GCC Scholarships as of November 26, 2013

Scholars #2, #5 and #6 were enrolled already for the second semester of SY2013-14.

Financial status as follows . . .

For scholar #2:
The special subject named Educational Tours and Seminars related to Jun Galolo's course B.S. Electricity did not push through.  The fee was supposed to be P5,700.
So before enrollment for this 2nd semester school year 2013-14, scholar #2 had an initial fund of P6,241.
To see previous history kindly click here.

Starting this 2nd semester SY2013-14, all expenses for Jun Galolo will be shouldered by the Gigaquit Civic Club.

For scholars #5 & #6:
At the end of the previous semester (1st sem SY2013-14), scholars #5 and #6 had a fund of P6,000.  Out of this amount, P4,000 was paid for their remaining balance.  The P2,000 amount left was used for their enrollment this 2nd semeter SY2013-14.
To see previous history kindly click here.

The amount of P4,500 donated last October 2013 will be reserved for scholars #5 and #6.
To see previous report on this, kindly click here.

Thanks again to kind-hearted Gigaquitnons who support our GCC Education "Excel Gigaquitnons" Advocacy - Scholarship Project!  We are hoping for your continued support!

Mabuhi an mga Gigaquitnons!

Posted by Steven Egay for the Gigaquit Civic Club 
November 26, 2013

GCC Scholar #2 Update as of September 15, 2013

Status of financial support to Scholar #2 under GCC Education "Excel Gigaquitnons" Advocacy - Scholarship Project.  As of September 15, 2013 . . .

For scholar #2, the Gigaquit Civic Club wish to thank the following for their support this September 2013:  

Donors/Donations:
Raymond Egay P 3,000
Celli Masuda  P 2,200
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Total               P5,200 Sept 2013 donations for scholar#2

The balance from non-tuition fee expenses of Jun Galolo so far as of September 15, 2013 is as follows:

                   P4,241

                    -3,200 less expenses on books, etc.

                   ----------

                   P 1,041  previous balance

                  + 5,200 September 2013 donations

                  -----------

                   P 6,241 Current Balance

Jun Galolo has a special subject named Educational Tours and Seminars related to his course B.S. Electricity.  The fee is P5,700 so the amount is ample enough for this.

For reference on the previous report on this matter, please click here

Mana Lileth Larong shoulder the tuition fee of P4,520.  The Gigaquit Civic Club on the other hand is taking care of the non-tuition fee expenses.

To our dear friends and kababayans, we continue to appeal for your support.  Please contact us at gccmediacom@live.com or gigaquitonline@gmail.com to coordinate with us.

Mabuhi an mga Gigaquitnons!

Posted by Steven Egay for the Gigaquit Civic Club

September 19, 2013

GCC Scholar #2 Update as of August 8, 2013

Status of financial support to Scholar #2 GCC Education "Excel Gigaquitnons" Advocacy - Scholarship Project

For scholar #2, the Gigaquit Civic Club wish to thank the following who answered our appeal for support last July 2013:  

Donors/Donations:
Elisa Llorca and Daday Adun P 3,032
MoBay  P 1,209
Total P 4,241

Mana Lileth Larong will shoulder the tuition fee.  The Gigaquit Civic Club on the other hand will take care of the non-tuition fee expenses.

For reference on the previous report on this matter, please click here

So far, the non-tuition expenses by GCC for Jun Galolo's 3rd year (SY2013~2014) - 1st semester (June ~ October 2013) is P3,200.  The donations amounting to P4,241 are enough to cover the total expenses as of August 8, 2013.

On the other hand, we still have several semesters and many expenses ahead.

To our dear friends and kababayans, we continue to appeal for your support.  Please contact us at gccmediacom@live.com or gigaquitonline@gmail.com to coordinate with us.

Mabuhi an mga Gigaquitnons! 

Posted by Steven Egay for the Gigaquit Civic Club

August 8, 2013

GCC Scholar #0002 Status as of July 31, 2013

Mr. Sulpicio "Jun" Galolo, the scholar #2 is under the guardianship of Mr. Lino Uzon and his wife, Councilor Fe Uzon. For reference please click here.

The donor shouldering all of his tuition fee including miscellaneous expenses is Mrs. Angela Larong Macasero also known to her friends as Lileth or Mana Lileth.  For reference, please click this >> An Angel to the Rescue

The Gigaquit Civic Club is very thankful to Mana Lileth for her support.  She shouldered the tution and miscellaneous fees amounting to at least P8,000 per semester (the details given to her by periodical liquidation) for Jun Galolo's below school periods:
1st year (SY2011~2012) - 1st semester June ~ October 2011

1st year (SY2011~2012) - 2nd semester November 2011 ~ March 2012

2nd year (SY2012~2013) - 1st semester June ~ October 2012

For 2nd year (SY2012~2013) - 2nd semester (November 2012 ~ March 2013), due to Mana Lileth's many commitments with various projects she shouldered the tuition fee of around P6,000 while the miscellaneous expenses were covered by the Gigaquit Civic Club from its proceeds of the Bowling Tournament last May 2013.  For reference, please click this >> GCC Bowl-A-Thon May 2013

Regarding Jun Galolo's 3rd year (SY2013~2014) - 1st semester (June ~ October 2013) schooling, Mana Lileth will still shoulder the tuition fee.  The Gigaquit Civic Club on the other hand will also shoulder the non-tuition fee expenses.

