HCDC 74th Foundation Anniversary 2025 (Photo: Holy Cross of Davao College)

PURPOSEFUL PROJECTS: HCDC launches projects HOPE, Tinubdan for disaster, eco resilience

A disaster-response and recovery mechanism, and an environmental conversion program was launched September 10 Wednesday to reinforce the Holy Cross of Davao College’s (HCDC) commitment to the Church’s call on fostering human dignity and environmental stewardship.

The move was spearheaded by HCDC’s Social Action Office (SAO), and was made public during the second of the five-day celebration of the school’s 74th Founding Anniversary at the HCDC gymnasium.

The projects are formally called “project HOPE,” which means helping others, promoting empowerment, and “Tinubdan: HCDC’s environmental stewardship program.”

In his presentation, Paolo Gaudencio S. Naval, the SAO community organizer, emphasized the objectives of project HOPE which are: structured disaster response and recovery; promotion of volunteerism; resource mobilization and donation drive; deepening faith through humanitarian engagement; and commitment to social transformation.

He bared that project HOPE had two primary components, which are “humanitarian initiatives during disasters” and “outreach initiatives.”

The “humanitarian initiatives” component will focus on the creation of a food bank and storage; donation and resource mobilization; faith formation, while the “outreach initiatives” will focus on outreach and feeding activities; educational support to the disadvantaged, and pastoral visits.

Meanwhile, Tinubdan had two main components which are education and formation; and community extension and engagement.

These components were aimed for ecological literacy; solid waste management’ restoration of watersheds and reforestations; and protection of coastal and marine ecosystems.

The first component focused on education and formation; ecological spirituality; climate change awareness; disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM); and sustainable development.

The latter component focused on community extension engagement; ecological solid waste management; sustainable farming and organic agriculture; marine conservation and protection initiatives; and reforestation projects.

In an interview Friday, Naval said that SAO had similar initiatives before, but were not under a specific “banner.”

With the initiatives now “institutionalized,” Naval has called on Holy Crossians to be part of the “intensified” measure to expand its service to grassroots communities.

Naval said that they are now eyeing for more community partnerships that will help them realize their mission towards selfless service in civic engagements. (Razl EJ Teman, Cross Media, Holy Cross of Davao College)

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