Community Immersion Involvement

Of the NSTP students

of UNO-R

A Research Paper
Presented to

The Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences

University of Negros Occidental- Recoletos
Bacolod City

In partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
ENGLISH230 (Writing in Discipline)

By
Manalo, Frederick Gay
Devilles, Jovi Myne
Javier, Ruggie Rich
Librodo, John Wayne

March 25, 2011

 Acknowledgement

We, the researchers wish to thank the Lord for the wisdom and love of the

following persons who have contributed generously to the accomplishment of this research

paper:

To our parents, for giving us a never ending support when we are still conducting our

research.

To our teacher, who teaches us how to make a good research report, and enable us to do

this task as a part of our curriculum.

To the internet websites, who provided enough sources that we needed in accomplishing

this report.

Thank you so much for playing a big role in making this project a successful one.
 Introduction

Our group conducted the community immersion at Brgy. Pta. Taytay, Purok Kaingin,

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental last January 25, 2011. We’ve experienced a lot of new things

that we don’t usually did in our daily lives. We develop sense of responsibility by just reaching

out to their life situation.

Community immersion is an approach of developing among the students the concept of

service and empowerment as they reach out to the deprived, depressed and underprivileged

communities and the marginalize sectors of the society.

It provides the students venue wherein they can experience shift in attitude from being

mere spectators or passive citizens to be a responsible catalyst of change who are empowered to

touch the lives of other people especially the poor.

Students immerse in actual community life to know the economic, political, social

situation of the people. Students also undergo changes like increase in knowledge about social

realities, development of good values and empathy about lives of people and empowerment of

social skills. Students reflect on how their social analysis of the situation is concretized in

people’s situation.
Statement of the Problem

The main purpose of this study is to determine the level of involvement of the UNO-R

NSTP students in community immersion.

Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What is the level of community immersion involvement of the UNO-R NSTP

students?

2. What can UNO-R students gain through the community immersion?

Significance of the Study

This study will prove significant to the following:

The UNO-R NSTP students. The result of this study will develop students the concept of

service and empowerment as they reach out to the underprivileged communities.

The depressed communities. This will prove beneficial to the depressed community by

empowering the people’s development of the locality towards self-reliance.

The adopted Family. The benefit of this study extends to the chosen family of the NSTP

students. This study will provide practical insights that will help the family in their

underprivileged situation.

The UNO-R community. This activity will benefit the University by gaining positive

outlook from the adopted community for they helped a lot in different aspects.
Scope and limitation of the Study

This study is mainly concerned with the level of involvement of UNO-R NSTP students

with regards to their community immersion and with how they participate in the activity.

The subjects of the study were limited to all UNO-R NSTP students. The study was

conducted in UNO-R, school year 2010-2011 (2nd semester).

Definition of Terms

To facilitate better understanding of the study, the researchers present the conceptual and

operational meanings of the term used.

Community. This term refers to a group of interacting organisms sharing a populated

environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a

number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants

and their degree of cohesiveness. (Dublin, 2001)

As used in the study, this means the place where the actual community immersion

was conducted.

Immersion. According to (Ballucud, 2009) this word means the act of immersing or the

state of being immersed.

Operationally, this means an approach of developing among the students the concept of

service and empowerment.

Involvement. An act of involving, or the state of being involved.

 Student. It is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some

nations, the English term (or its cognate in another language) is reserved for those who attend

university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English (or an

equivalent in other languages). In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is learning.

UNO-R. UNO-R is a community which constantly searches for the truth by returning

into himself, discovering Christ and recognizing Him in its members. It strives to live a life

based on the Gospel. As persons committed to the teachings of Christ they endeavor to live the

values of uprightness, transparency, honesty, conscientiousness, justice, decency. UNO-R is a

community that strives to develop in all her members the values and qualities of humble and

generous service. It seeks to build up a community where everyone aimed towards authentic

service for benefit of the common good. UNO-R is a community that strives to develop in all her

members the values/qualities that will enable them to live and work in harmony with others in all

circumstances and conditions, reflecting UNO-R as SEEDBED of people for others forever they

will be led by their vocation, profession and mission. (www.uno-r.edu.ph)

 
 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Lives intertwine. And hundreds of stories fill up the pages of this spectacular chapter in our lives.

We don’t how to start, where to start. For our words are primitive and will never suffice for the

grandeur we had felt, we had witnessed, we had lived. A lot of the best days from our two

decades of living came around pouring and the only obstacle was the longing for home. It wasn’t

love at first sight. It took its own course in time, slowly penetrating the fortresses we had so

eagerly fortified to seclude our vulnerabilities from the sight of the new world we are trying to

identify ourselves with. We were moved to a being far from who we used to be. We used to be

governed by prejudiced and we were often accompanied by fears and misconceptions.

Nevertheless, the moment we set foot on the soil of such land miles away from home, the world

tilted and showed a different face. The overwhelming kindness and hospitality shattered all

barriers, all differences. We were changed in ways we are neither capable of elaborating nor

enumerating. This defining moment in our cheery young lives made a better person out of us;

outgrowing the childish things and realizing the weight of responsibility in independence. From

that moment on our perspective about so many things comes flashing in different lights.

Lives intertwine. Our own individual stories are woven together in the fabrics that created

stupendous consonance with the other twenty souls or less that came along. There were bright

sunny days and gloomy rainy days. There were moments of laughter and a period of tears. There

was a time of building bridges and there was a time for an untimely goodbye. There was longing

for home and there was enjoyment in independence. There was a long winding road that we

ended up trudging and there were places that took our breath away. There were strangers who
became acquaintances, acquaintances who became friends and friends who became family.

There were sleepless nights and some strolling under the luminous moonlight. There was

everything that we prayed for and a house that became our home. We were moved to love. We

were moved because we felt loved. The strangest beauty is to find serenity amidst the chaos that

goes on within. And the bitterness of life melted away in the struggles that we endured. We were

blessed. For not having everything and yet feeling too much. We were blessed for not having

everything and yet there lies contentment. We were blessed to have so many things to thank for.

We were blessed to have met amazing people who touched our lives and made us better persons.

We were blessed to have experiences that taught a lot about life. We thank God for all of it.

Lives intertwine. Twisted and bonded; our lives intertwined in the crossroad named

TERNATE. And though blood maybe thicker than water, the water flowed like the massive

torrents of an angry river. Strong and indestructible – that’s who we are together. We were bound

though not by blood but by each passing day that we went through together feeling what each

one felt, working on what each one needed, struggling on the same things, experiencing the same

moments. We partake in each other’s lives in this momentous portion that will happen

nevermore. What we had was a once in a lifetime and the aftermath of a lasting nostalgia.

It wasn’t love at first sight for it wasn’t in a spur of time and the intensity of the moment.

It was more of that subtle love that grows with everyday as we came to know deeper the persons

we had met and the places we had been. It is the kind of love that is ingrained in our hearts and

endures through time. We had met so many different persons before from all walks of life. We

had been to places that left blissful memories in our minds. We heard countless stories of day-to-

day struggles of survival. There were heartaches and pains. There were laughter and fun. We had
been through so much in our lives. Yet, what are left with us now are memories. And what had

been in that place, in that particular span of time, will be remembered dearly as we dance down

the memory lane decades from now at the beat of the sublime melody echoing TERNATE

(Messiness’, 2009).

Synthesis

The related literature and studies in this chapter provided a good background for this

research project. They contributed valuable insights which doubly convince the researchers (Us)

to undertake this study. Most of all, they supported the researchers to prove the study significant.