PROGRAM PASYAL BATA

23 July 2008 BHS Museum of History

This project being undertaken by JCI Bamban Kayabe/BHS is intended for elementary students from Grade 3 to Grade 6 to foster their understanding of local history and culture by bringing them out-of-school tours to local museum and other historical and cultural sites of the town. The Junior Chamber International - Philippines, the national organization of young leaders and entrepreneurs, as part of its scope of national programs, has in its manual for local chapters, the awards for Youth Education Program which requires a program for young students for out-of-classroom tours that will improve their study.

Under this scheme, the JCI Bamban Kayabe/BHS initated the program "Pasyal Bata". The first beneficiary of this program were Grade 3 to Grade 6 students from Sto. Nino Academy. Aside from the usual museum tour, documentary film was shown to the young students covering the actual combat film of the Liberation of Bamban by the 40th Division (US Army) taken on January 23, 1945. The students were briefed by the president of the organization and assisted by Eugene Pineda. Local heroes consisting of the veterans of WWII from Bamban which are in the exhibit hall were presented to the visitors. Most of them however, are related to the veteran-heroes. In addition, they were educated about the Aetas, their culture and history and how these aborigines played in the history of our town.

It took more than two hours of "Pasyal Bata" touring for the students. At the end of the tour, a more and vivid understanding of local history and culture, plus the story of WWII in Bamban has been achieved by these young students who will be the future leaders of our town.

Rhonie Dela Cruz
With Eugene Pineda