Workcamp 1:
- CODE: GIEDWC 001
- Project Title: Barili Bilateral Work Camp 2025
- Partner Sending Organizations & Country: Never-ending International workcamps Exchange (NICE), Japan ALLIANCE, NVDA
- Host Partner Coordinating Organization: Global Initiative for Exchange and Development Inc. (GIED)- PHILIPPINES
- Local Partner Institution & Location: Local Government of Barili, Barangay Pang-pang, Barili, Cebu, PHILIPPINES
- Project Dates and Venue: February 17-28, 2025 (12 days) or February 17-22, 2025 (6 days)
- No. of People: 12 International Participants
- Type of Project: Education, Community, Agriculture
- Participation Fees
- 12 Days: Euro 280
- 6 Days: Euro 200
- Include roundtrip local transportation from Cebu City to the campsite
Description:
The local government of Barili, Cebu is one of GIED’s active local partner institutions and through their recommendation identified Barangay Pangpang to be the host community for our Japanese participants. Barangay Pang-pang is a dynamic rural community with a good population of young and old families. Farming is one of their means of livelihood. It has a health center, public elementary school, multi-purpose hall, and Barangay office that offer public service to the local community. They also have an organicdemonstration farm that is supported by the Municipal Agriculture Office.
Pang-pang Community is an ideal venue for community immersion. Until today, GIED continues its RISE PHILIPPINES effort by contributing to the delivery of humanitarian support from various partner organizations around the world and actively participating in creating safe, healthy, and resilient assistance as well as advocating for securing the welfare of the most vulnerable population.
Project Aims:
- Learn and understand the effect of climate change on the typhoon-prone Philippines’ agricultural development
- Help enhance school environment as contribution of a good quality education for the students
- Gain inter-cultural learning opportunities among participants and locals
Workcamp 2:
- CODE: GIEDWC 003
- Project Title: School Festival and Ecological Camp
- Partner Sending Organizations & Country: Never-ending International workCamps Exchange (NICE), Japan, ALLIANCE & NVDA
- Host Partner Coordinating Organization & Country: Global Initiative for Exchange and Development, Inc. (GIED), Philippines
- Host Project / Local Partner, Institution (LPI) and Location: St. William Cooperative School, Corazon, Catmon, Cebu, Philippines
- Project Dates and Venue:
- April 27 to May 5, 2025 (9 days) or
- April 27 to May 2, 2025 (6 Days)
- No. of People: 14 International Participants
- Type of Project: Festival, Education and Environment
- Participation Fees:
- 9 Days: Euro 270
- 6 Days: Euro 200
- Include. round trip local transportation from Cebu City to camp site
Description:
Enhancing the school’s visual attractiveness, this project provides an opportunity for the IVS participants and the students the chance to interact in a rural school community set-up. Alongside students, volunteers will facilitate learning and interaction, building a strong feeling of teamwork and shared accountability.
Encouraging students to participate in activities that foster responsibility, teamwork, and environmental awareness is another important goal of this project. The group will be able to actively interact and learn about environmental sustainability through gardening, which is an essential pastime work camps like hands-on experience in environmental stewardship, including the value of plant care and waste reduction. These encounters will reinforce the importance of sustainability in everyday activities while building a sense of pride and ownership in their school.
This camp will offer volunteers the chance to mentor students, strengthening bonds and creating a feeling of community within the school. In addition to enhancing the school’s aesthetic appeal, this partnership will help students grow socially and emotionally and foster their development into responsible, engaged adults who take pleasure in giving back to the community and school.
The project aims the following:
- Provide support in the creative and artistic preparation of school closing ceremony events by decorating and beautifying venues
- Introduce the participants’ country about education, culture, arts, etc focused on interaction with students
- Contribute to the creation of a more lively, welcoming, and ecologically friendly new campus
Workcamp 3:
- CODE: GIEDWC 002
- Project Title: Tuburan Coffee Farm Eco-Cultural Camp
- Partner Sending Organizations & Country: Never-ending International workCamps Exchange (NICE), Japan, ALLIANCE, NVDA
- Host Partner Coordinating Organization: Global Initiative for Exchange and Development Inc. (GIED)- PHILIPPINES
- Local Partner Institution/Host Organization and Location: Local Government of Tuburan, Barangay Cogon, Tuburan, Cebu, Philippines
- Project Dates:
- March 17-28, 2025 (12 days) or
- March 17-22, 2025 (6 days)
- No. of People: 14 International Participants
- Type of Project: Agriculture, Community/Education, Culture
- Participation Fees:
- 12 Days: Euro 280
- 6 Days: Euro 200
- Include: Roundtrip local transportation from Cebu City to campsite
Description:
Tuburan sits on Cebu Island’s west side, facing the TanoñStrait, about 89 kilometers northwest of Cebu City. It has a varied landscape with coastlines, plains, and hills, known for its beauty with beaches, rivers, and springs. Molobolo Spring is a favorite spot for swimming. Other attractions include Alegria Beach and MalinginFalls.
Tuburan is also known as the coffee capital of Cebu, boasts Tuburan Coffee Farm, the first coffee plantation in the municipality established in 2012. At that time, the then-mayor procured 30,000 coffee saplings from Tagum City, Davao del Norte, and provided training to local farmers on coffee cultivation. This initiative aimed to promote coffee farming as a more sustainable and lucrative livelihood for upland communities, offering an alternative to activities like charcoal production and firewood gathering, which have contributed significantly to deforestation.
Over the years, various government agencies have supported the development of coffee farming in Tuburan, culminating in its recognition as the coffee capital of Cebu. Presently, Tuburan Coffee sources beans from over 3,000 hectares of coffee small holdings spread across 29 barangays (villages), benefiting more than 2,000 farmers in the process.
Project Aims:
- The camp aims to provide a comprehensive learning journey in the cultivation and processing of local coffee farms. That includes understanding coffee varieties, cultivation practices, pest management, harvesting techniques, coffee quality evaluation/cupping, market exploration, sustainable farming methods, community involvement, and ongoing learning for success and growth in the industry and as an individual.
- Learning and understanding the differences in processing and production of coffee farms and Filipino works and farming culture.
Contact Information:
- Global Initiative for Exchange and Development Inc. (GIED)
- Person in charge: Meriam B. Catay
- Position: Workcamp Coordinator
- Email: workcamps@volunteergied.org
- Phone: +63 32 2658997
- Mobile: +63 9664989235 (Whatsapp/Viber) / +63 09219391904 (Telegram/Line)
- Address: D4, 2F Causing Feria Bldg., Block 145, Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City,
Philippines
