By CDT GS Carmela Jade Cortez
Two Ilongga scouts were recently elected to the Central Board of the Girls Scouts of the Philippines.
The Central Board has 37 members and composes the national set of officers. The election was held during the first-ever virtual 25th National Convention on May 25-27, 2021.
Hyacinth Bangero of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo got the highest number of votes among the 19 nominees and was elected as the GSP National Secretary. Bangero was a Chief Girl Scout Medalist – Batch 2009. She was also the Girl Representative of the Visayas Region to the Central Board in 2000-2012. Currently, she is one of the Central Board Members and the Vice-Chairperson of the National Communications Committee and member of the National Training Committee.
Bangero was also awarded as a Most Outstanding Girl Scout in 2010 and named among the National Young Achievers during the 75th Anniversary of GSP. She represented Girl Scouts of the Philippines to several International events such as the 36th World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) Conference in New Delhi, India and 8th Helen Storrow Seminar in Our Chalet World Center, Adelboden, Switzerland. She was also part of the creative team for the 2020 World Thinking Day Activity in Pune, India,
Joining Bangero in the Central Board is Rose Jade Eugenie Delgado. Delgado is from Santa Barbara, Iloilo and the newly elected GSP National Asst. Treasurer. She was also a Chief Girl Scout Medalist in 2013.
For the triennium 2012-2015, Delgado was the Girl Representative of the Iloilo Girl Scouts Council and consequently the Alternate Girl Representative of the Visayas Region. While still a cadet scout, former President Benigno Aquino III appointed her as the National Youth Sector Representative to the board of the Council for the Welfare of Children.
As a young adult leader, Delgado was with the GSP International Affairs Committee and is still active in the United Nation’s Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and the Global Youth Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals. Some of her involvements were : SUN Movement of the United Nations Global Gathering in Kathmandu, Nepal-2019, Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – 2019, International Food Policy (IFPRI) & Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Conference on Accelerating the End of Hunger & Malnutrition in Bangkok, Thailand, 2018, Helen Storrow Seminar on Climate Action in Our Chalet World Center, Adelboden, Switzerland – 2017 and GIGGLES International Camp in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom in 2017.
Bangero and Delgado both credit their various GSP trainings and exposures for their dedicated sense of volunteerism and strong leadership skills
As Bangero puts it in her Facebook account, “This win is not about us, it is about the future of the organization that we love and care about, the people who depend on their livelihood in this organization, and the girls and young women who need the experience and support that this movement can provide for them.”
The Central Board’s new set of officers will serve for the triennium of 2021 until 2024.
