MCWD celebrates Youth Day with Unesco Clubs

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2016/07/05/mcwd-celebrates-youth-day-unesco-clubs-483624
• Tuesday, July 5, 2016

(Sun.Star Cebu)

AT LEAST 30 youth leaders from different schools that are members of the Unesco Clubs in Cebu participated in a youth forum on April 29 organized by the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) as part of the Earth Month celebration.

The student leaders were from the Cebu Institute of Technology University, Cebu Normal University, University of San Carlos and University of San Jose-Recoletos.

Engr. Lemuel Canastra, manager of the Environment and Water Resources Department of MCWD, talked about Metro Cebu’s water resources and water supply situation.

Another speaker was Francis Sollano, co-founder of the Youth for Livable Cebu and recipient of the Global Shaper of World Economic Forum, who talked about the importance of recycling and how his organization has provided livelihood for the marginalized.

The aim of the forum was for youth leaders to come up with criteria for a good leader and the qualities of a candidate that the youth should vote for.

They were divided into six groups and each group was told to present their criteria of a good leader in an artwork.

Group 4 won for promoting transparency and flexibility in the government in their presentation.

Charmaine Rodriguez-Kara, head of the Community Relations and External Affairs Department of MCWD, hopes that the forum made the participants understand that water supply sustainability is a shared responsibility of all sectors, not just MCWD.