About Me

I am a member of the educational component. The objective of this component is to identify obstacles and eliminate them by offering solutions or alternatives to the problem. With the solutions, it also informs and raises awareness about education-related challenges that prevent individuals from enjoying meaningful lives. When selecting a barangay for our CBR program, we consider if the area has a stable internet signal, however our area has not fully regained its internal signal. I did not recommend our barangay, even knowing that there are many things we can do here. With that, my role was to help gather more information and data and collaborate with my groupmates.

I have to admit that the planning process was difficult for me because there were so many of us and it was difficult to communicate clearly with everyone. Information transmission can be perplexing at times, especially when changes are made. I'm aware that one issue that makes communication with everyone tough is that we're doing the planning online. I'm sure it would be easier to communicate and organize if it was done physically. Nevertheless, I appreciate how everyone did everything in their power and made any effort, despite the fact that we are all struggling. We were tasked to make a program proposal, our component made three program proposals. My group worked with the livelihood component, as our program was all about producing tote bags. Our plan was that the livelihood component will discuss ways on how parents can find livelihood opportunities, while our component would be assigned to handle the educating aspect of tote bag making. However, our suggestion did not end up being selected. The program "play to cope, learn to hope" was selected, with the goal of providing the E-Hope children with the opportunity to learn and apply the appropriate techniques for symptom and condition management that are learned and demonstrated through play activities. My role in the chosen program was to create a feedback form about how the program went. I was also a member of the financial committee, which was entrusted with calculating the program's budget and finding sponsors or soliciting in order to meet our target budget.

In conjunction with the program that was selected, we created a feedback form for the students, as well as the speaker. This is done so that we can determine whether or not the program was successful and identify the areas in which we need to make improvements. Also, someone asked if they could sponsor the snacks for the program. It helped a lot to cut down on the amount of money needed for the program. In comparison to the planning process, this has a smoother running procedure because everything is done methodically. I believe we were able to adapt and create a mechanism for relaying information in such a way that communication was no longer a struggle.

As part of the team that would create the feedback form, we added a form and adjusted some of the prior forms that we created. The feedback form was then scheduled to be facilitated online by me, but that was changed at the last minute because the facilitator on site would simply do it. We were unable to adhere to our timetable during the program's implementation since we had to wait for the children to be ready because they were exhausted from chemotherapy and others were resting or having a lunch break. While we waited, our assigned host created a last-minute game to entertain the audience; this is something I commend the hosts for because they truly made the audience enjoy themselves. The program was a success, and everyone, especially the children, had a good time. It was also delightful to watch them smile and participate in activities where they could not only have fun but also learn.

This course is unlike others in that it does not focus on various medical conditions and interventions that can be implemented, but rather on developing strategies that aim to improve the lives of people with disabilities (PWDs) in their community. What distinguishes it is that it focuses on a large number of people rather than just one. It does not only benefit one person, but it has the potential to benefit many people in the community. With that said, it is such an honoring feeling to be able to help, serve, and make an impact to a lot of people.

Throughout the various lessons that we learned and experienced from designing to implementing the CBR program, it made me understand a lot that it requires a lot of work and teamwork with everyone, as well as taking into account the various factors in the community, to make a CBR program successful. After the program was implemented, the instructors commended us, which gave us such a satisfying feeling, and offered some suggestions on how we could improve our CBR program the next time, but as a newbie, I am proud of everyone for being able to create and implement a CBR program. I am proud of and grateful to each of my team members, especially the group leaders who worked tirelessly to keep everything running smoothly.

Despite the fact that we were unable to fully experience community rehabilitation due to the covid-19 restriction regulation, I am grateful for the experience, which provided us with new learning and the opportunity to understand how to build and operate CBR programs. I also wanted to see the children at E-hope, but I was unable to do so due to some circumstances. If the opportunity to participate in a CBR program is presented to us in the future, I sincerely hope that I will be able to meet them, or other community and be able engage with them.