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Unilab Ideas Positive 2012

Calling college kids! Help transform communities with the Filipino youth.

Got an idea that you think will be beneficial to the community? Been itching to help your community but financials is a hindrance? This is your chance as Unilab Ideas Positive will help you in turning your ideas into reality.

What is Unilab Ideas Positive?

Unilab Ideas Positive is a social marketing clinic and competition-in-one, provides a venue for college students to share their innovative and sustainable ideas to address the health and wellness concerns of their communities—and turn those ideas into reality.

How Unilab Ideas Positive can help the youth in turning their ideas into concrete health and wellness programs for their communities?

Unilab Ideas Positive provides them with:

•a 3-day social marketing boot camp, where they learn and understand social marketing approaches from a pool of experts using current and relevant social marketing practices and case studies, and

•a seed money so they can implement their social marketing programs within six months.

Now on its third year, Unilab Ideas Positive gets even better with a focus not only on positive ideas, but also on positive outcomes—creating a difference where it matters, in partnership with the Filipino youth.

Last year there were 56 entries from over 20 schools in NCR, Camanava, and Calabarzon.. this year, Unilab Ideas Positive is expanding from Metro Manila to the entire Philippines, covering North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Now, more students will be able to turn their social marketing ideas into a health and wellness program for their community. Fifteen (15) teams will each be given Php100,000 seed money from Unilab Foundation for the implementation of social marketing programs—a total of Php1.5 million seed money.

Indeed, it’s an even more exciting Unilab Ideas Positive this year with bigger prizes at stake. But more than the prizes, it’s the opportunity to come together for a shared goal of a healthier nation that makes Unilab Ideas Positive a rewarding venue for the Filipino youth to make a significant contribution where it is needed most.

Want to be part of this transformative journey towards a healthier Philippines? It’s time for you to team up for a healthier nation! Start sharing your idea by visiting www.unilabideaspositive.com

e.Styudante Delivers Another Batch of XO Laptops

December 2011, Procter and Gamble launched the e.Studyante program in partnership with Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Synergeia Foundation that aims to provide kids from selected schools with an XO Laptop from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Association.A laptop that is rugged, low power and specially designed to make learning more engaging and more fun for students. The launching was held at Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School and students of the said school was the first one to use the XO laptop.

Four months after the launch, another batch of laptops was given and was received by the Manila city government and the public school’s officials. A total of 340 laptops along with storage cabinet were delivered at Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School last March 1, 2012.

Help P&G’s goal of giving 1,000,000 laptops buy buying the P&G promo packs. Participating brands are Safeguard, Tide, Pampers, Downy, Ariel, Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Joy, Rejoice, Whisper, Olay, Gillette, Vicks and Ambi-Pur.

Manny Pacquiao says NO to Mining. When will you?

This one of the video that made me respect Manny Pacquio.. sure he is the world’s most celebrated boxer (next to Ali).. but I am not a boxing fan.. sure he is a congressman, but I detest politicians.. and then he said No to RH bill a few months ago..

but when I saw this video.. he just became my hero. He is a man who has principle and to give a stand to an issue as controversial as this, makes me a Pacman fan.

Well aside from the boxing champ, more than 5.2 million of Filipinos said NO TO MINING IN PALAWAN. When will you?

Join the battle cry and make your voices heard—loud and clear—in support of a national rally to protect our environment. Spread the word and play a key role in the evolution of consciousness of our people by urging more Filipinos to say NO to MINING in Palawan and other fragile island ecosystems.

Let’s own the battle and help in reaching the target of 10M signature by Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. We have to make a stand and deliver a strong message to our government. NO TO MINNING IN PALAWAN!

(more mining related articles coming soon)