One great Sunday for the kids

The Lasallian community welcomed 650 children with special needs in For the Kids (FTK) 2010, a mini-olympics held last Jan. 17, at the DLSU Football Field. FTK is an annual event organized by De La Salle University Center for Social Concern and Action (COSCA), the socio-civic arm of the university. De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (DLS-CSB SDEAS), was also invited to the event.

Read the rest of the article by Leo Cabasag, Coordinator of the Social Responsibility and Outreach Program under the Center for Deaf Esteem and Formation of SDEAS here:

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/241136/one-great-sunday-kids

Benildean Entrepreneurs Speak

One of the highlights of DLS-CSB’s Career Fair 2010 with the theme “Road trip to Success” was the “Benildean Entrepreneurs Speak” last March 12, 2010 at the Augusto-Rosario Gonzalez Theater.

Mr. Brain Quebengco, Founder & Chief Inoventor of Inovent, Inc; Mr. Erickson Jao, AB-MMA batch 2006 graduate and the Proprietor of Media Avenue Internet Café; and Ms. Mylene Cruz, SDEAS Alumna BAPDST batch 2004 and Merchandise Clerk of the SDEAS Center for Partnership and Development were the resource speakers for this forum geared for students interested in putting up their own businesses in the future.

Photography by Ma. Anaditha Angcay

International Award for Young People now in the Philippines

The Duke of Edinburg’s Award International Association, Asia Pacific Region in cooperation with De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies conducted the first Award Leader Training last February 13 and 14 at the CSB Hotel International Conference Center.

The Award in Asia Pacific operates through National Award Authorities in 10 countries and with 60 Independent Operators in 16 countries. DLS-CSB SDEAS is the first Independent Operator in the Philippines and the first to operate in the world to cater to Deaf youth.

Twenty one (21) attendees were faculty, coordinators, and staff members from SDEAS, together with Dean Ma. Veronica Templo-Perez, who also heads the Center for Deaf Esteem and Formation, and Ms. Ma. Giselle M. Montero, Director of the Center for Partnership and Development. The attendees are now certified Award leaders who can help the participant to choose their activities, provide advice, support and encouragement to the participants. The participants can go through four mandatory Sections: Service, Adventurous Journey, Skills and Physical Recreation in three levels: Bronze. Silver or Gold.

Mr. Rob Oliphant, Regional Programme Manager, facilitated the leader training, and was assisted by Ms. Delia Banzuelo-Holohan. Both were from the Asia Pacific Regional Office in Sydney, Australia.

Other partners joining the group included representatives from The British School Manila, Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Red Cross Youth, and The Philippine Christian Foundation.

For more information on the Award, you may visit www.intaward.org.

Discovering the Deaf

Last February 17, 2010, SDEAS Alumna Ana Arce delivered a talk about bridging the gap between the hearing and Deaf community during the first TEDx Fort Bonifacio conference with the theme "Imagine Nation Philippines" at STI Global City, Taguig. Other speakers who joined her in this engagement were Dr. Christopher C. Bernido and Dr. Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido, Ms. Jessica Cox, Dr. Lourdes Cruz, Dr. David Manalo, and Mr. VJ Villafranca.



TEDx Fort Bonifacio is a gathering of visionaries who are passionate about changing the future of the Philippines, and hopefully, the whole global community.


For more info, please visit: http://www.tedxfortbonifacio.com/


Watch the close-captioned videos below to see our Deaf advocate in action.

Part 1 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq549LsoncQ

Part 2 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4vHjQPWMkw

Health and Home

Photography by Ryan Jay Bernardo

Ana Kristina Arce once again takes the spotlight as Health & Home, the Philippine’s longest running health magazine, chose the SDEAS Alumna and dedicated Deaf advocate to be the cover story for their May-June 2010 Issue.

Health and Home Associate Editor, Ms. Lucile Tañalas, together with Senior Writer, Ms. Melina Quiñones; Editorial Assistant, Mr. Neerlin Gilapay; and Chief Photographer, Mr. Roger Sabio sat with Ms. Ana Arce in an interview held in the Marketing Communications Office of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde last March 4.

To get a glimpse of Ana’s family and work life, as well as her school days when she was still a student, Mrs. Vilma Arce; Creative Services Unit Artist, Romeo Catap, Jr from MCO.; SDEAS Multimedia Arts Coordinator, Ms. Teresa Quintanilla; and SDEAS Communications Coordinator, Ms. Joyce Dalawampu; all joined Ana and the Health & Home Team during the said interview.

Please grab a copy of Health & Home this coming May.

For more information on Health & Home, visit: http://healthandhome.pphsda.com/

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