Outreach Programs

Though aware its very limited resources, Mater Dei College has been finding ways to concretize its Vision, Mission, and Goals (VMG). In response to the invitations from neighboring barangays who seek for assistance in whatever forms, the school has formally launched its Community Extension Services (CES). The farmers of Macaas received the first assistance of this outreach program through MDC by tapping an international agriculturist in the person of Jean Darunday who shared to the farmers how to improve farming by means of embracing an alternative farming known as organic farming.

After a thorough assessment with these farmers, it was found out that they also need a pump to water their rice fields, so the school facilitated the process of looking for a source to finance the said pump until Mrs. Halweena Coffin, a benefactor of some students of Mater Dei, promised to donate an amount for the farming equipment.

For a sustaining project, Mater Dei College launched its livelihood program in the form of goat raising which started last June 2005. There were 12 goats distributed to the 11 members of the farmers and at present the goats are raised into 17 and again distributed to other members.

The recipients of the goat raising project in Macaas, Tubigon, Bohol together with
Dr. Ceferina H. Ranario, Dr. Benjamin L. Mejorada, and Mr. Pedro Aplacador, Jr.
Photo by Benjie B. Lenteria