July 10th, 2009
The SAGE Philippines Cup 2009 was a huge success! Come and see the highlights on our Convenor’s Report that you can download below:
SAGE Convenor's Report 2009 (579)
It features the speakers from our Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship, Ms. Reese Fernandez of Rags2Riches and Dr. Aida Velasco from De la Salle University. The teams who competed at the Cup are also introduced.
We also would like to invite you to view the SAGE Global Annual Report of 2008, newly-released from the Global Office.
SAGE Global Annual Report 2008 (131)
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June 23rd, 2009
Los 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.
You can view the photostream here.
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February 15th, 2009
Folks, we’d like you to take your time and visit the Millennium Development Goals website. The SAGE Global family is determined to take part in the Millennium Campaign to End Poverty in 2015.
On the MDG site, you can click on any of the 8 goals and see how you can help your community through your projects. For high school teams, this is the perfect opportunity to choose and study the cause that your social enterprises should serve. Not only does this work well to your advantage come competition day, but you will certainly help SAGE in its contribution to the MDG deadline.
We would also like to highlight the new links on our online SAGE network:
SAGE Brazil
SAGE China
SAGE Germany
SAGE USA-Ohio
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