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BFO Center and Training Institute Accomplishments

Year 2006

2nd Ka Blas Ople Golf Cup February

  • A fund raising project to support the Blas F. Ople Scholarship program

Blas F. Ople-Plaridel Scholarship Program

A scholarship program administered by the Samahang Plaridel, an organization of senior and respected journalists.

Supported scholars from 5 schools namely, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, University of the Philippines, University of Sto. Tomas, Lyceum of the Philippines and Pamantasan ng Lunsod ng Maynila. These scholars are taking up Journalism.

    • PLM : Rommel C. Lontayao, Grace R. Nartates

    • UP : Emmanuel Kenneth G. Lozada

    • Lyceum: Verniece T. Zamora

    • PUP : Katherine May L. Del Rosario, Natanya T. Nono

Ople Shoes Project

An initiative of Ople Center President Susan V. Ople. The inspiration from this project sprung from an anecdote of the late Blas F. Ople. When Ka Blas graduated from High School as a valedictorian, they were so poor that they had to borrow from a well-off relative a pair of shoes just so he can wear one. The borrowed shoes was so ill fitting but he still had to wear them because he hasn’t got a single pair of shoes.

  • The project began in July 2006 with an initial beneficiary of 20 school children in Hagonoy and Paombong in Bulacan.

  • The program was featured in the front page of Phillipine Daily Inquirer’s Christmas Day 2006 issue.

(attached are the lists of beneficiaries)

Year 2007

1st Ka Blas F. Ople Commemorative Jobs Fair February

  • We facilitated the job application of about 1 thousand job applicants.

  • We were able to secure foreign/local employment to 24 applicants.

  • Fund raising to support the scholarship program

Scholarship Grants

One scholar, Rommel Lantayao, already graduated.

Ople Shoes Project

  • By far, we have given away more than a hundred pairs of shoes to indigent student from Hagonoy, Paombong, San Rafael, Calumpit Bulacan. We have pending request from schools in Bacolod, Ilocor sur, Naga City etc.

  • We also gave away 30 pairs of shoes to children at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center, as well as students living in various relocation sites in Bulacan.

OFW Assistance

  • Facilitated the repatriation of 6 distressed OFWs from Syria.

    • Alice Reyes

    • Radie Lyn Bucad

    • Dingilina Dela Cruz

    • Marife Carino

Currently assisting families of distressed OFW in their repatriation. Assistance comes in the form of Efforts from this assistance led to 3 Assistance To Nationals (ATN) missions to Syria by the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon with 75 OFW cases under review by the mission team. These cases range from unpaid salaries, maltreatment, repatriation requests, among others. Among

  • Lobbying for the installation of an Embassy in Syria.

  • Advocating anti-illegal recruiter/human trafficking education through press releases, letters to columnists, radio guestings, etc.

Others

  • Initiated a blogging seminar for officers/staff of the OWWA.

  • Had a computer literacy program for OFW dependents with the help of the DLSU Computer Society as well as OWWA.

Year 2008

2nd Ople Job Fair March 8-9, 2008

  • We facilitated the job application and employment of nearly 2,000 applicants.

  • Fund raising to support our scholarship program.

Upcoming Programs

  • Book Drive

    • When we were giving shoes to far-flung elementary schools, we realized that their libraries needed new books as well. So we are currently conducting a book drive to give them that.

    • The students of the Ateneo Law School generously donated 3 boxes of books that we can give away this summer.

  • We plan to continue and expand our computer literacy program, hopefully with the continued support of OWWA, the De La Salle Computer Society and a major sponsor.

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