Immersion- Cristine Gersaniba

“ISA GID KA DAKU NGA BULIG”

By: Ma. Manuela V. Aloquin

Isa gid ka daku nga bulig ang amun nga “community immersion”,

Nga amun ginhiwat sa sa Brgy. Avila, pulo sang Guimaras,

Madamu gd ako sing natun-an nga mkabulig gid sa akon nga pagtu-on,

Bilang isa ka maayo nga tinuga sa sining nasyon naton.

Kami nag-adto sa higad baybay kaupod ang amun nga propesora,

Agod amun tan-awon ang marine sanctuary nga may ara sila,

Didto, amun na-abtan si Kapitan kag mga kaupod niya,

Kag kanami gid sang ila pag-abi-abi sa amun, dayon sila tanan nagpakilala.

Sang naghinyo ang amun grupo sang isa ka interbyu sa isa ka mangingisda,

Nagpasugot gid sya dayon nga wala sing pang duha-duha,

Kag didto, kami nakabati sing madamu nga mga istorya,

Kag sari-sari nga mga emosyon ang sa amun balatayagon iya gintuga.

Amun nahibaluan nga ang mangrove, ila gid ginapasalamatan,

Bangod ini ang ilistiran sang mga isda nga amu ang ila pangabuhian,

Kag daku gid ini nga bulig agud ila mapaiskwela ila mga kabatan,

Gani, ang paggamit sini sa iban nga pamaagi ila gid ginadumilian.

Isa gid ka manami nga eksperensya ang amun nga na-agyan,

Daku gid ini nga bulig sa amun bilang isa ka “science educator” sa amun kapanahunan,

Kuntani makapukaw man ini sang balatyagon sang akon mga kaupdanan,

Kag ila man ma-apresyar ang ka-importansya sini indi lang sa mga tawo didto kundi sa aton tanan.

Poems..

Nica Heria

Salty Water

They wash their hands in it
The salt turns to salt
In their hands. Wearing it
At their wrists, they make bracelets
Of it; it runs in beads
On their jackets. A child’s
Playing? It has hard whips
That it cracks, and knuckles
To pommel you. It scrubs
And scars; it chews rocks
To sand; its embraces
Leave you without breath. Mostly
It is stomach, where bones,
Wrecks, continents are digested.

Dhana Leigh Once
Our Earth

The Earth is ours to enjoy
For every little girl and boy.
But we must always be aware.
That all its beauty we must share
With all the children yet to come,
Who want to laugh and play and run
Around the trees and in the fields.

So we must keep our planet free
From messy trash and debris
With air that’s clean and fresh and clear
For all to breathe from year to year.
We must never ever abuse
Our sweet Earth that’s ours to use.

WHITE FLAG

I stare into this crazy world,
waving a small white flag,
hoping to find a truce to this
madness, that is life;

I wonder how can I be
sane when my mind is constantly
occupied by a barrage of things
that life seems to be throwing at me, nonstop!

I used to sit and watch the leaves fall,
watch the people scurrying about to find a meaning,
searching for the unknown;

now I am one of them,
scurrying to find what I lost,
searching for something that I know nothing about,
yet something that is so essential to life or so they say;

Mary Rose Garcia

Romel Galgo

Leny Toroy

Science Share-a-thon 

GERON PIERRE BAYATAN

           Science Share-a-thon is a rotational learning activity wherein several learning stations are provided. Each learning stations presents different science activities that do not only make students learn different science concepts but also arouses enthusiasm and more likelihood on science.
  The science majors of West Visayas State University, College of Education presented different science activities during their community immersion at East Valencia National High School and Barangay Avila, Buenavista, Guimaras.

 WATER ROCKET PROPULSION

  

 CLAY BOAT

 BURNING BUBBLES

TERRAQUA

 COLOR CHANGING MILK 

Science Education through…..
GERON PIERRE M. BAYATAN, BSEd Physics

     ... Lecture

     ...Demonstration

    ...Student Participation

        ...and Learning Stations

           

 We took part in the endeavor of the community for the conservation and development of the mangrove forest in their coastline. In our short stay in Avila, we helped the community by planting mangroves in barren areas. We also helped in getting the litters that scatters in the mangrove forest brought by the waves or those which clings in the stems of the mangroves. We did scrape the pests from the stem and root system of the mangroves that sometimes caused the death of these plants.

  

As we went through the mangrove area with some of the community members, we identified three dominant species of mangroves which are locally known as pagatpat, bungalon, and bakhawan. We were amazed that the fisher folks can differentiate quickly these species.

                                                                 -GERON PIERRE M. BAYATAN

           In Avila, three dominant mangrove species are can be found and are planted in the area which are Avicennia marina (Bungalon), Sonneratia alba (Pagatpat), and Rhizophora spp. (Bakhaw).

      The conversion of the seascape of Avila into a marine sanctuary made the local people feel more accountable of their natural resources and thus protecting it because they too can benefit from it. At the present, the locals of Avila helped hand-in-hand in restoring and developing their mangrove area by planting mangrove seedlings in barren areas and conducting clean up drives in response to the problem on litters that scatters and clings to the mangroves. Other initiatives by other organizations on helping the folks on their endeavors were also integrated.   

      In April 2012, the body of water within the 200 –  Meter radius from the coastline of the barangay was declared as marine sanctuary by the Philippine Government.    As a marine sanctuary, fishing or any other type of activities is strictly prohibited. The marine sanctuary is a no-take zone and strictly no fishing zone.
   Before the area was declared as marine sanctuary, the following ecological factors were considered: variety of species and habitats, breeding, feeding, nursery grounds for various stocks, naturalness, and migration path.

                            -GERON PIERRE M. BAYATAN