The PRRM is this year’s recipient of the Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award, conferred annually by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), an attached agency of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).

In a letter dated 4 December 2007, PNVSCA Executive Director Joselito C. de Vera informed PRRM President Ding Navarro of the National Volunteer Month Steering Committee’s decision to confer the Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award to PRRM as an organization that has “consistently contributed talents, efforts and resources to volunteer work” in its sustainable development work in the provinces (Outstanding Volunteers To Be Recognized).

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GALVAN, NUEVA ECIJA – The sky was overcast when the vehicle we were riding passed the main arterial road from Gerona, Tarlac towards Nueva Ecija. The trip from Quezon City took three hours due to the incessant rain along the North Luzon Expressway. Tarlac City was still plagued with heavy traffic. But hey, any discomfort, I believed, will be compensated upon arrival at our destination.

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Last 15 September 2007, members of the Conrado Benitez Institute of Sustainability (CBIS) led by VP Isagani R. Serrano plunged their feet in the dirty waters of Manila Bay in observance of the International Coastal Clean-Up activity. Also present were PRRM Bataan Chapter members led by Orion Vice-Mayor Virgilio Isidro, Trustee Emmanuel Gloria, and provincial manager Crispin Tria.

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Last September 12, 2007, the CIIF Oil Group of Companies, the Nagkakaisang Ugnayan ng mga Magsasaka at Manggagawa sa Niyugan (NIUGAN), and the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) signed a memorandum of understanding to work together for the development of the coconut industry.

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The week-long anniversary celebration culminated on the evening of July 18 with an alumni reunion held at the PRRM Penthouse. Around 150 alumni and staff from batch 1986 onwards reunited and happily looked back on their PRRM days as musicians Joey Ayala, Cynthia Alexander, and the Village Idiots provided the entertainment.

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