Kalinaw News: Region six youth leaders join Visayas-wide youth leadership summit

Posted to the Kalinaw News Website (Jul 7, 2021): Region six youth leaders join Visayas-wide youth leadership summit

CAMP HERNANDEZ, Dingle, Iloilo – Youth leaders from Panay and Guimaras Islands join the three-day Visayas-Wide Youth Leadership Summit 2021 organized by the Central Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines on 02 to 04 July 2021.

The leadership summit was participated by 50 youth leaders from 16 provinces in Visayas region. Of the 50 participants, 45 were from Cebu City, five from Region 6 who were consolidated at Camp Monteclaro, Miagao, Iloilo and joined the summit via virtual teleconferencing.

The Visayas-Wide YLS aims to sustain the contribution of youths as government’s active partners in nation-building. One of their activities during the summit is the crafting of a Youth Development Plan for the youth sector, particularly in making programs and projects for YFPD aligned with the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation.

The participants also presented their output to no less than the Members of the Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict from Regions 6,7 and 8 and the NTF-ELCAC led by USEC Lorraine Badoy.

Sangguniang Kabataan Federation Vice-President in the Province of Guimaras, Ms. Amelia Fe Adin said, “I am grateful for the full support given to us by the AFP for the three days and two nights of collaboration and planning. Inspired by our fellow youth leaders, we represented YFP-Region 6 in the presentation of our Youth Development Plan. All of us would agree that this was no easy task. Working with our fellow delegates through the online platform was a bit disheartening, but we were persistent to finish what we have started. Through this activity, we will always be reminded that the youth play a major role in nation-building. Team Uno of YFP Region 6 will always remember that plans are meant to be implemented and that the youth deserves to be heard.”

Also, Ms. Jennifer Buenavides, YLS President, Municipality of Tubungan, Province of Iloilo said, “For me, through this VWYLS, we were able to bring forth a new idea among the youth nowadays; that there’s still so much hope for us to achieve our common goal through voicing out our issues and concerns as well as our proposed plans, programs, and activities.”

BGen Marion Sison, Commander of the Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade congratulates all the youth for completing the 3-Day activity. “The youth is the hope of our nation. They need to be informed on the lies and deception of the communist terrorist group. They need to participate in peace and nation-building to encourage more youth to do the same,” BGen Sison said.

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