RAFI to recognize 93 graduates of its youth program
6:53 AM
Vernon Joseph Go
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) will recognize 93 graduates if its youth leadership and citizenship and citizenship development program through the Best of Young Minds Conference, Awards and Graduation on September 4, at the JSU-PSU Mariner's Court.
The graduates are scholars of the fourth season of the Young Minds Academy (YMA) of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center of RAFI aimed at developing young emerging leaders aged 12 to 30 years old.
One of the highlights of the best of young minds conference, awards and graduation is the presentation of the scholars' project proposals designed to address issues and concerns on governance, the theme for the season.
The conference will serve as a platform for the scholars to advocate their team projects to a range of stakeholders for potential support and implementation.
The scholars' projects is one of the key outputs of the YMA program after eight months of rigorous training, learning sessions, community exposures, and project development.
Bringing the project development component of YMA to a broader dimension, the service track option is introduced this season, where teams get to start implementing their proposed solutions within the season. They will be presenting their progress report during the conference.
The winning projects will be conferred during the Awards and Graduation. Various individual and team awards will be given.
YMA was launched in the last quarter of 2006 and started its 1st season in January 2007 with environment as theme. The following year, the theme was public health. In 2009, education was the theme. For this year, the fourth season, the theme is governance. These themes are aligned with and promote the UN Millenium Development Goals.
Th young minds academy is a reality-based and experiential in approach and conducted in a semi-structured learning environment.
It is anchored on the 3Cs framework of bulding Competence, strengthening character, and promoting active Citizenship. it promotes the none pillars of character and leadership, including respect, responsibility, caring leadership, active citzenship, God-centeredness, trustworthiness, humility, fairness and integrity.
The program's components and methodologies include character and leadership strengthening; capability and competence building; and citizenship education and promotion through adventure education, learning visits and exposures, youth exchange, community immersion, plenary and small group interaction, research and project development, mentoring and critiquing, conference and awards.
The graduates are scholars of the fourth season of the Young Minds Academy (YMA) of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center of RAFI aimed at developing young emerging leaders aged 12 to 30 years old.
One of the highlights of the best of young minds conference, awards and graduation is the presentation of the scholars' project proposals designed to address issues and concerns on governance, the theme for the season.
The conference will serve as a platform for the scholars to advocate their team projects to a range of stakeholders for potential support and implementation.
The scholars' projects is one of the key outputs of the YMA program after eight months of rigorous training, learning sessions, community exposures, and project development.
Bringing the project development component of YMA to a broader dimension, the service track option is introduced this season, where teams get to start implementing their proposed solutions within the season. They will be presenting their progress report during the conference.
The winning projects will be conferred during the Awards and Graduation. Various individual and team awards will be given.
YMA was launched in the last quarter of 2006 and started its 1st season in January 2007 with environment as theme. The following year, the theme was public health. In 2009, education was the theme. For this year, the fourth season, the theme is governance. These themes are aligned with and promote the UN Millenium Development Goals.
Th young minds academy is a reality-based and experiential in approach and conducted in a semi-structured learning environment.
It is anchored on the 3Cs framework of bulding Competence, strengthening character, and promoting active Citizenship. it promotes the none pillars of character and leadership, including respect, responsibility, caring leadership, active citzenship, God-centeredness, trustworthiness, humility, fairness and integrity.
The program's components and methodologies include character and leadership strengthening; capability and competence building; and citizenship education and promotion through adventure education, learning visits and exposures, youth exchange, community immersion, plenary and small group interaction, research and project development, mentoring and critiquing, conference and awards.
