Pigeon Global Citizen

23/11/2022

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Through your faith and perseverance, the world has been blessed to see the beauty of your dreams. Congratulations to PIGEON's Administrative Officer, Ms. Noemi Baysa!

You have soared high for us and waved our banner, your PIGEON family is very proud of you!

13/06/2022

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The winners will be announced in October 2022 at World Education Week

27/06/2021

Good news, PIGEON readers! It's time for your voices to be heard in our newest section - Readers' Nook!

Submit your SDG-related articles (news, feature, science, opinion) or artworks (original photos, illustrations, poems) to [email protected].

Selected articles will be published in PIGEON.

https://pigeongced.com/about-us/

Project I Commit to Global Citizenship Education through Online Newspaper (PIGEON) is an online publication initiated by Pigeoner staff – Ms. Noemi Baysa, together with the former and current campu…

27/06/2021

In a press release published at the DOH website in October 2020, it was revealed that based on the Philippine WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health conducted in the early part of 2020, at least 3.6 million Filipinos suffer from one kind of mental, neurological, and substance use disorder.

With COVID-19 still having global impact on mental health, Yvan V. Gruenberg and a group of college students, mainly from De La Salle University, founded PsyPoints, a youth-led organization that spreads mental health awareness among Filipinos.

Click on the image below to know more about PsyPoints and its timely advocacy.

https://pigeongced.com/news/psypoints-encourages-friendly-mental-health-discourse-online/

by Amaranth Xena Soleil Saludar “The discussion of mental health in the Philippines is often seen as a taboo or touchy subject. To remove this taboo from the Filipino mindset, we wanted to… casuall…

21/06/2021

It's time for your voices to be heard! PIGEON has launched its newest section - READERS' NOOK.

Submit your SDG-related articles (news, features, opinion, science) or artworks (original photos, illustrations, poems) to [email protected].

Submitted articles/artworks will be screened first. Selected articles will be published in PIGEON.

Here's one of the articles in the Readers' Nook. Click on the image to read the full feature.

https://pigeongced.com/readers-nook/a-helpful-guide-to-an-island/

by Margareth Sioson I decided to go on an unplanned trip and take you with me. As I entered the minibus, I realized that a few people also hopped in. I took my seat next to the window at the far ba…

21/06/2021

Are you a tourist or a traveller? Know the difference.

Click on the image to read the article by a student-reader in Malabon in PIGEON's latest section - READERS' NOOK.

Do you also have SDG-related articles or artworks (photos, illustrations, poems) that you want to get published? Send them now to [email protected]

https://pigeongced.com/readers-nook/a-helpful-guide-to-an-island/

by Margareth Sioson I decided to go on an unplanned trip and take you with me. As I entered the minibus, I realized that a few people also hopped in. I took my seat next to the window at the far ba…

21/06/2021

Good news, dear PIGEON readers! PIGEON has launched its newest section - READERS' NOOK. It's time for your voices to be heard! Submit your SDG-related articles or artworks (original photos, illustrations, poems) to [email protected]

Click on the image to read the first article in Readers' Nook from our reader in Isabela.

https://pigeongced.com/readers-nook/coping-with-stress-brought-by-distance-learning/

By Ellen Jane C. Ragasa All of a sudden everything has changed in the blink of an eye when President Rodrigo Duterte declared a community quarantine on March 12, 2020 due to the increasing number o…

15/03/2021

According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the country has already closed 78.1% of its overall gender gap, though this figure suffered a 1.8% decline compared to 2018.

Click on the image to read the full article - PH leads in Asia on fight for gender equality.

https://pigeongced.com/news/ph-leads-in-asia-on-fight-for-gender-equality/

by Asher Ayeras The Philippines has once again secured the title of being the country with the closest gender gap in Asia. According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020 of the World Economic Forum…

13/12/2020

"Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence – is a major public and clinical health problem and a violation of women's human rights. It is rooted in and perpetuates gender inequalities."
-World Health Organization (WHO)

Know how La Salle and UP students address this gender-related issue thru their NAKED TRUTH. Click on the image to read the full article.

https://pigeongced.com/news/6-collegians-expose-the-naked-truth-about-sexual-terror/

By Amaranth Xena Soleil Saludar World Health Organization (WHO) reported that globally one in three women experiences physical and sexual violence in their lifetime that is inflicted by an intimate…

29/11/2020

Friendly Reminder is now in Filipino as translated by Noemi S. Baysa!

