With the aim to champion the cause of Filipino children focusing on mental well-being, ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc., in collaboration with Sorsogon State University (SorSU), Argao Psych, and Good Neighbors International Philippines, through its Bantay Bata 163 along Project MIND (Mental Health Intervention for Children in Need/Affected by Disasters), successfully spearheaded its Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to SorSU – College of Teacher Education and Midwifery (CoTEdM) students, last September 13, 2023, at SorSU Social Hall, Sorsogon City Campus.
Dr. Telesforo D. Escoto (Campus Director, Sorsogon City Campus), in his message, emphasized that students participating in the said training imply a significant step towards breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and building a more empathetic society.
“𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘢 163, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩.
𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙨. Remember, your role as an extensionist extends far beyond this program. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚.
Relatively, the activity intended to train, capacitate, and empower students and faculty members toward becoming a part of the Project MIND Network volunteer service providers for mental health intervention as well as psychological/psychosocial support. The one-day program comprised lectures/talk sessions on 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘪𝘥), 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘏𝘗𝘚𝘚 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, among others; sharings, discussions, group activities, and the simulation of MHPSS Provision with the supervision of Bantay Bata 163 and Argao Psych Team.
Ms. Levi Grace Ambon-Rota (Program Head, ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. – Bantay Bata 163) provided the closing remarks of the one-day training program.
Notably, the 65 SorSU-CoTEd volunteer-participants, headed by Dr. Alfonso L. Garcia, Jr. (Dean, CoTEdM) alongside SorSU-CoTEdM professors/instructors, visited Prieto Diaz National High School and Manlabong National High School on September 14, 2023. With the assistance and expertise of the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. Team, the volunteer-participants successfully provided psychological first aid to children at risk and their respective parents as a practical application of what they had learned and undergone during their Mental Health and Psychological Support Services (MHPSS) Training and Provision, with Dr. Renz Christian Argao, alongside his team from Argao Psych and the Bantay Bata 163 personnel. Prof. Jackielyne M. Bosquillos (Program Chair, BEED/BSNEd) was one of the focal persons in this collaborative advocacy among Bantay Bata 163’s Project MIND, Argao Psych, Good Neighbors International Philippines, and SorSU-College of Teacher Education and Midwifery (CoTEdM). (SorSU PIO)
