Team Out of Town Blog Hub (Outoftownblog.com) – Since its founding in 1978, Zone Five Camera Club (ZVCC), a guild of aesthetes who share a love for photography, has become one of the most renowned fine art photography clubs in the country today.
Having gained recognition at local and international photography competitions, its membership has combined their passion for photography as an art form equally with a passion for creating a difference in people’s lives.
For years, ZVCC has been holding exhibits and fund-raising activities to support the advancement of the education of underprivileged students at an annual charity-event fittingly called: Images of H.O.P.E. (HELPING OTHERS PROSPER & EXCEL).
In 2021, the charity-event’s beneficiaries were scholars from the Assumption Development Foundation (ADF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the learning development of select youths at Sapang Palay, Bulacan.
Despite COVID-19 constraints, ZVCC was able to pivot and hold the event online. It was a first in the guild’s storied history.
But it is not without irony that Images of H.O.P.E.’s seamless transition into the virtual space was in stark contrast to the plight of many ADF students.
Schooling for the underprivileged was disproportionately impaired during the pandemic.
“This is not only because of an absence of a reliable internet connection in their homes, but more importantly because of the un-likelihood of them owning laptops and computers,” said ZVCC Vice President Angela Panlilio. “Both are obvious staples in the shift to distance learning.”
Perhaps as an unbearable coup de grace, the cramped quarters and raucous environs typical of indigent neighborhoods do not at all facilitate proper studying.
It is to this end that, through Images of H.O.P.E., ZVCC was able to raise funds to buy computers for ADF scholars; and, in partnership with PLDT/Smart’s fiber connectivity, build The Learning Hub.
A fully-functioning digital learning center equipped with 10 desktop computers and 600 Mbps of internet speed, The Hub addressed ADF scholar’s needs for finding an environment conducive to studies.
For 4th year college scholar, Miranella stayed at The Hub for three months as a “refuge to survive online classes,” somewhere to concentrate and deeply focus on her lessons. The set-up allowed the engineering student to “host a webinar efficiently” and eventually finish her thesis paper.
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