Community Technical Center (CTC) Program now on its 5th Batch

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Trippers Philippines (TPH) has been named to be one of the beneficiaries of Harte Hanks Philippines, Inc Community Technical Center (CTC) Program. The said program is under the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in partnership with Microsoft that aims to provide digital literacy to communities for free. The program is helping communities live and thrive in the 21st century digital world. The digital literacy standard curriculum consists of five courses: Computer Basics, The Internet and the World Wide Web, Productivity Programs, Computer Security and Privacy, and Digital Lifestyle. Participants who pass all five courses will receive a Digital Literacy Certificate issued by Microsoft.

Batch #	No. Of TPH Participants	Inclusive Dates Of Training
1	7	March 22 – 23, 2014
2	12	June 7 – 8, 2014
3	13	July 19 -20, 2014
4	17	September 6 – 7, 2014
5	???	November 22 – 23, 2014
TOTAL	49

TPH was granted 125 seats on the free training at Harte Hanks Corporate Office for 2014. The slots were divided into five batches: The organization with its heart to the community extended the invite to other groups such as Freshmen University, TPH Member’s families and friends and other networks. The whole program will run for two consecutive days and is being facilitated by Harte Hanks volunteer trainers.

For TPH, since the first batch, it is Chef Neil Daquis who’s handling CTC for TPH until present. He is the most requested facilitator because of his vocal support to the LGBT Community. He’s able to use his own experience to tackle the basics of digital literacy and relating it to each course that makes the learning experience more fun and exciting. After all the five courses have been discussed, the participants will be required to take the online Microsoft online exam. Everyone is expected to pass at 80% rate.

Then, a small graduation will be conducted immediately after all participants have passed the exam. The activity is a program under the Office of the Commissioner on Individual Opportunity which aims to elevate member’s skills, high potential candidate, and increase the chance of getting a better job opportunity.

The main house assisting the program is the house of young beauties (G2) headed by the Secretary General (SG) Kimpoy. In total, we have 49 CTC graduates and we’re waiting to complete the last roster for batch 5 this coming November 22-23, 2014.