Just like the seedlings we planted in the first urban farm in Metro Manila, GK Selecta Village Farm, the youth was the best natural choice to plant a different set of seeds for the future.
The seeds of compassion, love for country, and love for neighbor isn't always automatic for today's youth who are either slumped into one corner playing their PS3s and WIIs, Ipods or PSPs.
The organic traits of youth for philantrophy and giving back needs nourishment and continued cultivation, watering and ensuring that weeds of bad habits don't creep in to destroy the crops of youthful nation-building.
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GK Youth Build was able to provide the same seeds to both the first and only urban farm in Metro Manila, but also to the Youth participants of the program.
We committed ourselves as early as 7:30 am to travel from Cubao to Cainta to be immersed in a day of urban farming. The produce, of course, is a source of livelihood for the nearby GK Village. The discipline of watering before 9am and another time before 4PM, can be likened to providing nourishment and consistent disciplining of our youth. Watering too much, or too late can be damaging, as in providing love too much spoils the child.
Moderation is always key.
5 comments:
Wow, looks you guys really did some hard work at the farm. Or baka photo op lang yan? :-)
Now you know -- "Magtanim ay di biro..." talaga. Nevertheless, you all look happy and having fun!
I guess now you can recite all the veggies in the song Bahay Kubo?
AWWWW i miss you canadians!!!! ;)
wait for our pics!! haha
hi michele: definitely not a photo op! but it was a great intro to working hard under the sun. after 2 other builds in Cavite and Marinduque, we have greater respect to people who work and are now heroes for our GK's ideals of Nation Building.
hi sheikha: we miss you too...but who are you? :) paramdam ka naman....
i'm so proud of your adventure! galing! galing! galing!
i cannot wait to hear the stories and see the pictures.
have a safe trip back to toronto!
maro
hi maro: don't worry, our bags are stuffed with a lot of them. those are the best pasalubongs that we can bring back...hope the 100 pics on this entry will do for now....thanks for the prayers and the greetings!
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