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UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS- COLLEGE OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES

libREHAB
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Meet our Partner Communities

And so begins a new school year! The ComDev Team of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences looks forward to a fruitful and relevant year of community service. Now, you might be wondering, where do these activities take place? Let me give you a short run down of the CRS Partner Communities. MISSIONARIES OF CHARITYHOME OF JOY The Missionaries of Charity- Home of Joy is located in Tayuman, Manila. Since 2006, CRS has been partnering with Sisters of this institution in providing Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and this year, Speech-Language Pathology for children with disabilities that they have taken under their care. Aside from these, the college provides Play and Leisure Activities for the children, as well as seminars and lectures for the Sisters and the Houseparents of the non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization owned and managed by the Little Work of Divine Providence Congregation founded by Saint Luigi Orione. Its aim is to serve the most poor, abandoned, neglected, surrendered persons with disabilities. Together with the college, we help train caregivers in the proper feeding and exercise of children with disabilities, splinting consultation and fabrication and provide play and leisure activities for the children.

institution. St. John of God Priory- Hospice of the Brothers of Mercy (Hospicio de San Juan de Dios) Run by the Brothers of Mercy, St. John of God Priory- Hospice of the Brothers of Mercy is an institution that helps adult males with mental health problems. The college partners with the Brothers in providing Neuro-Pyschiatric Consultations, Occupational Therapy, Pre-Vocational Skills Training in Vegetable Gardening and Wellness Physical Activities such as exercises and Tai-Chi. They are located in Brgy. Igulot, Bocaue, Bulacan.

Ursuline Sisters VMSDFI-CBR Program Located in Dona Carmen Subd., Fairview, Quezon City, the CommunityBased Rehabilitation Program of the Ursuline Sisters for children with special needs has been supported by the College through facilitation of activities that improves the capacities of the parents and volunteers; providing healthcare lectures for the mothers of children with special needs through exercises and seminars; and play, cognitive and communication skills activities for the children.

KASAMAKA CBR Foundation KASAMAKA is a non-government organization whose vision is a barrierfree society. They have been working closely with Disabled Peoples Organizations in Baranggay Singkamas, Baranggay San Isidro and Baranggay Sta. Cruz, Makati City. The partnership between KASAMAKA and the college aims to provide community-based rehabilitation programs, research and advocacy of the rights of persons with disability at the community and national levels. Their main office is located in Makati City.

Municipality of Abucay, Bataan The partnership between the Municipality of Abucay, Bataan (along with its 12 baranggays) and the college aims to bring community-based rehabilitation services to their community, promote health and wellness among the community members, co-creation of community health related researches and the advocacy of the rights of persons with disabilities.

Cottolengo Filipino Cottolengo Filipino, situated in Rodriguez, Rizal, is a religious private

St. John of God Elderly Tanglaw Buhay Gabay Kapalaran (Tanglaw Buhay) Representing the elderly sector, Tanglaw Buhay advocates for the rights of the elderly in the community. Alongside the College, we provide activities aimed at improving and/or maintaining their health and wellness. We conduct seminars and workshops on vital signs taking and monitoring, aerobic and dance exercises, health promotion lectures, and leisure activities. Their main headquarters is located in Hidalgo St., Quiapo, Manila.

We hope you take time to know our partner communities by visiting them this school year. Join a student org and experience the spirit of service and volunteerism, first hand. Enjoy the year ahead!!!

