Time to Move On! Time to Move Forward!

We are sending our formal goodbye to our beloved friend who was buried last March 22, 2009.

To you Louie/Weng, We will miss you and hope to see you there soon where we can live our life to its fullest and share our happiness together without any reservation. It is so sad that you left us so soon but happy to hear that you arrived there to OUR Savior's hand so early and that you can spend all your life with Him.

Kindly send our regards to our fellow victim of ARH there in heaven. You tell them that we are still with them in fighting and defending their rights, OUR RIGHTS, towards a society where ASRH rights is being respected!

So long and Goodbye Weng! You are always in our heart.


Sincerly yours,

Davao Teen Center (DTC)
Gensan Teen Group (GTC)
SK Officials of GenSan
and Friends


P.S.
Pictures will be posted later after we will get hold of the memory card used in his burial.

Our Last Farewell to you Louie Ellivera, GTG Member

Our Deepest condolence to the family and friends of Louie Ellivera, SK chairperson of Barangay Labangal, General Santos City and member of Gensan Teen Group (GTG), the DTC version of Gen San. He Passed away last night, March 14, 2009 due to motor accident. The detail is not yet clear as to what really happened but we deeply shouting for justice for Loiue for being one of the victims of many accidents happening in our country.

Louie is known to be a "bugoy" SK officer who oftenly makes jokes to his fellow SK officers. He is a typical young person who looks on things very lightly and conveniently. He is a happy-go-lucky person since he is one of his lolo's favorites, which the latter is the former barangay Captian of the said barangay. He died for a very young age, more or less 18 years of age, but he thinks more than an adult when it comes to addressing young people's issue. We last see him during the Samal Activity, where we put also an update about this in our blogspot, and get some his pictures. We last heard about him through em-ar, since he constantly contacting and guiding him through his SK related endeavours in their barangay, last 2 weeks ago but saw him online last week.

Em-ar still remembered how he scolded him on some of his observations about their youth leaders in their barangay. The latter even shared some of his personal updates that a package from Japan worth 15000 will be coming to his possession since a friend from Japan will give this as a gift.

But then again, this precious moments, without thinking that this will happen, will become the last experience with him. We will remeber it as is and share it as is.

His death will remind us that we to move forward, we need to continue our journey. There is no time to cry and sob to what happened but there are lots of time to stand and change our current situation, which is currently backward. We need to be strong becuase this is what Louie is intending for us. He doesnt need our pity but he needs our smile and good luck!

Hope to see you there soon Louie. We will continue the fight from the point where you left your fight. We will keep inspired and inspiring others of your death. We will make you proud that we will become a GOOD ADVOCATES of ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH!

Farewell our fellow advocate of ASRH!

IYF Seeks Dynamic Young People Leading Social Change

There’s a lot of talk about the problems facing our world today, but it takes a special person to find a solution and put it into action – a social entrepreneur. The International Youth Foundation (IYF) is in search of 20 young social entrepreneurs from around the world for its YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship Program.

Sponsored by Nokia, the YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship Program recognizes young social innovators for their outstanding achievements. Past winners have undertaken a range of special projects, including: providing low-cost, solar lighting to rural families in Nicaragua; using mobile phone technology to combat pharmaceutical fraud in Africa; and employing low-income women in the Philippines to transform discarded fabric into fashionable accessories. Profiles of the 2008 Global Fellows can be viewed at: www.youthactionnet.org

The Global Fellowship is open to qualified candidates between 18 and 29 years old. Applicants must be proficient in English and have founded existing projects or organizations with a clear vision for social change. This can include leading a new project within an existing organization. Winners will be announced on August 1, 2009.

The yearlong Fellowship includes:

• An all-expense-paid trip in November 2009 to attend the YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship Retreat that enables the 20 youth leaders to share best practices and learn from each other;
• Recognition for their efforts at the Annual YouthActionNet® Global Awards Ceremony;
• Networking with leading international nongovernmental organizations, development agencies, and donor institutions; and
• Virtual learning sessions, as well as access to global advocacy platforms, media coverage, and funding opportunities.

The deadline for applications is April 15, 2009. Application information is available at: www.youthactionnet.org.

Thank you for your help in spreading the word!

Millenium Development Goal (MDG) Summit is now open for new application!

