Minority Care International partcipated to build capacity of Barangay ocuncil for the better protection of Chilkdren . MCISA offciers joined the meeting . The barnagay council Has envisoned improving the lives of filipinos , especially of the children, thorugh good neighborhood end community development programs Continue reading
Marking a first for College Education Behind Bars at the Davao City Jail, Three Persons Deprived of Liberty (DPL) graduated with a four-year bachelor’s degree The students in the higher education program first to earn a four-year college degree, and thus a diploma, from the University of the Southeastern Philippines while incarcerated. This diploma allows the graduates to take a step toward freedom. Their success refutes the notion that offenders do not merit tertiary education and do not have the capacity to change, a view often perpetuated by media as it sensationalizes the darker side of humanity in confinement. Today we celebrate the bright side as a contrast to current crises. To both the public and to elected officials, this significant graduation conveys an important message that says the more opportunities DPL have to learn, value education, and seize possibilities, then the greater the chance they will break the cycle of imprisonment not just for themselves but for future generations to come. These individuals have shown great resilience and discipline by completing their college degree plan. Further, their commitment and adherence to rules and regulations define the best way to implement the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law for a reduction of sentences. Actually one of our PDL students got total reduction of more than 9 years from her sentences.
College Education Behind Bars creates new choices as well as new and alternative ways of being and thinking that lie between the extreme of compliance and disobedience, between resistance and surrender, between personal accountability and forgiveness and success. Today’s prisons are not conducive for rehabilitation; they are human warehouses. Although it is critical that we protect citizens, the focus on protecting the public by locking offenders away and keeping them inside as long as possible does not allow fo rehabilitation, so that when PDL return to society, and most of them do, they are no longer a threat but become an asset. Continue reading
SETBI MET WITH TESDA TO GIVE SKILLS TRAINING TO PDLS , FAMILIES
Junes 18, 2023
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) gives skills training to PDL s , and their families Courses offered by TESDA are Bread and Pastry Production NC II, Barista NC II, Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II and automotive . In line with TESDA’s Two-Pronged Strategy on Poverty Reduction, the project aims to provide interventions through skills development by providing access to training to inmates for self or wage-employment to uplift their economic status and facilitate reintegration in their respective communities Continue reading
Two men and women serving time at the Davao City Jail received their four year Degree from University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) Mintal Campus a ceremony held at the facility on Tueasday , June 28, 20233. This commencement ceremony celebrated graduates of both the 2020 and 2021 and 2023 classes, as COVID-19 put a halt to both in-person learning and gatherings for over a year. This degree program, made possible through the SETBI College Education Behind Bar program partnership with the BJMP and University of Southeastern Philippines ( USeP), makes higher education accessible to offenders currently incarcerated, and prepares them for successful reentry. “Only a few short years ago, being in prison was the end of the road,” said Anthony . “We didn’t have anything to hope for to change our future. The opportunities that SETBI College Education Behind bars brings is already influencing our lives.” Anthony who has been incarcerated for 8 years, “College has not been easy, especially for me,” he continued. “I finished high school over 40 years ago. But this graduating class had to overcome many burdens, including corona-related hardships.” While the rest of the world moved to online learning, SETBI students remained modules based due to their restricted access to the internet. During the COVID Davao City jails facilities were closed to all outside visitors and volunteers, meaning students could not receive direct instruction from their professors. “This group of students overcame many challenges. Congratulations for their success !!! Continue reading
The Project FORTH event funded by the European Commission and the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union (EU) and participated by four (4) universities Visited College Edcuation Behind Bars Davao City Jail campus on 29 March 2023 The Project FORTH (Formation of Teachers in Emerging Challenged Areas in the Philippines) which the University of Southeastern Philippines, aims to develop a network of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs), Non-government Organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders in creating a system of quality motivation and support to teacher training in identified emerging challenged areas in the Philippines.Recognize that the College Education Behind Bars (CEBB) is an education offered in challenged areas, and we deem it an opportune time for our guests to visit the facility and witness how the University delivers quality education to Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL). Continue reading
Indeed, education is freedom .The College of Education Behind Bars (CEBB), a program conceived through a shared vision of the University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP), Social Entrepreneurship Technology and Business Institute Foundation Inc. (SETBIFI), and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to transform lives of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) through education, is one of the winners of the Category A: Outstanding Government Program/Project of the CY 2022 Davao Region Excellence Awards in Project Implementation and Monitoring (DREAPIM).
