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==Feature: JTF GenSan helps make teacher’s dream come true== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1671329378090 | |||
*Thursday 16th of February 2012 | |||
:By. Catherine T. Apelacio | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- What happens when a soldier who is a staunch advocate for development meets a passionate teacher-innovator? | |||
In a far-flung sitios of barangay San Jose here, a soldier whose vision was to touch the lives of people through concretizing developmental projects met a teacher whose passion was to teach, conceptualize, and invent meaningful projects for the less-fortunate. | |||
That was how Joint Task Force (JTF) GenSan commander Philippine Army Col. Joselito Kakilala came to meet teacher-thinker William Moraca, a school head then of Klolang Primary School and Datal Salvan Elementary School. | |||
Kakilala being so involved in the Task Force community works has seen the potential of Moraca as instrument in developing sitios Klolang and Datal Salvan, San Jose thru his electrification and water system inventions. | |||
Sitio Klolang has some 45 houses. It had no light to either inspire children to study harder or provide entertainment for adults. Datal Salvan, on the other hand, had no decent water system to call its own. Consequently, both communities lived then in sheer bleakness and misery day and night. | |||
Thus Moraca came up with the idea of seriously considering an electrification project on his own volition for sitio Klolang. | |||
Kakilala, a Presidential Lingkod Bayan awardee has led JTF since assuming office to become a visible force in responding to various community needs in accordance with the unit’s capability. | |||
Through Kakilala’s vanguard of leadership, JTF evolved not only as mere security peacekeepers of General Santos City but it went the “extra mile” to extend assistance in select areas where uplifting human welfare is seldom met, and that included Klolang and Datal Salvan. | |||
Moraca’s areas of responsibility were perfect for this aspiration, so JTF through Kakilala set foot in making a teacher’s dream soon come true. | |||
The 3,809-hectare spread San Jose, 17.5 km from the city proper, considered as one of the productive barangays of GenSan nestled in a rolling hills of large plantation of banana, pineapple, asparagus, corn, mango, coconut and other agricultural products, is underdeveloped, lacking facilities to address the needs of its 22 sitios or puroks. | |||
With a population of 7,651, the barangay has 1,614 households belonging to indigenous people groups, Blaan and Tboli. | |||
Some of its sitios like Klolang “does not have access to electricity and its farm-to-market roads were oftentimes destroyed by water during heavy rainfalls,” said Col. Kakilala. | |||
The situation, however, never discouraged the kind-hearted Moraca as he went on to serve the village children with all-out support. | |||
Instead of complaining his plight and that of his pupil, Moraca thought of a brilliant solution to give himself, his pupils, and the whole community some sort of comfort and hope. | |||
Moraca built a rotary windmill-type ventilation made of galvanized iron. He later converted it as source of electricity by attaching a bearing and shaft connected to an alternator that charges from a 12-volt wet-cell battery. | |||
Not yet contented, he further connected the now tangible apparatus to “a converter to produce 220 volts amperes and 3,000 watts capacity.” | |||
A complete power amenity now, it was then installed at the rooftop of Klolang school building with the help of JTF soldiers. | |||
Col. Kakilala then decided to extend the electrification outside the school to reach several houses by putting in some more funds to enhance and expand the project. He made sure the project will be completed by providing all the needed supplies and materials mobilizing his men to ensure that assistance will not be derailed. | |||
Since October, Moraca’s power-generating windmill has been enjoyed by some 300 residents in Sitio Klolang. Because of this, village children can now study their lessons and both adults and children have now access to cable television out of free electricity. | |||
By nature, innovativeness never ceases in Moraca’s mind. He came up once again with an idea of water system by putting up “magnetic force fan from which draws water from a downstream spring beside a 40-feet river.” With an almost 45-degree slope, fresh water goes up and serves the community of sitio Datal Salvan today. With the water system in place, Datal Salvan’s children now use the fresh water in bathing and cleaning themselves to be able to observe proper hygiene. Before, they had to go up hilly slope to fetch water from a river. | |||
Col. Kakilala said Moraca’s inventions opened the eyes of government officials to acknowledge and address the need of the underdeveloped rural communities. He attributed the inventions as trailblazers for other programs and projects to pour in the areas. | |||
Both projects were inaugurated in October 2011 with JTF-GenSan leading the activity. | |||
For villagers, life is not the same anymore, now they have an electricity to light up their lives and water to sustain them—all born out of good partnership between a concerned individual and a government representative, who both have the commitment and mandate to serve. (CTA/PIA General Santos City) | |||
==GenSan ups security for Kalilangan Festival== | ==GenSan ups security for Kalilangan Festival== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/15/gensan-ups-security-for-kalilangan-festival/ | *Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/15/gensan-ups-security-for-kalilangan-festival/ | ||
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Organizers also lined up nightly shows at the oval plaza, concerts, sports competitions, theatrical shows, workshops, among others. Last week, the Kalilangan bazaar, carnival, mini zoo, and food stalls at the oval plaza grounds initially opened to jumpstart the pre-festival activities. (Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews) | Organizers also lined up nightly shows at the oval plaza, concerts, sports competitions, theatrical shows, workshops, among others. Last week, the Kalilangan bazaar, carnival, mini zoo, and food stalls at the oval plaza grounds initially opened to jumpstart the pre-festival activities. (Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews) | ||
==No need for wage hike yet in Region 12 -DoLE== | ==No need for wage hike yet in Region 12 -DoLE== | ||