Kasadya 2014: DULA TA BAi

Greetings Y4UW!

It has been one heck of a year—intense, sometimes cruel, often times demanding yet at the end of the day, EXTREMELY rewarding. From clearing rubble brought about by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Bohol, to a ceaseless relief effort from being almost literally swept off the earth by typhoon Yolanda, to preparing the much anticipated tour by GenRosso in February of this year — a few questions would come to mind like “is there any room to breathe?” or more consequently — “what is next?”

Summer in the Philippines is well on its way and we would not want to miss this opportunity to make the most out of it (of course)! We, the young people of Dumaguete city are inviting every young person who want to contribute in building a united world and spend a few days of their summer(and their saved up energy from school or work) together with us in our humbling town as we host Kasadya 2014: DULA TA BAi— to ‘reinforce old bridges and build new ones,’ to encourage dialogue among youth of diverse communities on current issues and events in a fun, vibrant and conducive environment, and to rejuvenate mental, physical and spiritual health through different activities, so as to ‘continue loving our way to achieve universal brotherhood.’

The idea came about when a few of us simply expressed that ‘we should do more things together!’ besides ‘the usual work or weekly meetings.’ That we also ’enjoy life’s gifts together’ in more ways than one. Seeing the immediate, EXTREMELY positive effects of the workshops with GenRosso on the young people who helped facilitate and participated in it and the audience who watched the musical Streetlight itself— it wasn’t that hard for us to determine what else could also have a similar yet entirely different effect on people: SPORTS.

Sooo, we went  to work on it right away and thought ‘why not invite some of our friends who are familiar already with what we do?’ another one went on and asked, ‘why not invite the other youth from our zone?’ and ultimately ‘WHY NOT EVERYONE IN THE PHILIPPINES?!’

It will be held on the 8^th of May until the 11^th  of this year— we will be preparing various activities like basketball and badminton, and contemporary ones like ultimate frisbee and the popularly known: Amazing Race, which will endure for a day until the evening, and finish off with U-Nite to culminate the three day event.

Y4UW of Dumaguete