The award was conferred during the First Quarter CY 2023 RDC XI Meeting on March 24, 2023, at Don Paco Rocamora Golf Clubhouse, Mati Aero Tourism Park, Mati Airport, Mati City.
DREAPIM is implemented by the National Economic Development Authority- Regional Development Council (NEDA-RDC) XI, through the Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC) XI. It aims to recognize the exemplary program/project implemented by government agencies that support Davao Region’s development thrusts and priorities; and recognize the contribution of Local Project Monitoring Committees (LPMCs) in project facilitation, particularly in the monitoring of programs and projects under their jurisdictions.
Other winners of the said award for Category A were Adopt-an-Estero/Waterbody Program by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) XI; Padada RIS Rehabilitation of Existing Main Dam and Concreting of Canal by National Irrigation Administration (NIA) XI; Grassroots Innovation for Inclusive Development (GRIND) by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) XI with cooperatives agencies; Two-Storey Radiotherapy Facility (Bunker) and Medical Cyclotron and Molecular Imaging Facility by Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC); Food Basket of Joy Project by Department of Education (DepEd) XI- Schools Division of Panabo City; Road towards Prosperity for the Indigenous People’s Community by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) XI- Davao Oriental- 1st District Engineering Office; and Comprehensive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools (WinS) Program- Menstrual Hygiene Management Project by Batobato Central Elementary School/DepEd XI- Schools Division of Davao Oriental. Continue reading
Minority Care International Annual Cultural Night Celebration March 15,2023
MCI retreat brings adults and youth together in celebrating the outdoors, in a beautiful, safe, fun environment. We all need to recharge and there is no better place to do it. In between playing, swimming, reading, meditations, fellowship, movie night, and our famous non-fiction book reading time you can also learn more about each other. This year our Keynote Speakers were Jeremy Coddington, Grant Boshart, Mitch , Dr. Kay, Ezra, Dr. Gloria Amaya , Bree Rodarte , Ezra Rodarte and Ana Amaya . The theme for this year "I still Believe” that helps us how to how to cope with our hurts, habits, and hangs-ups.
Have you ever asked the Lord to use you? Have you ever asked God that you desire to make a difference for him in this messy world ? when you let God use you, He wants to partner with you in a lifelong journey. While it is possible to demonstrate God’s love in a variety of Professions, few career paths better exemplify this concept that nursing , charged with providing Physical, emotional, and spiritual care, nurses live out their faith on a daily bases. Some are called this professions from young age. Others like Jerwin find their passion, through mentorships, Jerwin Capuras, a proud Filipino grew up in Compostela Valley in Mindanao, graduated from the University of Mindanao, worked for a few years at a hospital as a registered nurse, and now works for the Doctors without Borders as a register nurse providing basic and specialized health care, responding to emergencies’ and outbreaks affecting isolated communities, and serving internally displaced people and refugees from Sudan. These accomplishments would make anyone proud to be a Filippino. The everyday act of caring for the suffering allows Jerwin to live out his faith. Wheher he is drawing blood samples, assisting in diagnosis, or providing post operative care, Jerwin play an itegral role in both preventing and easing suffering. Jerwin truly is living out his faith, as He commands everyone to look after the weak in their time and need. To Jerwin is to sacrifice, while Jerwin often receive generous pay and beenfits, he spend long hours in dificult abd draining conditions , all because he is passionate about hos work and determoned to provide the high level of care his pastients deserve . for Jerwin , ideal careier should allow you to utilize your natrual gifts for greater purpose , all while fulfilling God’s call to serve others. Yes it is very challenging , but its also one of the most personlly fulfilling and it gives you an great oppurtunity to make a real diifrence in the lives of others while serving God. Continue reading