The 2009 MDG Summit for Young Filipino Leaders is jointly organized by the United Nations Integrated Council for Youth Development (UNICY) United Nations Youth Association of the Philippines (UNYAP) & UNFPA Youth Advisory Panel-Philippines.

DATE: May 20-24, 2009
VENUE: DUMAGUETE CITY
THEME:" YOU-th L.E.A.D. THE MDG'S COMMITMENT"
TARGET PARTICIPANTS: 200
AGE REQUIREMENT: 15 and above
REGISTRATION FEE: 3,500 PHP (covers board and lodging)

How to be part of the delegates? Just Click the first and second links below and fill it up then send it back to mdgsummit@yahoo.com. Other pertinent documents are available in the third and fourth links.

1. GROUP APPLICATION FORM 1-A.doc

2. DELEGATE REG FORM 1-B.doc

3. MDG 2009 brochure

4. MDG SUMMIT WHITE LOGO

For more information, kindly log on to http://mdgsummit.ning.com/ and register.

Good Luck mga teeners!

Ate Elvi: Happy Trip and Continue Serving the Young People in Africa!

Ate Elvi will bid us farewell but we will never say our goodbye to her because her spirit, lesson and heart will always be in our mind and action.

She will be going to Africa for a work in VSO (not quite familiar with its meaning) for 24 months to serve the people there also. So for the duration of that months, her presence will not be always around to help us with our endeavors as how she always guide us with our decisions and taking options in life everyday. We think that this is a challenge imposed to us by her as she will bid us goodbye temporarily, that we need to be independent and we need to always move on.

She also extends her thanks to everybody who help her grew up, yeah, she also learned from us the same way that we learned from her.

So hopefully, this will not be the last day that we will see the glamorous outfit and hard-to-adjust smile of Ate Elvi. After 24 months, let us prove to her that DTC is still intact, still in the path to defend the rights of young people in ASRH!

Happy trip ate elvs.


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em-ar made a small poem to her for the latter's travel.


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she is the girl full of spirit..

she is the woman full of heart...

she is a female individual who has the passion to help others...

she is our mother who defend her children against negative influence...

she is just like who she is...

no one compares her magnificent attitude, her vibrant powers and unique personality...

she is not an idol but she is a good shepherd for everybody...

she will bid us luck and bless but never farewell and goodbye...

she welcomes new journey and battle but never intending to leave us...

she will probably meet her new group, new friends and new people but will keep her old friends, old group and old people in her heart forever...

she will miss us as well as we will miss her...

but nevertheless, just like the song of the call, she'll come back when we'll call her, NO NEED TO SAY GOODBYE!

Happy Trip ate elvs!

Amazing Risk: A success of our 21st Anniversary

DTC extends its heartwarming thank you to everybody who attended and helped on the success of our 21st anniversary held at SIR Barangay Hall last February 28, 2009.

Although it was attended by less number of people but the experiences and laughter shared by the participants augmented the lacking moments of our anniversary.

DTC is well-known because of the game "amazing race", in which it becomes a traditional activity of the center that is always anticipated by children and youth every time they will attend an activity organized by the center. However, because and due to some creative and resourceful minds of our members, we changed its nature a little bit and named it as "AMAZING RISK."

Amazing risk is a combination of the nature of the game of fear factor and amazing race. In-order to have a twist out of it, our members just named it as such.

As you can observe by its name, it involves risk in spite of the excitement to perform the challenges of the game. YEAP, there are lots of risk. Physical and Mental, sometime emotional and etc were being affected by this game.

So as we celebrate our 21st anniversary, we also welcome this new form of game. But of course, it will not be introduced, if there is no celebration of our 21st anniversary. Hence, logic will say, that people who contributed to the success also shared their part in the history of the center, the history of creating the game "Amazing Risk".

Oh, by the way, two groups tied in the over-all place. It was not intended but we think, unconsciously, the attitude of being a leader just came out and proved it that no one is a "losser" but everybody is a WINNER!

Just to mention the people who, through their help, contributed to the success of the activity without having sweat:
1. Councilor Angging Librado Trinidad
2. SK Federation of Davao City
3. Elvira Duka
4. Maria Ana Gementiza of SIR
5. Emel Rose of DCNHS/UM
6. James Phil Villaber of Ma-a
7. Peer Facilitators
8. Peer Counselors
9. Volunteer Members
10. Shiela Cabanlit of Agdao-Centro

Thank You! Thank You! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!


P.S. Pictures are already available in the picture section of our blogspot.