About Scholars

How the Scholars of Lao Foundation are contributing to the enrichment of their community

Unlike most students their age, Leo and Isaiah have already mapped a vision of the future in their heads.

Leo Samarita knew at a very young age that he was destined to become a breadwinner. The eldest son of a sari-sari store owner and a canvasser, Leo has taken to delivering fresh vegetables to the market at the crack of dawn, peddling balut until the late hours of the evening, all while attending classes in the hours between. His weekends are a routine of odd jobs and errands to make ends meet. Leo’s empty hours on the weekends are spent writing homework and studying for exams, and he keeps only a couple of hours for sleep before rising to another day of back-breaking work and rigorous study.

As part of the vision to contribute in alleviating poverty across all regions of the Philippines, Dualtech Center, through the effort of the Community Relations Office and Partners and Programs Office, welcomed about 30 coordinators from Bohol, Cebu, and Davao last November 8-10, 2018.

Participants, majority of whom are affiliated with the Department of Education, had undergone Dualtech 101, a seminar- workshop and immersion specially designed to introduce Dualtech Center and its adopted dual- training system, life skills and work values for Visayas and Mindanao community representatives.

On May 05, Hon. Mayor Mryna Mondejar from the Municipality of Veruela, Agusan Del Sur was the Guest of Honor and Speaker in Dualtech’s Commencement Exercises. This occasion also had guests and donors of the Dualtech Cafeteria which was inaugurated on the same day.

About 100 graduates received their diploma in Electromechanics Technology. Mr. Mark Joelou Catan from Tayabas Quezon represented the batch with his message of asking for God’s perfect time so their dreams may come into reality.

The Department of Education requires each Grade 12 student to attend 80 hours of company and workshop program as partial requirement in fulfilling their senior high school. This may be compared to on the job training or in-plant training. The students and the school do not have the time and resources to look for companies where these students can train. Dualtech was requested by some schools to provide such opportunity.

Dualtech students helped care for the Aged in Calamba City

Dualtech students assisted Bahay ni Maria in Brgy. Sampiruhan, Calamba Laguna in August 2016. This home for the aged is managed by the Missionary of Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima for the abandoned elderly and children with special needs.

Edukasyon ang tanging sandata upang malabanan natin ang kahirapan, mga habilin ng isang ina na puno ng pagmamahal at pangarap sa kanyang anak. Ito ang naging baon ko sa pagpasok sa DUALTECH. Malaki ang kaibahan ng Dualtech sa paaralan na pinasukan ko noong highschool, sa Dualtech itinuturo kung paano naisasabuhay ang magagandang katangian o “virtues” at tinutulungan ang mga mag-aaral na magpasya ng angkop na solusyon sa mga suliranin sa buhay man o sa hanap-buhay. -- MARK L. MEDALLA | Batch Representative, Trained and Employed at Nestle Philippines, Inc.