So far, the non-tuition expenses by GCC for Jun Galolo's 3rd year (SY2013~2014) - 1st semester (June ~ October 2013) are as follows:

Books                                              P2,000

Observation with training materials      P1,200

          TOTAL as of July 31, 2013       P3,200

Posted by Steven Egay for the Gigaquit Civic Club

August 6, 2013

GCC Scholar #0002 Enrolled for the Second Year at the SSCT

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
May 24, 2012

Mr. Jun Galolo, the scholar #2 was already enrolled two weeks at the Surigao State College of Technology.

The donor shouldering all of his tuition fee is Mrs. Angela Larong Macasero.

His guardians are Mr. Lino Uzon and his wife, Councilor Fe Uzon.

GCC Scholar #0002 Enrolled

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
November 8, 2011 

Mr. Jun Galolo, the scholar #2 is already enrolled but on provision only as he was not able to meet all the requirements to maintain his scholarship.  He has no failing grades though this first semester of his first year of schooling, and he showed tenacity to finish college.  Hence, he is given another chance to prove his capability this second semester.

The donor shouldering all of his tuition fee is Mrs. Angela Larong Macasero.
His guardians are Mr. Lino Uzon and his wife, Councilor Fe Uzon.

GCC Scholar#2: An Angel to the Rescue

Jun Galolo, the shy scholar.

Some Angels must be listening when some distress souls call.
Mrs. Angela Larong Macasero has answered the calls of the Gigaquit Civic Club for support. With a generous heart she committed to shoulder all the tuition fee and related expenses for Jun Galolo (GCC scholar #2) at least for the first semester of School Year 2011. She already sent an initial amount, proof that she is a woman of action not just of words.

Angela Larong

The Gigaquit Civic Club is hoping for more Angels to come.

Mabuhi an mga Gigaquitnons!


Posted by Steven Egay for the Gigaquit Civic Club

June 9, 2011

GCC Scholar # 2: Jun Galolo Enrolled at Surigao State College of Technology

Photo Source:  Mindanews

With kind financial support from some Gigaquitnons, Jun Galolo GCC scholar #2 was able to enrol at the Surigao State College of Technology last week of May, 2011

Jun Galolo in his new school.

The guardians: Mr. Lino Uzon and Mrs. Fe Uzon

Posted by Steven Egay for the Gigaquit Civic Club

June 3, 2011

Photo of the five applicants for GCC Scholarship #2

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
May 22, 2011

GCC Scholars finalists, seated front in light blue blouse, Merejoy B. Pecatoste GNSHI, San Isidro. in brown blouse Lucy F. Saiz GNSHI, Villafranca. back standing, pink shirt Sulpisio D. Galolo Jr. GNSHI Mahanub(GCC Scholar#2). in blue shirt, Jovani A. Ata SAI Villafranca. in yellow shirt, David E. Catindoy GNSHI Villafranca.

By Mr. Roy Pepino

GCC Scholar #0002 Selected

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
May 12, 2011

Reported by Mr. Roy Pepino, Head of the Screening Committee.

May 11, 2011

Good day my friends in GCC, we have completed the selection process of GCC Scholar #2 it's not a number anymore, his name is Sulpicio Galolo Jr. from Mahanub. He was selected from the final 3 which i presented to the guardian Mrs. Fe O. Uzon one of our town's Municipal Councilor.

Selection process was close, we have 14 applicants, 5 from SAI and 9 from GNSHI. Out of the 14 applicants, only 5 showed up for the interview and all 5 of them are similar, in family background, academic achievements 87.5 and up grades, economic situations. Any of them won't be able to attend College without some sort of financial assistance, and they all are ambition driven to attend college. Four of them are from outside poblacion barangays and they motorcycle fare everytime i ask them to meet me in town. Sometimes their fares borrowed from someone.


The remaining 4 of the 5 we interviewed, were the following:

1. Jovani Ata from Villafranca, salutatorian from SAI. He passed the seminarian exam but without a benefactor, he wont be admitted.

2. Merejoy B. Pecatoste of GNSHI, from Bangyag San Isidro. She is admitted to Marawi State University, technology curriculum. I have requested our Mayor to help her financial requirements and he will refer her to the Governor or to Congressman Romarate.

3. David E. Catindoy of GNSHI, from Duyos Villafranca, and like Merejoy he is admitted to Marawi State University, Baccalaureate curriculum, and also awaiting sponsorship from the Governor or Congressman.

