Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Local coop youths grab national awards, positions

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, June 24 (PIA)---  Home-grown Tagum Cooperative recently had  its young members  grab national awards and took national positions of organizations on youth.

Tagum Cooperative Youth Program coordinator Clygenee Dairo said   that  two youth members  grabbed national awards conferred by the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), one was swept into the national board of NATCCO and one took a national position in the National Youth Commission (NYC).

In May, NATCCO conferred to 17-year-old Reven Bryan E. Dela Pena the recognition as  the 2014 Young Leader Awardee and that it  chose 12-year-old Mary Frances M. Derutas as the Aflatoun Child of the Year (2014).

It was also in May that Tagum Cooperative Youth Laboratory roving teller 24-year-old Nikko C. Revita snatched  from five other contenders the national seat of NATCCO Youth Board of Director.

Meanwhile, 18-year-old  Khryzza Mae  J. Pinzon was recently elected as the National Youth Commission (NYC) deputy secretary of the Committee on Youth for Region 11, NYC secretary for National Youth Parliament officer in-charge and the NYC Tagum City Convener.

Dairo revealed that Tagum  Coop made the necessary endorsement of Pinzon  to NYC leading Pinzon to grab such positions.

Dela Pena and Pinzon were former officers of Tagum Coop (TC) Youth  Laboratory Cooperative  established in 2008 to  serves as a training ground for young its members  to manage and operate cooperatives  and to prepare them for membership in regular cooperatives.

TC Youth Laboratory Coop also encourages thrift and savings mobilization among its child and youth members for capital formation as well as provides goods and services and other requirement of its members.

Its branches are established in Tagum City National High School and in Magugpo Pilot Imelda Elementary School, both in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.  

On  the other hand, Tagum Cooperative also runs  Aflatoun Program which is a social and financial education program designed to instill wise financial management as well as social responsibilities among children.    (PIA 11/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)

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