SEM-CDA: What's your World Vision?

The point of the seminar is to inform the students that they have a shared vision and mission to pursue with the government. Currently, the youth has a lot of concerns and problems. It’s as if there’s no end in their problem solving cases. We all have our own vision but we must never forget that we have other people to help us to achieve them.

I was inspired by one of the speakers, Mr. Juan Miguel Lago. He is an alumnus of the College and is part of the World Vision team in the Country. I felt that I was very luck to study in DLS-CSB while there are children who can’t even afford to go to school. I was really interested in the idea of Child Sponsorship. As what he has mentioned in his presentation in the seminar, sponsorship is a great way for any individual to make a real and life-changing difference for one precious boy or girl in need, along with his/ her family and community.

The approach to change that they are using are Sustainable and Participatory. They are not just the ones who run the organization but people help them to achieve their vision. I think the idea of sponsorship pledges was difficult and expensive but it wasn’t. The regular sponsorship pledge is P600 a month, or P20 a day or P7, 200 annually. And what’s surprising is that it will also provide all of the needs of the children. If you to think of it, it’s like a small amount yet it is able to provide and sustain the child’s needs. P20 a day is not a big sacrifice for me. It’s equivalent to one mango shake in the cafeteria or one bag of chips in the mall. Why don’t we save them instead and make something bigger out of the P20?