The US Peace Corps recently trained students from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System to develop sustainable climate solutions for their schools and communities.
THE United States Peace Corps recently trained students from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) System for planning and implementing sustainable, science-driven climate solutions in their schools and communities. During the “Building Student Volunteer Leaders for Climate Change Initiatives” workshop last month in Iloilo City, 36 students from PSHS campuses nationwide trained on conceptualizing, planning and prototyping climate-change solutions.
They are expected to implement these projects following consultations with their local communities, exemplifying volunteerism and the role youth can play in the fight against disruptive effects of climate uncertainties. Funded by the US Agency for International Development and co-facilitated by climate-change expert-facilitators from “SEED4COM,” the training was part of the US Peace Corps’ broader commitment in addressing global climate challenges by collaborating with host country-partners and integrating climate-change adaptation in USAID’s program and training activities. “We are partnering with the PSHS System to tap the potential of STEM education when applied to climate action,” said Country Director Marguerite Roy of the Peace Corps. “I am excited to see… participating students others to become agents of change.” Student-participants, together with 16 PSHS System faculty members, eight Peace Corps volunteers and their work partners, also had discussions and field visits to local climate resilience projects: the Leganes Integrated Katunggan EcoPark, Climate Field School, and Orchard Valley Farm to deepen their knowledge on climate change, biodiversity conservation, disaster-risk reduction and volunteerism. “This program provides a structured framework for advocacy, which will be incorporated in our climate action plan,” said Executive Director Ronnalee Orteza of the PSHS System. For him, youth involvement is key: “We cannot afford to wait until it’s too lat
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