{"id":11780,"date":"2017-01-07T18:02:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T10:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=11780"},"modified":"2017-01-05T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T10:07:56","slug":"two-community-volunteers-awarded-as-2016-national-outstanding-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/01\/07\/two-community-volunteers-awarded-as-2016-national-outstanding-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Two community volunteers awarded as \u20182016 National Outstanding Volunteers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two community volunteers were recently recognized and awarded as 2016 National Outstanding Volunteers by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA).<\/p>\n

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GUSANAN AND HOMAN. Two community volunteers who received national awards. Image grabbed from Rappler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) received Special Citation in Volunteerism for their 50-year volunteer program in the country. It is also the volunteer arm of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<\/p>\n

These two volunteers namely Marcelo L. Gusanan a B\u2019laan leader and farmer from Sultan Kudarat, and educator Ryan Homan won in the adult and youth category respectively.<\/p>\n

Gusanan is part of the B\u2019laan tribe, an indigenous tribe from Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. According to Rappler, he worked as a leader and volunteer of Kapit-Bisig sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) which manages community projects in their place.On the other hand, Ryan Homan is recognized for his initiatives in teaching children to read onboard a bamboo raft through \u201cBalsa Basa ,\u201d in Donsol, Sorsogon.<\/p>\n

The event was held in Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Quezon City, where six volunteers and 3 volunteer service organizations from different places in the Philippines were recognized by the PNVSCA.<\/p>\n

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