Click on the image below and remember: "Hindi mo kailangang maging perpekto, kailangan mo lamang maging tao, at magpakatao."

https://pigeongced.com/arts/sdgs-in-poetry-isang-paalala/

Friendly Reminderby Kazzandra Ysabel BaysaTranslated by: Noemi Baysa May you know your limits,don’t take too many tasks.Prioritize your spiritover the favors they ask. Saying no is not a mistake,it…

27/11/2020

Friendly Reminder is now in Cebuano dialect!

Read its translated version by Edmund T. Dacua, Korea-Philippines Teacher Exchange Programme alumnus from Tisa 2 Elementary School in Cebu City.

https://pigeongced.com/arts/sdgs-in-poetry-mahigalaon-nga-pahinumdom/

Friendly Reminderby Kazzandra Ysabel BaysaTranslated by: Edmund T. Dacua May you know your limits,don’t take too many tasks.Prioritize your spiritover the favors they ask. Saying no is not a mistak…

26/11/2020

"May you remember that you do not have to be perfect, you only have to be human, and humane."

Please click on the image to read "Friendly Reminder", a poem that highlights the third SDG: Good Health and Well-being.

https://pigeongced.com/arts/sdg-in-poetry-friendly-reminder-2/

by Kazzandra Ysabel Baysa In the early part of 2020, the Philippine WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health revealed that at least 3.6 million Filipinos suffer from a variety of mental, neurologic…

19/11/2020

PEOPLE URGENTLY NEED HELP.
Your donation is appreciated; it doesn’t matter how small or big it is, it will surely go a long way.
- Danilo Osorio, KPTEP Alumni Association President

Click on the image to read the full article.
https://pigeongced.com/news/filipino-exchange-teachers-initiate-relief-drive-for-ulysses-victims/

by Jessica Mae dela Cruz s more and more Filipinos cry for help after Ulysses devastated Luzon on November 11 and 12, Korea-Philippines Teacher Exchange Programme (KPTEP) Alumni Association launche…

18/11/2020

“This unprecedented time has taught us the meaning of life and its purpose; reminded us what we are and who we are…and we are definitely citizens of this world. We are global citizens.” -Danilo Osorio, President-KPTEP Alumni Association

Click on the image to read the full article.

https://pigeongced.com/news/unesco-apceiu-lauds-filipino-exchange-teachers-thanks-deped-for-cooperation/

by Noemi Baysa During the 4th Annual Forum on Teacher Exchange towards Global Citizenship Education held on October 30, 2020, Lim Hyun Mook, Director of Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for Interna…

17/11/2020

DepEd-ICO recognized Top 3 Best Re-Entry Application Project Implementers across the country.

Click on the image to know more about their innovative projects on inclusivity, youth empowerment, and utilization of intercultural competence model for global transformation.

https://pigeongced.com/news/deped-ico-announces-best-innovative-project-implementers-across-the-country/

by Noemi Baysa During the 4th Annual Forum on Teacher Exchange towards Global Citizenship Education themed “GCED in Action: Innovation and Solidarity in Responding to Global Disruption,” on October…

17/11/2020

Local and foreign Global Citizenship Education advocates gathered together for the 4th Annual GCED Forum conducted by DepED-ICO and KPTEP Alumni Association.

Click on the image to read the full story.
https://pigeongced.com/news/deped-ico-korea-phl-teacher-exchange-prog-alumni-assoc-conduct-global-citizenship-educ-forum/

by Noemi Baysa The Department of Education – International Cooperation Office (ICO) and the Korea-Philippines Teacher Exchange Programme (KPTEP) Alumni Association conducted on October 30, 20…

13/11/2020

KPTEP Alumni Association calls on all global citizens for cash donations and assistance to provide relief to the communities affected by Typhoon Ulysses.

You may send your donations to KPTEP Alumni Association's Project Tulong Kapatid lead, Elizabeth Catibog via GCash 0917-7104996.

02/11/2020

In Women Matter: Time to accelerate. Ten years of insights into gender diversity, McKinsey (2018) revealed that Companies greatly benefit from increasing employment and leadership opportunities for women, noting that companies with three or more women in senior management functions score higher in all dimensions of organizational performance leading to an increase in organizational effectiveness and growth. And yet, Women account for less than a third (29%) of senior roles globally (Thornton, 2019).

Know how six La Sallian students try to break through the ‘glass ceiling’ in their project Through the Looking Glass (TLG PH). Click on the image to read the full article.

https://pigeongced.com/news/6-lasallians-seek-to-break-through-the-glass-ceiling/

By Amaranth Xena Soleil Saludar The glass ceiling is “an intangible barrier within a hierarchy that prevents women or minorities from obtaining upper-level positions,” which six students at De La S…