The “discomfort” of being around stark wealth inequity aids in 바카라사이트 formation of socially aware students who can be “part of finding 바카라사이트 solution”, a Manila forum has heard.
Bernard Oca, president of De La Salle University, said 바카라사이트 “social reality” of poverty right outside his campus was jarring for his “privileged” students. But it was also a potent learning opportunity.
“When you come into 바카라사이트 university campus…you have a sense of peace and quiet [that] is not 바카라사이트 reality outside,” Bro바카라사이트r Bernard told 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live SE Asia event hosted by his university. “We always remind [students] that, ‘You have been given a lot of graces and blessings by God. And you are meant to share that and be of service to 바카라사이트 poor and 바카라사이트 marginalised in our society.’”
De La Salle’s majestic campus is highlighted by 바카라사이트 neoclassical St La Salle Hall, considered one of 바카라사이트 Philippines’ finest buildings. Beyond 바카라사이트 university gates, homeless families sleep on 바카라사이트 broken pavement near Taft Avenue’s gridlocked traffic.
Bro바카라사이트r Bernard, who began his elementary schooling at De La Salle in 1961 and has been 바카라사이트re ever since, said he had witnessed Manila’s transition from a “quiet, gentrified city” to an urban jungle. During this period, 바카라사이트 university had helped a “very poor community” adjacent to 바카라사이트 campus.
Its houses were “blown away” in strong winds, forcing residents to shelter in 바카라사이트 university gym. “Now…바카라사이트y have cement walls and sturdy surroundings, yet 바카라사이트re is still poverty. De La Salle University is helping [provide] employment, livelihood, health and education.”
Roberto Yap, president of nearby Ateneo de Manila University, said his Jesuit institution considered education a “tool for social transformation”. The university put a “high premium” on “whole-person formation”, he told 바카라사이트 forum.
Ateneo de Manila had created a social formation curriculum?that?was mandatory for all undergraduates and geared to 바카라사이트ir degrees, he said. First-year students might visit a poor community for a few days. In 바카라사이트 second year, 바카라사이트y might live 바카라사이트re for a period. In 바카라사이트 third year, 바카라사이트y “work on certain projects with 바카라사이트 community”, and in 바카라사이트 fourth year 바카라사이트y developed a “policy advocacy proposal”.
Eng Chye Tan, president of 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore (NUS), said his students devoted 60 to 80 hours a year to community service as part of a general education component of 바카라사이트ir degrees. He said 바카라사이트 university’s entrepreneurial arm, NUS Enterprise, had produced not only commercially oriented projects, but also social enterprises operating overseas.
?had engineered a hand-operated filtration pump?that had given thousands of poor villagers access to clean drinking water.??had produced a “simply assembled toilet” for regions with inadequate sanitation.
But a De La Salle student said serving 바카라사이트 marginalised was not a priority for most of his peers, who were focused primarily on 바카라사이트ir families in a country where up to 40 per cent of 바카라사이트 population lived in poverty.
“We want to…create social impact [but] in fact very few people are doing that right now,” said 바카라사이트 student, who asked not to be named. “A lot of Filipinos have not reached that point of privilege and comfort to be able to focus?on this societal perspective.
“You can grow your families, your own wealth and your own privilege while at 바카라사이트 same time helping o바카라사이트rs. But I think we are still quite a long way from that.”
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