Blog II: "What do we hope to achieve?"

As I posted my concerns on the first entry, My groupmates and I found out about the NGO named Fundacion Santiago, a NGO which is concerned about the Philippines' culture, national heritage and identity. We discovered that they have a ongoing governance project, the CBHT project, a project concerning the preservation of the vintage houses in Sta. Ana, Manila. We know that by participating in this project, we could hope to give our efforts in paving the way of changing our national identity in the hearts of our fellow Filipinos and to the rest of the world. We tried to contact them in hopes of participating in the project, but they couldn't accommodate us due to very hectic schedules. Maybe we should start small; perhaps trying to change the stereotype in our own university. DLSU is known for rich and bratty students, but it is not all true. Many of the studying there are well off, but not all of us there are bratty and rich. There are scholars studying in DLSU. There are students who are called "star scholars" studying in our university. They are students who are given free education by the university in turn they should get really good grades. The university is trying to make 20% of the student population are scholars. So they are giving out good scholarship programs to those who can't afford the high tuition fees given to non-scholar students. We found out the ongoing governance project by the USG of DLSU, the "AKAY" project. It is a project that helps high school students to pass the entrance exam of DLSU and other universities as well, more of to help them get those scholarship programs. My groupmates and I learned that in this way, we can help high school students to get into the universities they want, and we can make a change by showing them that we DLSU students are not bratty at all; We want them to know that we are just like them. We want to change the stereotype identity of DLSU students from being known as rich and bratty, to just regular, fun kids who are just like them.