PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY

The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in Cavite II el Viejo (now Kawit), Cavite, Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of Independence, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain, which had been recently defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

In the presence of a huge crowd, independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite at the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo some 30 kilometers South of Manila . The event saw the unfurling of the National Flag of the Philippines, made in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo, and Delfina Herboza, and the performance of the Marcha Filipina Magdalo, as the Nation's National Anthem, now known as Lupang Hinirang, which was composed by Julián Felipe and played by the San Francisco de Malabon marching band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Declaration_of_Independence

HAPPY THREE!

Today marks the 3rd year of existence of the online publication of Community Extension Services and Development of the College of Nursing of UC Banilad

www.cesdev.co.cc

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

CLEAN-UP THE WORLD ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED GLOBAL ACTIVITY REPORT

In support of World Environment Day (WED) 2010, Clean Up the World launched their global Activity Report, highlighting the reach of the campaign in the Philippines and around the world, and signifying the strength of partnerships in achieving positive impacts on the environment.

The report summaries the environmental achievements of its global participants such as CESDEV-Nursing in 2009, and recognises the importance of partners in achieving the Clean Up the World mission to “clean up, fix up and conserve our environment”.

“World Environment Day is about advocating partnerships and this report demonstrates that the best environmental results come through building strong alliances. We partner with the United Nations Environment Programme on a global level and communities and organisations at a local level to protect the environment for current and future generations,” said Ian Kiernan AO*, Chairman and Founder of Clean Up the World.

The Clean Up the World campaign is a year-round operation with a celebratory weekend held each September. Last year over 800 organisations around the world including the Community Extension Service and Developemnt of the College of Nursing of University of Cebu-Banilad, mobilising an estimated 35 million volunteers in 124 countries, took part - the highest participation in the campaign’s history.

Clean Up the World Weekend will be held on 17 – 19 September 2010. In support of the United Nation’s 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, Clean Up the World is encouraging its participants across the globe to conduct environmental activities with a focus on protecting biodiversity in their communities.

LETTER FROM CLEAN-UP THE WORLD ORGANIZATION

Dear Ronaldo from University of Cebu, Banilad Campus, College of Nursing - Community Extension Services and Development (CESDEV),

Thank you for your group's participation in Clean Up the World in 2009.

Our team is pleased to advise that the Clean Up the World Activity Report 2009 is available for viewing and downloading in English. This report will be officially launched for World Environment Day. Your group may wish to promote its release in local newsletters, websites and media. Please do so on or following June 4.

To assist you profile your participation in Clean Up the World in 2009 – we have created a template Activity Report media release. Just add information about your group and distribute.

Importantly, please share this report and link with your group, volunteers and supporters and allow us to join you in congratulating them on their contribution to the global campaign last year and encouraging them to participate again this year. It contains a message by our Founder, Ian Kiernan AO.

A special thanks goes to you, who in your role as contact person for your group provides such a valuable link between Clean Up the World and your group. We greatly appreciate your efforts to support and promote participation in the campaign in your communities and to provide feedback to us of your activities – especially if you completed the Member Activity Report.

And on behalf of all Clean Up the World participants we would like to thank our 2009 Partners without which the campaign simply would not have been able to operate - The United Nations Environment Programme, Brambles, Qantas, the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Armor and Marriott International, Inc.

2009 was indeed an incredible year for Clean Up the World but with your ongoing support and participation – 2010 will be even greater.

All the best for World Environment Day,
The Clean Up the World team

TO THE NEWLY-CAPPED AND BADGED STUDENT NURSES OF UC BANILAD ...

THE HOUSE OF 1000 MIRRORS

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.

When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

THE WONDER OF WONDERING WHY

WHAT'S THE WORTH?

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: 5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: 1.00
For going to the store for you: 0.50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: 0.25
Taking out the garbage: 1.00
For getting a good report card: 5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: 2.00
Total: 14.75

His mother picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you while you inside me: No Charge
For all the nights that I've sat up with you: No Charge

For everyday that I doctored and prayed for you: No Charge
For all the trying times: No Charge
For all the nights filled with worries: No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes: No Charge

For wiping your nose and face: No Charge
Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAWN!

TURN OFF THE LIGHT

Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We're all the same size
When we turn off the light.

Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We're all worth the same
When we turn off the light.

Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.

So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light!