BULACAN CHAPTERS HOST ARKILIKHA 2017
Coinciding with the month-long commemoration of the founding of the first Republic in Asia, two UAP Chapters in Bulacan organized a construction exposition in partnership with the Malolos City Government. The UAP – Barasoain and UAP-Malolos Republika chapters forged partnership at the birthplace of Philippine democracy with the holding of the first Arkilikha Construction and Development Expo. This was held last February 22-24, 2017 at Malolos Sports and Convention Center.
That was cold and sunny Friday morning of 27th January 2017 when we, the BOD and members of UAP-KSA Eastern Region Chapter gathered ourselves at the Philippine International School Al Khobar( IPSA) parking grounds at 7:00 o’ clock in the morning and convoyed our vehicles bound for public Halfmoon Beach in Azizzia. The district is still a part of the Al Khobar Municipality.
That was the day of our scheduled CSR( Corporate Social Responsibility) activity, tagged as the“ International Coastal Clean-up Drive”, the first Chapter activity this year 2017. We bring along with us black plastic bags, gloves and begun picking up garbage at the vicinity and coastlines of the beach that lasted for almost three hours. Different kinds of garbage have been collected by the group mostly plastic containers, bags, bottles, bottles caps, food wrappers, styro foams and cigarette butts whom these are regarded as the non-degradable objects. The activity was supported and permitted by their Mayor Engr. Essam Bin Abdullatif Al Mulla of Al Khobar Municipality.
The delegation of the National Board of Directors headed by National President Arch. Guillermo Hisancha graced the opening ceremonies. Various partners in construction industry also took part in the setup of booths open to public. Meanwhile, the Malolos Convention center grounds were also filled with activities catered to creativity and excellence of Bulakenyos. The annual“ Karatig Jeepney Painting Contest” was held, and participated by the students of Bulacan State University-College of Architecture and Fine Arts, displaying their unique way of the re-packaging the country’ s icon of transportation.
Another event was the“ Kulaysaysayan Mural Painting Contest” which were also participated by various students. Judges include renowned visual artist Mr. Salvador J. Ching, BSU Fine Arts professor Vim Kiester Rivera and Mr. Aloy Quizon of Davies Paints, being the event’ s major industry partner.
While one of our Board of Director( Arch. Leo Losaria) picking garbage at the beach coastline, my attention was caught by a call from a local Saudi national and he said“ Hey my friend would you please come here please?” He wants me to come to the cottage where he is staying and when I reached his place, he said“ what is this all about?” I replied to him“ We are a group of Filipino architects residing here in Eastern Region and we are conducting our CSR activity which is the coastal cleanup drive and further explaining that in our own little way we help maintaining the cleanliness of the environment. As I explained further, I said that being an OFW, Saudi Arabia is also considered
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in Malaysia such as the trains in Kuala Lumpur, and botanical gardens. To understand better the circumstance of the topic, they are joined with participants with disabilities who shared their experience and thesis on practices that help them live through the best of their abilities.
The Architects for Accessibility( AFA), a subgroup of the UAP QC Central Chapter through the leadership of co-founders Rix Abordo and Peji Cipriano started the online tutorial program for Access Audit Checklist Formation( AACF) after their successful attendance of the said program. This shall facilitate participating members of the ASEAN University Network to help design their country ' s Access Audit Checklist Forms through online coaching and group chat tutoring. Participating countries include: Cambodia, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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KSA-Eastern Province Holds Coastal Clean-up drive Ar. Renato Dizon Lat, UAP our home, our second home away from home and perhaps because of our huge presence here we are also contributing to the pollution and in return, we need to pay services for cleaning our mess. As we continue exchanging discussions and views regarding the environment, I noticed that he is also collecting garbage. He smiled at me saying“ my friend I have also collected some garbage with me here, can we combine our collection and put it in the trolley? Finally, he said to me, truly my friend, I want to thank you and your group for such a wonderful deed, thank you for cleaning our land. The activity we have just concluded gained a lot of positive outlook in life. Friendship, Solidarity, Respect and Environment Care. Mabuhay ang mga Arkitektong Filipino!
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