Iloilo mangrove project gets grants
CHEd University of the Philippines Visayas students pose with UP officials and a mock check of their capstone grant for their Balik-Bacauan: A Community-Led Mangrove Rehabilitation Project.
Photograph courtesy of Jun Madrid/UPS-MCO
Two Sustainable Development Goal-aligned mangrove projects pitched by University of the Philippines student organizations each received P50,000 grant and seed funding during the first-ever Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City last 12 to 13 March.
The projects are the Balik-Bacauan: A Community-Led Mangrove Rehabilitation Project in Barangay Bacauan, Miagao, Iloilo from UP Visayas, and Project BAKHAW: Building Awareness, Knowledge, Holistic Action, and Welfare for Mangrove Sustainability from UP Los Baños.
Organized by the UP Office of the President through the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Office of Student Development Services, in partnership with UP-CIFAL Philippines and the UP Asian Center, the summit aimed to strengthen student leaders’ understanding of sustainable development, equip them with practical and actionable skills, and promote collaboration in implementing grassroots initiatives within their communities.