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Simbahayan Community Development Office Orientation Last July 4, 2013, the College of Rehabilitation Sciences was given an orientation to the new policies and guidelines of the Simbahayan Community Development Office. During the orientation, Assoc. Prof. Marielyn Quintana, Director of Simbahayan, stressed the importance of following the guidelines set by their office for a seamless application of community development project proposals by recognized student organizations. The orientation was attended by officers of the colleges student organizations, their respective faculty advisers, faculty members, administrative officials and alumni representative. Community Visits Last August 1, 2013, in order to better strengthen the ties between UST-CRS and its partner communities, the CD Team of the college scheduled visits to some of them. In preparation for the colleges Community Day, there is importance for a collaborative and cooperative relationship between the college and our partner communities to ensure the success of these activities. Composed of Mr. Ivan Neil Gomez, Ms. Roxanne Fernandez, Ms. Marilyn Chan and Ms. Catherine Escuadra, the CD Team paid a visit to the Ursuline Sisters CBR Program in Fairview, Quezon City; Cottolengo Filipino in Rodriguez, Rizal; and Tanglaw Buhay in Quiapo, Manila. Community Development Research Special Interest Group As part of the research agenda of the College, implemented by its research arm, the Center for Health Research and Movement Science, the Community Development Research Special Interest Group (ComDev SIG) aims to operate with community development and research at the core of its function, aligned with the Universitys thrust towards knowledge generation directed at empowering its partner communities. We seek to enhance, engage and empower the partner communities of the University and the College through the conscientious use of the best available evidence; conduct collaborative and community-focused program planning, development, monitoring and evaluation; creation of opportunities for the advocacy of persons with disabilities; promotion of health and wellness through innovative and context-sensitive programs that maximizes the level of function and quality of life of individuals, families and the community as a whole; active participation in the co-creation of knowledge; active involvement in the formulation of rehabilitation policies that inform and influence health towards catalyzing positive social change. Community development is the process of developing active, healthy and sustainable communities based on social justice, inclusion and mutual respect. It seeks to affect positive health and social change through community engagement, rehabilitation, participation and empowerment. As a research group, we aim to promote health and enable participation of individuals, groups and populations within the context of their communities. In order to realize this, the group engages in a variety of initiatives, including: Community-Involved Research. Research activities that involve addressing the underlying problems through capacity building, skills development and/or knowledge transfer. This is the first step towards the creation of community health and rehabilitation programs. The idea is for all community-involved researches to evolve into community-based or community-development types of researches. (Example: Recruitment of participants for clinical research which is not necessarily based on established needs in the community, nor aimed at community-level program development.)

Members of the UST-CRS Community attends the CD Orientation last July 4, 2013

Community-Based Research. Research activities that involve

members of the communities as participants, takes into consideration the context and is aimed towards either

Assoc. Prof. Marielyn Quintana, Director of UST Simbahayan CDO explains to UST-CRS the new policies and procedures of her office
UST-CRS Community Day 2013 Meeting The College Dean, Department Chairs and members of the Community Development Committee of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences convened to discuss about the up-coming Community Days of the college. Slated to be on August 27-28, 2013, the group discussed specific community development activities during these days. On the first day, August 27, student organizations of the college, supported by their respective faculty advisers will conduct activities with our partner communities and institutions: Missionaries of Charity, Ursuline Sisters CBR Program, Cottolengo Filipino, Hospicio de San Juan De Dios and KASAMAKA CBR Foundation. The following day, August 28, led by the college administrators, support staff, faculty members and students, the colleges Community Day will be brought to Abucay, Bataan. As our newest partner community, we solidify our partnership with the twelve baranggays of Abucay with an innovative and relevant community development activity dubbed as LIBREHAB. The UST-CRS Community Day 2013 theme will be: UST-CRS Bayanihan: Bayani sa Bayan ni Juan: Tungo sa Malusog, Pantay at Maunlad na Pamayanan.

the promotion of health or enablement of participation of individuals or groups. At this level, we address the concerns of vulnerable groups or sectors by creating local community programs. At the forefront are community-based and relevant health and rehabilitation services aimed at supporting the individual members of these groups or sectors. This type and level of research aims a barrier-free, accessible and quality community life engagement and participation. (Example: Community needs assessment, program development based on identified needs, program implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs.)

members of the communities as participants in various research

activities not directly related to, nor conducted in, the recognized partner communities of the college or university. The main aim of these type of researches is to bridge the gap between the individual and his/her immediate local community by

Community Development Research. Research activities whose main aim is towards population-level promotion of health and enablement of participation within the context of their communities. At this stage and level of research, preconceived paradigms are redirected and shifted at the context of the national community. The aims of this type of research is informing and influencing positive change in social ideologies, cultural values and sociopolitical structures. Directing effect from a top-down perspective, the ultimate outcome is a healthy community that is livable, sustainable and equitable. (Example: Research that deals with social justice, disability rights, primary healthcare, advocacy, national policies and law, promotion of

