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PHILIPPINES
4-H Club
4-H Club of
the Philippines
Alberina M.S. Julian
or Juliana B. Tolentino, National Contacts
Agricultural Training Institute, Department of Agriculture)
Specialist Services Division
2nd Floor, ATI Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines
Telephone: 9263256
Fax: (623) 9209792
E-mail: atida@webquest.com
Organizational
Information
Founded: July 16, 1952
Age of members: 15 - 18
Number of members: 102,256 Number of clubs: 3,881
Parent Organization: Department of Agriculture
Supporting Organizations: National 4-H Council; Volunteer Leaders
Association of the Philippines (VLAP); Regional 4-H Club Coordinating
Club (R4-H CCC); International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE) Alumni Association;
Philippine Agricultural Training Program Alumni Association (PATPAAS);
Japan Agricultural Exchange Council Alumni Association of the Philippines
(JAECAAP)
Purpose/Mission:
- Provides the youth opportunities
to "learn by doing" through individual, group and community
projects
- Enhances productivity and
self-reliance through fainful projects
- Instills in the youth the
spirit of voluntarism, cooperation and dignity of labor
- Enables the youth to use
their time, talents and energies wisely
- Develops youth potentials
- Promotes fellowship, understanding
and good will
Motto: "Make the
Best Better"
Slogan: "Learn
By Doing"
Educational Program Focus:
Delivered through individual members while they maintain an agri-based
project. The program is likewise delivered through the club while members
are engaged in a communal project. Areas of concern: Production, postharvest
technology, community organizing and capability building using modules,
videos and hands-on-training.
Resources to share:
Training Centers are strategically located all over the Philippine Archipelago.
These centers are furnished with audio-visual equipment. Video tapes on
Production and Management of Various Crops.
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