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The Gulayan Sa Paaralan Program: Addressing Current Adversities

The Gulayan sa Paaralan Program was started by the Mangayon Elementary School-Side 4 Extension to address issues like hunger, malnutrition, and child labor affecting students' education in the region. Through the program, students, parents, and the community are taught sustainable food production methods to achieve year-round food self-sufficiency and security. Produce from the vegetable gardens are used for the schools' feeding program and any surplus is sold or distributed, with proceeds funding educational materials. The program aims to be replicated in other schools to help address adversities impacting youth in the region.

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The Gulayan Sa Paaralan Program: Addressing Current Adversities

The Gulayan sa Paaralan Program was started by the Mangayon Elementary School-Side 4 Extension to address issues like hunger, malnutrition, and child labor affecting students' education in the region. Through the program, students, parents, and the community are taught sustainable food production methods to achieve year-round food self-sufficiency and security. Produce from the vegetable gardens are used for the schools' feeding program and any surplus is sold or distributed, with proceeds funding educational materials. The program aims to be replicated in other schools to help address adversities impacting youth in the region.

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The Gulayan sa Paaralan Program:

Addressing Current Adversities

The prevailing socio-economic condition of the regions in the


country has resulted into abject poverty. Its direct consequence
has affected the education of students who drop out of school
at alarming proportions. The reasons? Hunger and
malnutrition; and child labor – where parents compel their
children to earn a living. But what is crucial that can be
addressed immediately is health and nutrition as it affects their
academic performance.

In this regard, the Mangayon Elementary School-Side 4


Extension in Compostela East District, Division of Davao De Oro
is leading the way to create for the community a livelihood and
food security initiative that will hopefully neutralize the
devastating effect of the Covid -19 pandemic. We call it: “The
Gulayan sa Paaralan Program.”

The target area is home to the Matigsalog Tribe and identified


as one of the Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas
(GIDA) in the province of Davao De Oro. It is envisioned in its
newly-founded extension school that the Gulayan sa Paaralan
Program shall serve as a catalyst for change and progress
within the community. How?

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1. By educating the students, the parents, and the
community with methods of sustainable food
production such as vegetables and other food crops;
and
2. By boosting awareness among the young children of
Matigsalog Tribe on the significance of growing plants
and vegetables organically grown in plots and empty
containers for cost-effectiveness.

The expected results out of this concerted program are:


1. Year-round food self-sufficiency and security within the
tribe – and in their respective households
2. It fosters teamwork and cooperation in the community
3. Throughout its implementation, the school is able to
harvest significant produce primarily distributed to the
learners, parents and the rest of the tribe. This is like “a
community pantry” of sorts.
4. Any available surplus of vegetables is sold to the market
where (again) proceeds are converted to buy
educational materials for the students and the teachers.
5. Finally, the harvested vegetables are cooked for the
school’s feeding program.

The Gulayan sa Paaralan Program has started even before the


pandemic came about; whereby through the dedication of the

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Mangayon Elementary School administration, it saw to it that it
was high in their list of priorities. The school has initiated
several mapping activities to build linkages with stakeholders,
both internal and external, who can partake in the Gulayan sa
Paaralan Program. This has ensured the sustainability of the
program that has somehow inspired the members of the tribe
to fully commit in the maintenance and success of the
vegetable gardens. Likewise, partnership with government and
non-government agencies are supplementary measures taken
in order to help sustain the program.

Going beyond the aforementioned experience and significance,


Mangayon Elementary School Side 4 Extension is proud to
amplify the program which can be replicated to the other
schools in the Davao De Oro Division, and the rest of the
Region. Hopefully its remarkable benefits and results are viable
in addressing the adversities affecting our youth today.

Cristopher Bodiongan
MES-GPP Coordinator

Ivy G. Yee – Grajo, EdD


Principal, Mangayon Elementary School

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