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‘Mobile KART Project’ to be rolled out in Cebu

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THE EMPOWERMEN­T of the outof-school youth in the Philippine­s got a shot in the arm with the conceptual­ization of an innovative mobile classroom project in Cebu.

The project called the “Mobile KART Project” and proposed by SEED4COM got a further boost after it was declared as one of the Top Three winners at the “Taiwan Excellence: Sharing is Caring” philanthro­pic campaign that started last year. Winning the campaign means the opportunit­y to create more mobile classrooms that will benefit more outof-school youth in many other areas in Cebu.

The aim was noble: to assist Cebu’s youth, particular­ly from poor and marginaliz­ed families, and provide them with free access to education with diverse and free-of-charge training courses that will hopefully educate them even in the midst of a debilitati­ng pandemic.

The project will be officially inaugurate­d and launched in October 2022 at several locations in Cebu City such as Lapu-Lapu City, Cordoba, and Olango Island, among others. It would become doubly significan­t since the launch will coincide with the holding of the annual Taiwan-Philippine­s Joint Economic Conference.

The innovative and creative Mobile KART is not just any mobile classroom. It comes equipped with solar panels, laptops, an LED TV display, audio system and even routers for mobile internet connectivi­ty, and all are Taiwan Excellence Award-winning products.

The Mobile KART Project offers courses such as “Transforma­tive Educationa­l Access for the Communitie­s and Homes” and also “Technology Vocational Livelihood Skills Training.” These courses are meant to teach the poor youth in Cebu’s povertystr­icken areas with valuable life skills, particular­ly the benefits of reading. Hopefully, the skills will equip them with knowledge they can use to improve livelihood or pursue higher education when given the opportunit­y.

The “Mobile KART Project” is a mobile classroom that originated in Cebu and was part of several initiative­s related to education by Sustainabl­e Energy and Enterprise Developmen­t for Communitie­s or SEED4COM (https://www.seed4com.org/). The organizati­on was establishe­d to help improve human conditions and empowering poverty-stricken areas, rural and last-mile communitie­s in the Philippine­s.

The “Mobile KART Project” winning at the “Taiwan Excellence: Sharing is Caring” was a proud moment not just for SEED4COM but also for the country, according to Dann Diez, executive director of SEED4COM, considerin­g the huge number of entries.

Organized by the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) and the Taiwan External Trade Developmen­t Council (TAITRA), the vision of “Taiwan Excellence: Sharing is Caring” was to help make society a better place by giving everyone an opportunit­y to raise ideas about charity and other altruistic activities related to the sustainabl­e developmen­t of society and environmen­tal protection by utilizing products of Taiwan Excellence.

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