Institutionalized Partnership with EVSU continues through the Summer Volunteer Program
The Eastern Visayas State University has been an active partner of Pope Francis for Resilient and Co-Empowered Sustainable Communities (FRANCESCO) in the establishment of Pope Francis Village Model Community. As the university continues to advance its extension program, FRANCESCO's collaboration with the College of Architecture and Allied Discipline (CAAD) has gained positive reception as proven by the sustained number of student volunteers presently deployed at the PFV Site. Under the supervision of two architects from the Technical Assistance Movement for People and Environment, Inc. (TAMPEI), three architecture graduates and seven undergraduate students are now rendering a one-month volunteer work at the PFV Site. They were mobilized to assist in the development of miniature house design prototypes and 3 dimensional site development model that were all drawn from the series of workshops with members of Pope Francis Village last year. Their o...