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community health participatory action equality.) and wellness, research and UST-CRS Bayanihan: Bayani sa Bayan ni Juan: Tungo sa Malusog, Pantay at Maunlad na Pamayanan Is Bayanihan still alive, or just a thing of the past? Are Bayanis still among our midst, or an archival artifact found in books? As ballsy as it may sound, the College of Rehabilitation Sciences resoundingly says NO! Bayanihan is a Filipino tradition where members of a community (Bayan) perform united communal work (Bayani) towards the accomplishment of task. The conventional representation is that of a group of townsfolk lifting, carrying and transferring a nipa hut (Filipino house) from one place to another. Each member of the community plays a particular role, whether in the actual transfer of the house, in the preparation prior to the transfer, or the fiesta to conclude the challenge. Considered as a community event, this occasion celebrates the Filipino spirit of cooperation, volunteerism and service. The word bayanihan has come to mean a communal spirit that makes seemingly impossible feats possible through the power of unity and cooperation. Borrowing concepts from Bayanihan, the community development activities of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences aimed directly at its partner communities and institutions empowers its members in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of community-based health and rehabilitation programs through effective community organization and involvement. This project solidifies the recently acknowledged partnership between UST-CRS and the Municipality of Abucay, Bataan. To mark its kick-off, the College prepares introductory and precipitating activities that will spark and maintain the interest of the community, as well as provide them with a glimpse of future projects to come. Furthermore, this is a good opportunity to test the waters on both side, and provide valuable insight to the possible strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats that will be taken into consideration in creating health and rehabilitation programs in the community in the future.

Integral to all these are the partner communities that dynamically collaborates with the group in defining, planning and implementing community development initiatives. By subjecting ourselves to continuous professional development, stakeholder and member checking, and self-reflective practices, the ComDev SIG seek to actively and equitably engage the partner communities in the social, medical, cultural, economic and political life of the communities. UST-CRS to Celebrate Community Days on August27-28, 2013. As part of our College week this school year, the College of Rehabilitation Sciences reflects back on its 39 years of service to the Filipino community by providing various community development activities with our partner communities.

katuwang na pamayanan at institusyon ng ating kolehiyo, ako na siguro ang naunang nag-kwestyon sa desisyon ito. Maka-ilang ulit akong nagnilaynilay sa trabahong aking papasukin. Inisip ko kung kaya ko bang pantayan ang mga naunang adhikain ng pamumuno na aking susundan. Kung tutuusin, ako na siguro ang huling taong maiiisip kong bibigyan ng ganyang responsibilidad. Aaminin kong sandamakmak ang kaartehan ko sa katawan. Abot-langit ang mga reklamo ko sa mga pangkaraniwang di kanais-nais na mga kundisyon. At ilang beses na rin ba akong nasabihang mataas ang ere at elitista? Nakakapagtaka lang, na ang mga bagay na yan mismo ang nagtulak sa akin na tanggapin ang hamong inilatag sa inyong abang lingkod. Ilang araw din akong nag-hanap at nag-isip ng mga dahilan upang lubusang pandayin ang desisyong aking kakaharapin. At ito ay isang pag-lalakbay na sumubok sa aking pagka-propesyunal at pagkatao. Sa proseso ng pagninilay, naapuhap ko, abay bakit nga ba kung saan-saan ako humahagilap ng rason? Bakit kailangan kong magampon ng mga ideyolohiya at pananaw na banyaga sa akin? Sadyang kung minsan, ang kasagutan ay di mo makikita sa hinaharap, bagkus nasa kaibuturan ng nakaraang lumilok sa ating pagkatao. Sa dinami-rami ng maari kong maging trabaho, bakit ko nga ba napili maging isang occupational therapist? At yaman din lamang nakapagtapos na ako noon, anong dahilan ang nagtulak sa akin sa pagtuturo? Ikaw, bakit ka nga ba nasa kolehiyong ito? Habang ang karamihan sa mga kaibigan mo ay nasa ibang bansa, nakuha mo talagang pumirmi dito sa atin? Baliw ka ba? Baliw ba ako? (Ito ay retorikal, kaya utang na loob wag mo na sagutin). Paglilingkod. Yan ang natatanging kasagutan. Dahil gusto kong mag-lingkod. Gusto

On August 27, 2013, student organizations lead the CRS Community Day alongside their faculty advisers. While the following day, August 28, 2013, Administrative Officials, Support Staff, Faculty Members and students of the college will go to the Municipality of Abucay in Bataan for libREHAB, a community development activity providing the community with sustainable health and rehabilitation programs.

EDITORYAL

The theme of this years Community Day is UST-CRS Bayanihan: Bayani sa Bayan ni Juan: Tungo sa Malusog, Pantay at Maunlad na Pamayanan.

