Similar to @walkofhope's Art Workshop to the out-of-school youth last April in Bayawan City in Negros Oriental, a creative in Kabankalan City has been in contact with @flabbergast-art to collaborate with a family-owned foundation who have 60 scholar students who are in danger of losing their scholarships, with their parents not having enough funds for their schooling.

Create Livelihood for 30 scholar students

Rather than constanly receiving donations or help from the Foundation, our youth can be taught bamboo local crafts and innovations that are in demand in the market today. Kabankalan like Bayawan is also rich in BAMBOO where new innovations can be made to help fill the demand. There is a market for these products in Negros Province where my stay in Bayawan City last June has shown me that there is less manpower to create the supply.

An art workshop in Kabankalan will create livelihood for those kids and their earnings will sustain their schooling.

Although there are 60 scholars, there will be 30 attendees for our workshop. As the kids are desperate for jobs, they are the priority right now.

Bamboo crafts during the Bayawan's Plastic Waste Solutions Summit.

Another workshop is being planned for the parents as it is being arranged by the Creatives of Kabankalan City.

Funding for the workshop

What kind of support and funding is needed:

Art materials will be provided and snacks for the 2-days workshop. As our 2 artists will be travelling about 3 hours to Kabankalan, their fares need to be also covered.

BREAKDOWN

Art materials with $3 per person $180

Snacks ($40 per day x 2) $80

Artists' fares (return) $20

Our target dates are September 15th to 16th, As these dates are in a week's time, contingencies are to use the @walkofhope funds to cover our artists' fares and art materials. @adollaraday has also pledge so this will be a big help for the materials needed. Thanks @pennsif!!!

Advocacy on Ecology

With our 2 artists having their own advocacies, @flabbergast-art believes that Arts and Culture is the soul of a nation. With his talent in painting and creating arts plus his use of his indigenous musical instruments, who in his own way wants to impart to every Filipino.

#tataydagsa is our other artist who have travelled the country promoting his advocay of Share the road, clean the air. Together, these two can bring HOPE by bringing Music and Arts and create livelihood to our less fortunate Filipinos.

Bamboo crafts and utensils on display during the Udyakan Festival in Kabankalan City.

Our artists @flabbergast-art and #tataydagsa during the #sweep.ph coastal clean-up in Bayawan City.

Previous posts of @walkofhope have shown our two guys advocating More Fish, not Plastics with coastal clean-ups and with their recent participations on Plastic Waste Solutions Summit and with Bamboo Nation 3 with some Indonesian delegates.

During our Painting on Skimboard and Flat Skimboarding competitions in Bayawan City last June, funded by Steem.

Utilising the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, promoting Steem and Steemit

Although @walkofhope started as the charity arm of Steemit Philippines with its' mission to promote the platform through our charity events, distributing STEEMIT PHILIPPINES flyers with the belief that this platform can be an income-generating source for most Filipinos and the world. In saying that, we believe that this platform can also be a place for ADVOCACIES, where different voices from all over the world can be heard.

Now, with the economic set-up in the Philippines, more and more Filipinos are now hard-up in accessing education due to financial restraints. Although there are NGO charities and foundations who are willing to help, the Steemit platform and Fundition can help more in having projects that create livelihood as this is more sustaining and beneficial to those who we try to help. In this way, the cycle of poverty will be eradicated.

This @walkofhope project intends to change lives for the better utilising the blockchain of Steemit and cryptocurrencies.

Me @immarojas with a BAMBOO BIKE in Bayawan City last June. Who wants one?

Together with @flabbergast-art, we as the founders of @walkofhope want to encourage every Filipino and Steemian's support for this project. Our @walkofhope Family appreciates all the support from all Steemians. We can only be successful with everyone's support, especially the FUNDITION Team. Any collaborators who wants to help @walkofhope can reach me anytime (link not responding!)

Cheers everyone!

Some links:

https://steemit.com/philippines/@walkofhope/walk-of-hope-promoting-woh-and-steemit-philippines-in-silliman-university-dumaguete-philippines

https://steemit.com/busy/@immarojas/walk-of-hope-update-plastic-waste-solutions-summit-bayawan-city-negros-oriental-philippines

https://steemit.com/busy/@immarojas/when-walkofhope-and-bamboo-nation-collide-building-a-bamboo-hub-in-the-philippines

https://steemit.com/philippines/@walkofhope/walk-of-hope-s-painting-on-skimboard-and-skimboarding-competitions-last-sunday-june-24th