4. Lucy Saiz of GNSHI, from Villafranca and is a working student throughout her high school. She, like Jovani are still awaiting any sponsorship in order to attend college.


We were not aware that the two MSU Examinees made enough score to be admitted until yesterday when i asked them to meet me in town in order to find out since i personally knew recent graduates from MSU and i asked them to make inquiries, and they found out that their names were on the list, so we inquired in school GN and at the post office and there they were since Feb. undelivered, and we ended up spending the whole day yesterday trying to find sponsors (they still need additional assistance as they are only partial scholars at MSU) until i thought about requesting the Mayor which took their names to the Governor and Congressman.

I will be going back to the two that has not have anything yet. Nobody will be left behind.

What i found out from this experience reinforced what i have felt for over ten years now since i came home. If you open yourself to your community, you will find a purpose in life far greater than you could imagine. We are talking about the future of our youth, our Gigaquit, nation and ourselves. What could be greater than that? If your measure of wealth is by how much you share yourself to others, then you feel what i felt.

Sometime next week before they will start on their new journey, i will be posting their picture here.

Thank you so much for the opportunity, it was such a pleasure.


P.S.
The Gigaquit Civic Club wish to thank Mr. Roy Pepino and the other members of the committee, Mrs. Teresita Natad and Mr Rudy Nasi.

Also for the recommendations and advices of Mrs. Eliza Escabal of GNSHI and Mr. Nickson Buctuan of SAI.

All of them made this process successful.

This is only a start. GCC will keep you posted on future updates regarding Scholar#2.

GCC Scholarship #0002 / Guardians

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
March 19, 2011

We wish to thank Mr. Lino and Mrs. Fe Uzon for accepting the challenge of becoming the guardian of our GCC Scholar #0002. We also thank the efforts of our GCC counterparts in Gigaquit Town, especially Mr. Roy Pepino for facilitating the search of guardians and currently in the screening process of candidate scholars.

We still have a lot of work to do in the coming days.

To all our beloved Gigaquitnons, we hope that you will also extend financial support for our GCC Scholar #2 in the same way that you have been supporting our GCC Scholar #1

Mabuhi an Gigaquitnons!

Applicants for GCC Scholarship # 0002

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
March 16, 2011

Applicants for GCC Scholarship #2 -

Gigaquit Civic Club "Operation Tabang Paeskuyla" # 0002

Posted by Steven Egay

For Gigaquit Civic Club
December 13, 2010

Please note "socialized scholarship" inin ato dili kun "academic scholarship". Socialized scholarship ini sidja kay an main objective is poverty alleviation. Sa academic scholarship, regardless kun datu o pobre an estudyante basta high scholastic achiever pwede. Sa GCC scholarship mga gikan ra sa mga pobre na pamilya an moqualify.



Phase 1
(selection nan guardian)

Timetable: Whole month December 2010

Qualification nan guardian? Basic ra . . . anybody of good moral character and a model Filipino citizen. Priority Gigaquitnon ra sab. Pero pwede bisan dili kun way Gigaquitnon na makita.

An guardian will determine the courses, schools and location that he/she wishes to sponsor . . . depende sa idja circumstances and financial capability.

2 ka klase na guardians: An una Guardian Full tapos an ikaduha Guardian Partial. An pasabot sa Guardian Full idja tanan pati expenses sa tuition, miscellaneous, etc. An Guardian Partial basically idja guihapon an bayay sanan food pero sa tuition and other related expenses, an GCC na an maghanap nan donors na makatabang sa expenses.

Preferably an scholar live in the same house nan guardian. Iklaro nato na dili senorito/senorita an scholar. Kinahanglan motabang sab sidja sa bayay or activities nan idja guardian "for as long as dili maapektuhan... an pageskuyla". An basic difference sa masugo na tagpaeskuyla sanan sa inin ato foster-parent scholarship kay an masugo part-time student ra . . . an household chores an idja priority, while an GCC scholar fulltime student tapos part-time ra tabang sa guardian.


Phase 2
(screening nan student candidates for scholarship)

Timetable: January ~March 2011

All scholarship applicants shall undergo a comprehensive process of selection.
The criteria are the following:
- Very less fortunate (verified in terms of household income)
- By character
- By grading system

An student candidates selection is a 3-filter process.

FIRST Filter: An selection committee na an members Gigaquit-based magrecommend sa GCC nan at least 5 candidates for every slot, as much as possible.

SECOND Filter: AN GCC will cut down the list of finalists to only 3 for every slot

THIRD Filter: An guardian na hintungdan amoy mamili among the finalists kun sin-uy idja kaganahan. If possible, idja istoryahon an kada isa by mobile phone. Importante na magkasinabot sanan comfortable with each other an guardian sanan an tagpili na scholar.


OTHERS:
Enrollment: April~May 2011
Schooling : starting June 2011