Project DangopAn advocacy focused on Typhoon Preparedness and Earthquake Response won the 2016 TAYO award under the category of Environment, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation and 2017 Sowing Legacy award for Community Service
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Background of the Project
On November 8, 2014, our group, the Kanlaon Theater Guild was invited by the Save the Children Foundation to perform in the Municipalities of Carles and Estancia, Province of Iloilo, for the one-year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda that heavily hit the two towns. Our group presented an original inter-active production entitled “Si Iska Nga Permi Handa”. The 15-minute play was originally intended for children to entertain and to educate on what to do before, during and after the typhoon.
The experience of seeing first-hand the devastation brought by Typhoon Yolanda and the stories shared by the residents and the volunteers of the Save the Children Foundation had stuck in the minds and hearts of our six actors and two production staff. We decided to continue the performances in the communities in Negros Occidental and was able to come up with another play entitled “Alisto si Charito” which tackled on how to deal with postearthquake scenarios. It eventually became Project Dangop, which means “to take refuge, shelter or sanctuary.’
The Guild has visited and performed in 11 areas and had reached more than 15,000 audience in 2014 to 2015. Some of the performances were held during big events such as the Panaad Sa Negros Festival, the National Arts Month, the National Disaster Consciousness Month, National Environment Month Celebration, the Mambukal Mudpack Festival, to name a few. It was on January 21, 2016 when the collective efforts of Kanlaon Theater Guild was cited at the Heroes Hall of Malacañang. Our group was awarded as one of the Ten Accomplished Youth Organization (TAYO) under the Environment, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Category. The group received Php 50,000.00 and a trophy speciallycrafted by Toym de Leon Imao.
The prize was used by our group for the Phase two of Project Dangop in 2016. It was done in the communities where the group had performed. These communities committed to undergo training from the guild pertaining to theater arts and disaster preparedness. Aside from continuously carrying out the educational productions for the towns and cities of Negros Occidental, the Kanlaon Theater Guild plans to tackle climate change, environmental protection and energy conservation for their future productions. This is our response to one of the 17 Goals of the U.N. for Sustainable Development…”Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
The experience of seeing first-hand the devastation brought by Typhoon Yolanda and the stories shared by the residents and the volunteers of the Save the Children Foundation had stuck in the minds and hearts of our six actors and two production staff. We decided to continue the performances in the communities in Negros Occidental and was able to come up with another play entitled “Alisto si Charito” which tackled on how to deal with postearthquake scenarios. It eventually became Project Dangop, which means “to take refuge, shelter or sanctuary.’
The Guild has visited and performed in 11 areas and had reached more than 15,000 audience in 2014 to 2015. Some of the performances were held during big events such as the Panaad Sa Negros Festival, the National Arts Month, the National Disaster Consciousness Month, National Environment Month Celebration, the Mambukal Mudpack Festival, to name a few. It was on January 21, 2016 when the collective efforts of Kanlaon Theater Guild was cited at the Heroes Hall of Malacañang. Our group was awarded as one of the Ten Accomplished Youth Organization (TAYO) under the Environment, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Category. The group received Php 50,000.00 and a trophy speciallycrafted by Toym de Leon Imao.
The prize was used by our group for the Phase two of Project Dangop in 2016. It was done in the communities where the group had performed. These communities committed to undergo training from the guild pertaining to theater arts and disaster preparedness. Aside from continuously carrying out the educational productions for the towns and cities of Negros Occidental, the Kanlaon Theater Guild plans to tackle climate change, environmental protection and energy conservation for their future productions. This is our response to one of the 17 Goals of the U.N. for Sustainable Development…”Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