Ang inyong abang lingkod...

Noong naatasan ako na pamunuan ang sangay ng mga gawaing pagpapaunlad ng mga

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kong tumanaw ng utang na loob sa bayan, pamayanan, kolehiyo, pamilya at mga kabigan kong naging dahilan ng aking pagkatao. At marahil, karamihan din sa mga bumabasa nito, sya ring tinututring na dahilan. Paglilingkod na minsan ay nakaka-gatol at nakaka-pagod na. Na minsan ay nakaka-init ulo dahil hindi ka naman napapahalagahan, bagkus tampulan pa ng pamumuna ng mga mapanuring mga mata. Na minsan kumakain na sa lahat ng iyong oras, at kahit pagpapagupit ng buhok o pagpaplantsa ng iyong damit ay di mo magawa. Na minsan ay siyang tanging tumatakbo sa iyong pag-iisip bago matulog, at hahabulin ka pa hanggang sa iyong mga panaginip. Na minsan, sa kagustuhan mong isulong ang pagkakapantaypantay, ay may masasagasaan kang mga taong di mahapayang gatang. At kadalasan, kahit sa harap ng pang-dudusta, pang-mamaliit, hirap at perwisyo, ay patuloy mo pa ring isinasabuhay. Walang ibang rason o matinong dahilan. Naglilingkod ka, dahil sa gusto mong maglingkod. Walang panghuhusga, bagkus mahinahong pagpapaalala. Tinangay tayo ng agos ng buhay sa posisyong ating kinatatayuan ngayon dahil minsan sa ating buhay, ay bumusilak ang birtud ng paglilingkod sa kapwa. Isang responsibilidad na ang tanging kabayarang iyong matatanggap ay ang makitang masaya ang sambayanang iyong pinaglilingkuran. Ako ay napapaalalahanan ng isang payong nabanggit sa akin di katagalan na. Magbigay ka raw hanggang sa masakit na (Give until it hurts). Ikaw kaibigan, gaano na ba kabigat ang paglilingkod na nagawa mo? Gaano na kasakit ang iyong naramdaman sa paglilinkurang naigawad mo sa iyong sambayanan? Marahil ay maari mong samahan ang iyong kolehiyo sa lubusang pagtuklas ng iyong kapasidad. Marahil ay maari kang maglaan ng isang araw sa iyong buong taon upang patunayan sa iyong sarili ang natatanging dahilan ng iyong pagkalagak sa kolehiyong ito. Marahil ay maari mong subukan ang hangganan ng iyong pagbibigay bilang isang tao. Marahil ay maari kang maglingkod. Marahil ay ngayon na. Community Development Committee SY 2013-2014
Meet the CD Team of our college. CD College Coordinator Ivan Neil B. Gomez Community Development Team Kris Anthony Agarao Bernardo Bonoan Marilyn Chan Joselito Diaz Catherine Escuadra Glenda Feliprada Paul Jurado Maria Georgina Mojica Paulin Grace Morato Fernando Pedrosa Karen Pineda Christian Rimando Lanie Vergara

gumagaan ang pasanin, kapag mas marami ang nagbubuhat. Sana ay kunin mo ang pagkakataong ito na maki-isa, makisalamuha, maki-bayani. Kung nais mong tumulong sa kung ano mang paraang kaya mo, mangyari lamang na makipag-ugnayan sa mga miyembro ng CD Tean ng ating kolehiyo. Pwede ka ring magmungkahi o lumiham at ipadala sa aming email: ustcrscomdev@yahoo.com. Hihintayin naming ang inyong pagsagot sa hamong ito.

Wanted: Bayani?

Hindi na lamang nakikita ang bayani sa pedestal o sa pahina ng mga librong pangkasaysayan. Ang mga makabagong bayani ay iyong makakasalamuha sa iyong pagsakay sa MRT, habang bumibili ka ng pananghalian, yung naglilinis ng silid-aralan sa iyong pag-uwi, nagbabantay ng mga gate ng iyong pamantasan, o di kayay yung taong nakatitig sayo pag harap mo sa salamin. Bawat isa sa atin ay may kakayahang makibahagi sa adhikain ng ating pamantasan at kolehiyo. Bawat isa ay maaring maging ka-bayani. Mas

Sa ating muling pagkikita sa mga pampayanang gawain, at sa susunod na edisyon ng libREHAB. Maraming salamat!

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