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==[[Sarangani News]]==
==[[Sarangani News]]==
'''UNICEF-donated horses ensure pre-school education in Sarangani hinterlands'''
'''MunaTo 2011 launches “Sarangani, your adventure” brand'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=65399
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=65530
*Wednesday, November 23, 2011
*Thursday, November 24, 2011
:by  BEVERLY C. PAOYON
:by  Beverly C. Paoyon






ALABEL, Sarangani, November 23 (PIA) -- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated additional 13 horses to ease transport in holding home-based pre-school education in the hinterlands of Sarangani.
ALABEL, Sarangani, Nov. 24 (PIA) -- MunaTo Festival opened the four-day festivity today in a combined cultural and adventure concept to launch the trademark, “Sarangani, your adventure.”
This is the second batch after the distribution of 10 horses in February this year for the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program of the province.
Board Member Eleonor “Nene” Saguiguit said this is to promote the province to be “the tourism hub” in this part of Mindanao.
Home-based education for 3-5 year old children is commonly conducted in Sarangani’s relatively rural and upland communities where pre-school facilities are lacking because of geographical distance and where supervised neighborhood play (SNP) workers usually take a half-day walk just to reach these areas.
MunaTo Festival kicked-off today and culminates on November 27.
Racquel Panal, assistant provincial social welfare and development officer, hoped this would also increase the number of children to benefit especially in remote communities “wherein services are very mean already at halos hindi na maabot ng ating mga service providers (barely reached by service providers).”
“We want something that is grand, something that would surpass the previous festivals. And we decided that it will be a different event (this year) to launch the Sarangani brand,” Saguiguit said.
Mila Labuan would take a four-hour motorcycle ride everyday to reach the site of her assignment in sitio Amlitos, barangay Kihan in Mapalatan. With the horse given her now, she said it would be easier for her to reach the site and can attend whenever there would be meetings at the Poblacion.
“While we celebrate, gusto nating i-promote and ating turismo and opportunities for investments,” she added.
“Karon nga naa na ECCD materials, patuonon gyud nako ang mga bata kay naa na sila magamit (Now the kids have ECCD materials to learn from),” because before she would just make her own improvised learning materials for the 60 children she is teaching.
She disclosed that “Sarangani as a tourism hub has already taken off .”
The total 110 SNP sites established at far-flung barangays in Sarangani cater to more than 4,000 disadvantaged children mostly from the indigenous people.
Acting Sarangani Tourism and Investment Promotions Center (STIPC) coordinator Larry Asparin reveals tourist arrivals have been increasing since 2005.
The horses were turned-over with complete accessories like saddle, nylon rope and native horse backpacks where SNP workers would use to carry ECCD package for their classes like toys, reading and art materials, musical instruments, toothbrush, and utensils.
An increase of tourist arrivals has been noted from the 16,080 in 2009 to 26,100 in 2010 as reported by the STIPC.
Board Member Hermie Galzote said this strategy (ECCD on horse) would be an effective motivation in providing “services to our children particularly to the lumads (IPs).”
The “Sarangani, your adventure” brand would create a name recall for Sarangani “as we wanted to make a mark in the tourism industry right now,” Asparin said.
Daan Suyan barangay councilor Fatima Hidalgo said the horse is a big boost in educating the children being the future leaders of our nation.
Asparin also pointed out tourism employment was rising as tourism activities in Sarangani were picking up too. “It encompasses basically all sectors, even fisherfolk and the transport sector, among others.” (PIO-Sarangani/PIA-General Santos City)
“Ang atong gobyerno naga tan-aw gyud diay sa kalisod sa atong lugar labi na sa mga bukid nga lugar. Dili nato ikalilong, kinahanglanon nato ni siya ilabi na sa atong mga bata nga gataas ang quality sa education karon (The local government is indeed sincere in poverty alleviation especially in the hinterlands. It cannot be denied that we need such programs for quality education),” she said.
The horses that were turned-over on Monday (November 21) benefited barangays Paraiso and Pag-asa of Alabel, barangays Daan Suyan, Lun Padidu, Kihan, Kinam, and Libi of Malapatan, and barangay Panamin of Malungon. (PIO-Sarangani/PIA-GeneralSsantos City)


==Photo Gallery of Sarangani, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Sarangani, Philippines==
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