PAHRODP- ICSP 2 Scholars Planting variety of fruit and hardwood trees at BLMI Compound

PAHRODF-ICSP 2 Scholars Plant Trees at BLMI Compound

• Jan 2, 2018
• Morasil Salam
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SIMUAY, SULTAN KUDARAT, MAGUINDANAO- The Moro People are not just warriors or peace workers, but also environmentalists. This is a reality nowadays.

Some Moro youth, and one migrant settler youth who were endorsed by the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI) as scholars under the Australian Government funded Philippines-Australia Human Resource and Organizational Development Facility for In-Country Scholarship Program 2 (PAHRODF-ICSP 2) planted edible fruits seedlings such as mango, durian, rambutan, cacao, and coconut on December 30, 2017 at BLMI-owned vacant lot in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. 

They also planted hardwood trees like Molave, Mahogany, and Acacia.  

“Trees can benefit us, and the next generation. They can be a source of charity where people, birds, and animals may eat their fruits, and tired people may rest under the shed of trees. They can help in the development of environment, and the community”, emphasized BLMI Executive Director Mahmod S. Ahmad.

“Planting more trees, and caring them continuously is the most effective way of preserving, and sustaining the environment”, said Norhamen Abdulkadir, ICSP 2 scholar. 

After planting trees, the scholars shared updates on the development of their thesis proposals, and REAPs about agriculture and economic sustainable development, ARMM health status, family planning in the Bangsamoro community, participatory governance, LGU participation in the Peace Process between the Government of the Philippines, and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, social transformation strategy, sanitation in Islam, and Islamic Banking System incorporating co-ownership.

The BLMI endorsed scholars are presently enrolled in prominent universities in Mindanao, and in Metro Manila.

Ahmad told them that BLMI can be a channel to implement their re-entry action plan (REAP) in the community.

The REAP is a unique feature of the Australia Awards Scholarships and PAHRODF interventions in the Philippines. It is a mechanism that enables returning scholars and intervention participants to apply what they learned, implement better work processes, improve their organization’s effectiveness, and ultimately contribute to the development in the Philippines. The REAP outlines a change initiative in which learners will use their new or enhanced competencies to address a real problem or opportunity in their workplace. It is implemented within one or two years after a learning intervention and is monitored.

The REAP addresses the challenge of translating learning into tangible improvements in an organization. It bridges not only the gap between the classroom and the workplace but more importantly, it links the acquisition and use of competencies at the individual level to the achievement of organizational outcomes.

Australia Awards Scholarships is an international development scholarship scheme of the Australian government with the goal of developing leadership and building partnerships and enduring linkages between Australia and its partner developing countries including the Philippines. The program is designed to provide high-achieving Filipino development leaders with the opportunity to pursue master’s degrees in Australia’s premier academic institutions. In the Philippines, this is administered by the Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through P Australia Awards Scholarships is an international development scholarship scheme of the Australian government with the goal of developing leadership and building partnerships and enduring linkages between Australia and its partner developing countries including the Philippines. The program is designed to provide high-achieving Filipino development leaders with the opportunity to pursue master’s degrees in Australia’s premier academic institutions. In the Philippines, this is administered by the Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through PAHRODF.

The scholarships are open to individuals, from public or private sectors, planning to pursue studies in the following priority areas: basic education; social protection/welfare; peace and development; public financial management; disaster risk reduction and management; organizational development/human resource management and development; trade and economic development; foreign relations; governance; and, mining and mining-related fields.

The scholarships are open to individuals, from public or private sectors, planning to pursue studies in the following priority areas: basic education; social protection/welfare; peace and development; public financial management; disaster risk reduction and management; organisational development/human resource management and development; trade and economic development; foreign relations; governance; and, mining and mining-related fields.

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