TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: CEBU CITY - Volunteer to help Clean Cebu's Rivers

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

CEBU CITY - Volunteer to help Clean Cebu's Rivers

Read letter below - This woman wants to volunteer to help clean up Cebu's Rivers - whom can she contact?
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Dear Ms. Brainard,

I am currently working at DTI Cebu Provincial office. Today I intentionally came to office earlier to view the current status of Pasig River in youtube. I supposed to view it yesterday around 5 P.M. but the internet connection was already very slow. So early today I have quenched my thirst in knowing the current status of the Pasig River. I am so amazed at the transformation. And right now I find hope in my desire to also transform our rivers and creeks.

The desire came about when I observed how bad the creeks now in T. Padilla. Early in the morning in going to the office from T. Padilla, I love to walk. But it saddened me a lot to observe how dirty the creeks are. I even saw some people discharging their human waste. Same things are also true in some rivers in other parts of the City.

So I am wondering if you have a sort of organization on "Cleaning the Rivers in Cebu City"? If you have, I wanted to be a part of it.I wanted to volunteer.

By the way, I happened to stumble your article while googling on the rivers of Cebu City.

I look forward to hear from you soon.

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Someone sent me this info. I don't know the organization, so please check it out first:
Ang Save Philippine Rivers o SPR . . . di ko lang alam kung sinong lokal na NGO ang tumututok sa Cebu . . . maaaring umugnay sa Movement of Imaginals for Sustainable Societies Through Initiative, Organization and Network (MISSION) Cebu Node www.imaginalmission.net ang may balak kumilos para sa pagbabago at tunay na pag-unlad ng ating mga pamayanan . . .

mission of imaginals

www.imaginalmission.net

mission is the movement of imaginals for sustainable societies through initiatives, organizing and networking

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More info from someone else:

here is a Cebu City Management Council which STAA had an agreement with way back in 2011 -- maybe it still exists with different names in it. Pity I don't have a contact name -- but here's the page from our Chronicler.http://www.flickr.com/photos/89033380@N00/8656001071/

Save a River Project

www.flickr.com

Page for Chronicler

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tags: Cebu City, Cebu, Rivers, Clean up, Creeks, Environment

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.