Sultan Kudarat wins SAGE Philippines Cup 2009
June 23rd, 2009Los Baños, Laguna — The team from Sultan Kudarat Polytechnic State College Science Laboratory High School won the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) Philippines Cup 2009, making them the very first team from Mindanao to win Champion. SAGE Philippines Cup was held at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños.
The team was composed of high school students Kent Rey Murillo, Johanna Lyn Malicad, John Rei Dela Cruz, and Ena Angela Oculto. Their College mentor, Mark Gersava, and Faculty Adviser Engr. Rodolfo B. Solomon were also present at the Cup, coaching them for their presentation and celebrating with them when they finally won the year’s most coveted Cup at the only high school business competition in the Philippines.
Aside from the opportunity to represent the Philippines at the SAGE World Cup in Brazil, the team also received an P8,000 prize grant from Youth Works Inc. to further work on their social enterprise, which satisfied the following SAGE Criteria of Civic Engagement, Environmental Sustainability, a Global Dimension, and Entrepreneurship applied to a new venture. The team’s business strikes a balance between economy and ecology by coming up with an innovative use of palm fronds into cement blocks. The final product proves to be 20% more economical than commercial hollow blocks used in construction. Palm Fronds Hollow Blocks is also fire-resistant and lightweight. The business promises to address the acute housing shortage in the country and arrest the rising cost of construction materials.
SAGE teams from Colomban College and Polytechnic State College of Antique received the 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner Up titles, respectively, with their projects. An unexpected recognition was given to Elizabeth Seton High School through a Judges’ Special Citation for having “captured” the essence of a social enterprise. Other teams that competed were from Western Visayas College of Science and Technology and Pangasinan State University.
SAGE Philippines is part of the Global SAGE Network which adheres to the vision of “creating better futures through entrepreneurship and community service. It commits itself to the mission to create the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and social enterprises address the major unmet needs of our global community.
The SAGE Philippines Cup is an annual competition for high school students all over the country who have ventured into social entrepreneurship. This year’s Cup was co-convened by the Philippine Council of Student Intrapreneurship (PCSI) and the Junior Jaycees of Los Baños. The event was supported by the British Council, Youth Works Inc, and Studio 23.
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June 24th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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June 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Loved your latest post, by the way.
June 28th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Congratulations! Really a good post.
I would just like to correct my family name: it’s “SOLOMON” not “SOLOMAN”.
Thanks. God bless everyone!
June 29th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Hello Sir, SAGE Philippines would like to apologize for this erratum. We would like to inform you that the proper action has been taken. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
July 6th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
_waaaa!!!! astig ba!pabrazil na daw cla!haha. congrats skpsc!!
July 8th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
congratulations guys~! may God bless you always. wo0t~!
July 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
urnnnn…magpabrazil!!!!!!!
congratz…
July 10th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Congratulations! 5 THOUSAND FOR YOU HEHEHEHE…
hoping to win in the world cup, may the holy spirit guide you all in that competetion….
keep SKPSC a champion….
GODBLESS
July 10th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Congratulations!
MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDE YOU ALL DURING THE WORLD COMPETETION IN BRAZIL……
godbless++++
August 18th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Hi Congrats po!!!!!!!
can i ask 4 contact # of any of the team?????
or email;????pls??????????
pls respond……..slamat po!!!!!
August 18th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
please email info@sagephilippines.org
September 17th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
congrats
September 17th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
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