Learning through exposure to
cultural heritage and diversity

Learning through exposure
to natural heritage
and bio-diversity

Workshops in creativity
and expression

Workshop interactions in
Leadership Training,
Team Building,
and Heritage Tour Guiding



Project Title:
Heritage Immersion Camp for Youth and Students

Participants
100 Boholano Students and youth from Bohol Schools, BSP/GSP Bohol, SK Bohol, DSWD Bohol, PYM Bohol

80 Youths care of DSWD Region VII

50 High School Students from outside Bohol

Date:
May 18-21, 2006

Venue:
Camp base:
Magsaysay Camp, Raha Sikatuna Protected Landscape, Bilar, Bohol

Exposure and Outreach Areas:
Loboc, Carmen, Loay, Baclayon, Panglao

Conference Objectives:
General:

To raise the awareness of Filipino youth and students on the values and significance of our rich ecological and cultural heritage

Specific:

To demonstrate the potentials of heritage for enriching cultural identity, social development, and economic livelihood for poverty reduction, as an important component for sustainable development;

To provide alternative integrative, interactive, and interdisciplinary approaches to the teaching of heritage to children, youth, students;

To equip teachers and cultural educators with additional knowledge and skills in the preparation of interactive, integrative and interdisciplinary modules for the different subject areas (social studies and ecological/cultural heritage education, especially for Araling Panlipunan, and Arts and Music subjects, etc.)

Content:

I. On-site learning through exposure to cultural heritage and diversity through adventure races/challenge games to:
Ancestral Homes
Spanish period Churches
Spanish period belfries and watch towers
Indigenous masters of crafts
Boholano music and dances
Boholano cuisine
Sites of Boholano history and Folklore

II. On-site learning through exposure to natural heritage and bio-diversity through adventure races/challenge games in:
Caves
Rivers
Forests
Seashores

To identify:
Flora
Fauna
Marine life

III. Workshops in creativity and expression
to unleash imagination and ideas from the experiences in the different artistic areas:
Creative Writing
Creative Music
Creative Movement and Dance
Visual Arts and Sculpture
Creative Drama IV. Workshops interactions in Leadership Training, Team Building, and Heritage Tour Guiding

IV. Exposures to High-quality Live Performances of music, dance and theatre produced in front of heritage sites giving them a variety of idioms like:
Classical music
Modern and contemporary music and dance
Poetry readings " Performance arts and multi-media interactions

V. Culminating Performances:
Participants' own final showcases
Special Final heritage concert for all