INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS VISIT CESDEV

The Community Extension Services and Development (CESDEV) of the College of Nursing of UC Banilad received international volunteers who wished to know more about UC Nursing CESDEV.

These foreigners were on the Volunteer Program Development and Management on Social Leadership Development course in the South East Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (SEARSOLIN).

Their tasks during the visit were (1) to understand the different aspects and features of volunteering and define for their respective organization their own rationale and goal for a volunteer program (2) identify priority-focus, workable structure, systems, policies and practical mechanism to aid in operating the program and (3) to design and present a development action for running a Volunteer Program (mini-thesis).

The international volunteers come from Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, India, South Africa, Nepal, and Philippines.

Mr. Ronaldo Quitco, UC Nursing CESDEV Internal Affairs Coordinator, presented the Mission, Vission, Goals, and Objectives of UC Nursing CESDEV.

Also presented were the programs and activities of UC Nursing CESDEV. The international volunteers were also interested to know about the recruitment and retention processes utilized by CESDEV.

Presenting the Certificates of Appreciation to the international volunteers were Mrs. Jocelyn Antiporta-Lim, the Overall Coordinator for UC Nursing CESDEV, and Mr. Mars Mandal, the Director for Students' Affairs of UC Banilad.