JournSoc helps Tulong Kabataan flood victims' relief
Rose Marie G. Barroga
The Journalese
The University of Santo Tomas was not spared from the wrath of tropical storm Helen, which also left public schools flooded and washed clean of supplies. While helping its own school rebuild itself, the UST Journalism Society extends its hands to the affected public schools.
JournSoc remains open to donations of any kind to benefit the calamity victims as much as possible.
The society started collecting donations which were mostly school supplies during the postponed preliminary exams, while Helen (international name Kai-tak) battered parts of the country with the intensity of Ondoy.
“Yun ang naisip kong tugunan kasi school-related. Mas mai-invite ang students to help dahil schools ang tutulungan,” UST Journalism Society President Maria Nenette Dizon said.
The society, through its adopted Tulong Kabataan relief operations, pledged to donate school supplies since the lack of these became the immediate problem of the pupils.
“I just wanted the journ community to help outside din kaya naghanap ako ng mga organizations na nagco-conduct ng tulong sa labas. Siyempre, we need to extend our help kahit maliit na tulong lang,” Dizon explained.
Tulong Kabataan is a volunteer and relief network providing medical missions, feeding programs, disaster response training and psychosocial trauma recovery activities. It involves various youth and student groups namely Anakbayan, Student Christian Movement, KARATULA, and Kabataan Partylist among others.
Donations were consolidated from pupils of different year levels. “I informed the class presidents to encourage the class to bring donations, and most of the journ classes helped naman,” Dizon added.
Aside from school supplies, journalism students provided canned goods, toiletries and cash donations. These were distributed last Saturday to affected pupils, particularly those in the small community of Magdalena in the City of Manila.
Dizon admitted that there was difficulty in reaching out to the students for collection. She said, “Naiintindihan ko rin kung bakit mahirap mag-mobilize ng ganito kasi prelim week nung nag-collect kami. Busy siyempre sila. Pero we were able to get help pa rin naman from journ students.”
UST has recovered from the calamity, and JournSoc is focused on preparing some activities, such as the much-awaited Mr. and Ms. Journalism, a series of seminars, and a tie-up with the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) alumni community for a long-term project.
“Basta yung makaka-provide ng bagong kaalaman at karanasan sa students, okay ‘yun sa amin. At dahil back to normal na lahat tayo sa school, expect the projects of JournSoc na rin hanggang matapos ang semester,” Dizon said. J
The Journalese
The University of Santo Tomas was not spared from the wrath of tropical storm Helen, which also left public schools flooded and washed clean of supplies. While helping its own school rebuild itself, the UST Journalism Society extends its hands to the affected public schools.
JournSoc remains open to donations of any kind to benefit the calamity victims as much as possible.
The society started collecting donations which were mostly school supplies during the postponed preliminary exams, while Helen (international name Kai-tak) battered parts of the country with the intensity of Ondoy.
“Yun ang naisip kong tugunan kasi school-related. Mas mai-invite ang students to help dahil schools ang tutulungan,” UST Journalism Society President Maria Nenette Dizon said.
The society, through its adopted Tulong Kabataan relief operations, pledged to donate school supplies since the lack of these became the immediate problem of the pupils.
“I just wanted the journ community to help outside din kaya naghanap ako ng mga organizations na nagco-conduct ng tulong sa labas. Siyempre, we need to extend our help kahit maliit na tulong lang,” Dizon explained.
Tulong Kabataan is a volunteer and relief network providing medical missions, feeding programs, disaster response training and psychosocial trauma recovery activities. It involves various youth and student groups namely Anakbayan, Student Christian Movement, KARATULA, and Kabataan Partylist among others.
Donations were consolidated from pupils of different year levels. “I informed the class presidents to encourage the class to bring donations, and most of the journ classes helped naman,” Dizon added.
Aside from school supplies, journalism students provided canned goods, toiletries and cash donations. These were distributed last Saturday to affected pupils, particularly those in the small community of Magdalena in the City of Manila.
Dizon admitted that there was difficulty in reaching out to the students for collection. She said, “Naiintindihan ko rin kung bakit mahirap mag-mobilize ng ganito kasi prelim week nung nag-collect kami. Busy siyempre sila. Pero we were able to get help pa rin naman from journ students.”
UST has recovered from the calamity, and JournSoc is focused on preparing some activities, such as the much-awaited Mr. and Ms. Journalism, a series of seminars, and a tie-up with the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) alumni community for a long-term project.
“Basta yung makaka-provide ng bagong kaalaman at karanasan sa students, okay ‘yun sa amin. At dahil back to normal na lahat tayo sa school, expect the projects of JournSoc na rin hanggang matapos ang semester,” Dizon said. J