Bago City, Negros Occidental — Ayala Foundation is partnering with the City Government of Bago City for programs for community-based youth leaders and educators from the public elementary school sector.
The partnership was formalized through a community launch held on February 1 at the General Juan A. Araneta Elementary School in Bago City. It also served to introduce to the community the programs that will soon start in the city—Leadership Communities (LeadCom) and the CENTEX Training Institute.
LeadCom is a year-long program that empowers community-based youth and youth organizations to identify urgent needs of their respective communities, and to help them develop, implement, and sustain projects that address these needs.
CENTEX Training Institute, meanwhile, is the teacher-development component of Ayala Foundation’s CENTEX education program. The CENTEX Training Institute seeks to develop teacher effectiveness in the classroom and ensure continued professional development through training, mentoring, and community engagement.
Present at the launch were officials from the city government, Ayala Foundation, local Department of Education, and other stakeholders.
“Two important institutions have partnered with us,” said Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo. “First is the Department of Education Division of Bago and the whole DepEd family who are mandated to give quality education to prepare our young better for success tomorrow. Second is with Ayala Foundation, whose name evokes excellence and efficiency. We are very proud you have chosen to partner with us in the training of our educators and young leaders…. Giving them the right tools, right training, is an assurance that we will have a brighter future, for them and our community.”
“We at Ayala Foundation would like to express our sincerest gratitude for the kind and warm welcome extended to us by the people of Bago City,” said Joanna Duarte, Ayala Foundation senior director for Social Development. “We are especially grateful that your city and your communities are welcoming two of our programs: the Leadership Communities and the CENTEX Training Institute.Together, we can work closely for the improvement and development of our communities.”
Ayala Foundation is the social development arm of the Ayala group of companies. It envisions communities where people are productive, creative, self-reliant, and proud to be Filipino, and implements programs the following areas: education, community leadership, suitable and sustainable livelihood, and arts and culture.
