Her big heart in helping Indigenous Peoples (IPs) children learn the basic education has made 12-year-old Anedaine Geamal of Tobias Fornier, Antique as one of the national exemplary children.
Anedaine, a regional exemplary child winner, has been proclaimed 4th runner-up during the Araw ng Kabataan cele
bration at the AFP Theater in Pasig City on Tuesday. She received a prize of P 5, 000 plus trophy.
Prior to the awarding, Anedaine together with four other regional finalists namely Lourden Oremo of Badiangan, Iloilo, Maraya Veronica Alcoran of La Paz, Iloilo City, Kenjie Dela Cruz of Kalibo and Rachelle Sauquillo of Guimaras underwent into one-week workshop as part of the National Children’s Congress (NCC). Around 88 children from 17 other regions participated to the said workshop.
“We have fun, met more new friends and learned so many things from the workshop. This is a very rare opportunity for us as Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries”, said Anedaine.
Anedaine added that her experiences during the workshop helped her realized their importance as children and their contribution to the Department’s advocacy.//dswd6//Montesa G. Caoyonan