Invitation to volunteer in Gawad Kalingaโs Bayani Challenge as one Team Ateneo
15 May 2023
WHAT IS BAYANI CHALLENGE?
Bayani Challenge (BC) is the biggest annual gathering of volunteers in the country. Spearheaded by Gawad Kalinga as a national unified response to the mission of poverty eradication, hundreds of volunteers gather in various locations nationwide to perform acts of selfless service for the poorest of the poor in their communities. BC happens yearly on April 9 (Day of Valor) lasting until June 12 (Day of Independence).
This event started back in 2006 when Team GK called for a disaster response and rebuilding operation for the landslide that happened in Pinutan, Southern Leyte. Overwhelmed by the massive response and turnout of concerned citizens from all over the country, GK decided to turn it into an annual volunteerism event that will spark the spirit of heroism in each and every Filipino. Seventeen years later, BC still continues to ignite the spirit of solidarity and compassion for the least among us.
We encourage the Ateneo community to volunteer as one at Cabiao, Nueva Ecija from June 8 to 12, 2023. As part of team Ateneo, volunteers can expect to participate in activities that range from house builds, school refurbishing, feeding, set-up of community food farms, health trainings, clean-up drives, and the like.
On June 8, an opening ceremony will mark the official start of activities. After almost a full week of community service, the volunteers gather to celebrate their hard work and camaraderie by sharing songs, stories, and dance moves with the commemorative "Unity Dance". With full hearts and a renewed commitment to nation-building, BC volunteers can attest to this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Bayani Challenge is also a venue to create stronger local multi-stakeholder partnerships where LGUs, schools, corporate partners and private groups can have a chance to work together on shared projects that address the different forms of poverty in their community.
With this year's theme "Tataya Para sa Bayan", GK Executive Director Dan Bercasio, calls on the youth who are the nation's future hope-bearers, to make a stand for their country now.
"๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ถ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข-๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐ข, ๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ญ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ-๐ข๐ด๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต." - ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ
VOLUNTEER AS ONE TEAM ATENEO
SInce the early years of Bayani Challenge, Ateneo has been sending a team composed of students, employees, alumni, and community members from our partner communities. The multitude of sharings, encounters, learnings and volunteer experiences throughout the event has made a lasting impact to every participant that most have been thankful for being a part of Bayani Challenge.
This year, Gawad Kalinga Ateneo, invites you to join us as we participate with our fellow nation-builders in this week-long event filled with the mission and inspiration of volunteerism.
For those who are interested to know more about Bayani Challenge and how to be a part of this national volunteerism event, we encourage you to coordinate with Paolo Inting of Gawad Kalinga Ateneo either through e-mail (pinting@ateneo.edu) or through mobile (09173679789).
We look forward to volunteering with you!
Walang Iwanan!