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Unveiling the Experience of Volunteers and Beneficiaries: A Case of AGAK Foundation, Inc

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Community-academe partnership is a pragmatic effort to promote social responsibility by implementing sustainable development goals set by the United Nations Development Programme. On the one hand, a religious community-based organization like the Archdiocesan Shrine of San Roque Parish provides not only spiritual nourishment but also delivers socio-economic sustainability programs for impoverished members. On the other hand, an academic community like Cebu Technological University as a higher learning institution participates in nation-building by knowledge and resources sharing through community extension service. This paper assessed through unveiling the multi-faceted experiences of volunteers and beneficiaries of AGAK Foundation, Inc., using a qualitative descriptive research design. Exploration and understanding of the experiences of stakeholders generate a holistic picture of how the community dynamically behaves overtime. The study expedited the identification and assessment of the community's needs, which is a salient procedure in crafting a community extension service in the case of higher learning institutions in the Philippines. The result exposed emerging themes: a.) the genesis of AGAK Foundation, Inc.; b.) the various services it offered; c.) the pressing concerns of the adult-beneficiaries; and d.) the prevailing challenges encountered by the organization. Discussion of the themes furthered the need to address the different yet interrelated sustainable development goals by proposing an appropriate community extension service thereafter.

DOI 10.11648/j.ijecs.20200501.12
Published in International Journal of Education, Culture and Society ( Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2020 )
Page(s) 10-19
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Sustainable Development Goals, Community Needs-assessment, Community Extension Service, Higher Learning Institution, Qualitative Research

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  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

  • College of Education, Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines

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