It’s almost a decade since our Rotaract Club started to commit in rendering selfless service to the people of Brgy. Ankileng, Sagada Mt. Province. Over these years, the club witnessed a total make-over to the lives of inhabitants - be it in the social or economic aspect.
Sagada is 145 kilometers away from Baguio City and takes about six to seven hours from the main gateway to the rugged Halsema Highway, the region’s main access road and the highest point in the country’s highway system. During rainy season, it takes longer than usual travel when the roads are blocked by slices of boulder and eroded earth particles. Despite the highly commendable tourist spots in Sagada, poorly maintained roads have always characterized accessibility to the place. Nowadays, since the advent of modern telecommunication facilities and rapid growth of tourism industry, Sagada embraced the civilization and started to change dramatically.
In any case of cited development, there exists either positive or negative result in terms of physical environment, socio-cultural, and economic aspect. For instance, the increased congestion can increase revenue collection but to an area of limited size the struggle for survival of increasing population might occur and a settlement once pristine and fresh becomes degraded due to improper waste segregation and lack of zoning strategies. Likewise, as tourists of diverse cultural orientation continue to grow, the interaction between differing cultures can somehow affect the behavioral traits of the indigents.
With these possible impacts that are now highly observable to Sagada, the club felt the need for an initiative to partake and commit our social responsibility for the people of Brgy. Ankileng, Sagada. That's why, despite busy schedules, we always reserve a 3-day outreach program to them twice a year - for Balik-Eskwela and Pre-Christmas Gift-Giving.
Smiles and the majestic view of Sagada simply motivate us to go back and forth. You just can't help but mesmerize. Beautiful indeed! In the next articles I will be featuring some of the sceneries I've personally seen.
1 comments:
I was born in Baguio but I've never been to Sagada. My friends showed me pictures of their trip there and since then, it has become my dream to one day set foot in Sagada. I hope that by the time I get there, it isn't too transformed by the times yet.
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