Young Professionals Orientation and Training Program

The following are the guest speakers for the WATSAN Lectures on Day 2

• Cherubim Ocampo from Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
• Guillermo Tabios from National Hydraulic Research Center
• Dave Robbins from Philippine Sanitation Alliance
• Lyn Capistrano from Philippine Center for Water and Sanitation
• Leo De Castro from Center for Advanced Philippine Studies

Congratulations to Verna Lucia Sarraga for winning the Logo Design Contest for the 2009 YP Workshop. Verna’s design will be used in the workshop streamers, shirts and kits. She will also attend the 6-day training program as a sponsored participant.

The deadline for the registration and submission of entries for the Logo Design Contest is extended until August 31.  For further details about the contest, please follow this link. You can register online through submitting our registration form.

TAO-Pilipinas, Inc. is a SEC-registered,non-profit, non-government organization that provides technical assistance to the urban and rural poor in the planning, development and management of their communities. TAO’s Young Professionals (YP) program engages students, academics and new practitioners to initiate their involvement with poor communities.

This year we are organizing our annual project, the YP Workshop on Social Housing, which is scheduled to be held on October 2009 in Metro Manila. The YP Workshop is a 6-day capability-building program that will gather about 40 participants composed of young design professionals and students (from architecture, engineering and planning schools) and community representatives to orient them on social housing and its related issues and give them an opportunity to implement a small community project. The theme for the 2009 YP Workshop is “Wat-San in Social Housing: Improving Access to Water Supply and Sanitation for Urban Poor Communities.”

We need a logo to go along with the theme of the 2009 YP Workshop. You have the chance to be named the Official Logo Designer for the 2009 YP Workshop and obtain a sponsored slot in the 6-day program on October 2009.

The winning logo design will be used in various ways, such as in the YP E-newsletter and Website (www.ypws.tao-pilipinas.org), and in printed items and tokens for the 2009 YP Workshop. We look forward to receiving your logo design submission!

Previous YP Workshop Logo Designs:

2005 YP Workshop Logo by Edra Belga	2006 YP Workshop Logo by Amillah Rodil	2008 YP Workshop Logo by Angel Sales

For the complete contest rules and guidelines, please click here.

To join the contest and register online, please follow this link

EARN Corporation, the only company in the Philippines that manufactures OMNIBOARD (Woodwool Cement Bonded Board or WWCBB panels), is looking for two (2) part time apprentices; preferably 4th year, 5th year or under-board graduates in either Architecture or Civil Engineering. Their work will involve the following:

1. Familiarization with Omniboard and Corboo (a new cement bonded board using recycled corn stalks and reinforced with bamboo shavings) products through technical documents and through periodic factory visits, project site visits and liaison with the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI);
2. Following up client requirements through sales calls, product presentations, e-mailed responses to queries;
3. Technical coordination with Architects and Engineers to determine what components of their design can be translated into the Omniboard Building System;
4. Day to day assistance in answering phoned in questions or inquiries regarding Omniboard properties, prices, comparative costing, availability, application and installation.

For inquiries, you may contact Architect Nestor S. David through this number 454-7592 or email info@omniboard.net .