutional development of SIMBAHAYAN to better orient and inspire
students, faculty, administration, support staff, and alumni to engage in Community Development work.
Advocacy, Research and Documentation
SIMBAHAYAN serves as human rights defenders for people coming from different sectors who
experience discrimination, exclusion, marginalization, oppression, and subordination (DEMOS). We do this in
order to raise their voices and help them conscientize the general public, government, policy-makers, or other
entities such as private corporations, to bring about positive changes that can be in the form of policies, laws,
programs, and projects designed to effectively improve their situation in life. Meanwhile, research and
documentation entail scientifically gathering evidence in order to develop Community Development programs
and projects and understand their long-term impact on the lives of communities and institutions we serve and
partner with.
Spirituality of Transformation
SIMBAHAYAN engages with partner communities and institutions in Community Development work,
because as a Catholic university, we base our principles and actions on Gospel-centered service, Catholic Social
Teachings, and the Dominican charism. Thus, in everything that we do, it serves as an opportunity to
promulgate the Good News and be the Good News so that people we serve and partner with may come to know
and feel the love of Christ. Hopefully, this would lead to the formation of people in partner communities and
institutions with a Christian lens and sensitivity in working toward social transformation.

Social Transformation Framework

Rm. 101, Tan Yan Kee Student Center

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