Three Girl Scouts from Dauin town in Negros Oriental were awarded the Chief Girl Scout Medal Award for successfully implementing community projects.

Princess Abellon, 16, Jerrah Mae Tupas, 15, and Krizel Jane Ariz, 15, were given the highest award by the Girl Scouts of the Philippines during the awarding ceremony recently, at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

Abellon, a senior high school student of Dauin National High School, implemented a one-year ecological project called “Beautification of a Neglected Area”. Tupas, a junior high schooler from Antonio B. Alejado Municipal High School undertook a health project called “Help Children Grow” at Purok 6 in Brgy. Magsaysay, while Ariz, a fellow junior student from the same school, carried out an ecological project on “Zero Waste Management” in Brgy. Panubtuban.

They were among the 415 girl scouts in the country cited for the one-year community projects they initiated in their areas.

“These girl scouts implemented their projects using their own resources and linkages within their communities without any funding assistance,” Rosario Rosales, council executive of the GSP Negros Oriental-Siquijor Council, said.

She added the GSP will extend only consultation and technical assistance to the girl scout throughout the one-year implementation period of the project, after which the projects are turned over to the barangay for continued implementation.

The Chief Girl Scout Medal Scheme highlights the Girl Scout's role in nation building. “We serve as catalysts for development in the community,” Rosales said.*PIA

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