Modern Adoption is a term coined by the VGent Group of Companies to depict its sustainability program and community development in its focused areas in Ilocos Sur (the northern region of the Philippines) by means of matching adult donors with student recipients formalized by a Modern Adoption Contract of Undertaking.
The youth is the best investment for the future in order to sustain growth and development. Adopt-A-Scholar program is VGent’s take on modern adoption where adopters (donors) are linked with adoptees (VGent scholars) throughout their academic lives supported by a monthly stipend with a platform of constant communication through the internet.
In Modern Adoption, particularly VGent’s Adopt-A-Scholar program, the ADOPTEE submits periodic and at least monthly updates directly to the ADOPTER online (email & chat) and through social networking (e.g. Facebook). Facilitated by VGent’s platform in terms of educational facilities and monitoring and monitoring, the chances of an ADOPTEE’s success academically, and in life as a whole, is increased exponentially, when an outside donor such as the ADOPTER comes into the picture and provides inspiration and motivation to the ADOPTEE.
Although by definition, it is far from legal adoption, the goal of Modern Adoption is to achieve the same results in terms of care, communication and nourishing of both parties. It is believed that through this process of giving, the ADOPTEE is not the only one benefited but the ADOPTER as well since with such little amount (as low as USD$10.00 or PHP500.00 a month). The realization that you are material to the ADOPTEE’s success in life is indeed rewarding. Besides, you cannot put a price tag on the joys of giving.
Your Help, Their Future
What are your responsibilities as an ADOPTER?
As an ADOPTER, it is expected that you serve as a role model and inspiration for the ADOPTEE. The salient point of Modern Adoption Contract of Undertaking includes the following:
- Provision of at least USD$10.00 per month of PHP500.00 per month as a stipend of ADOPTEE Vgent Scholar, paid annually with at least monthly updates from ADOPTEE VGent Scholar inclusive of academic performances.
- Periodic communication through the internet with the ADOPTEE.
- Inclusion of names to the roster of donor ADOPTERS, except otherwise indicated by the ADOPTER, and on a best effort basis provide references for program expansion.
As an ADOPTEE, it is expected that the recipient VGent Scholar performs the following:
- Be active academically and pursue his/her studies to the best of his/her abilities with an end in goal of being the best in class.
- Actively communicate with the ADOPTER through the internet but bearing in mind appropriate sensitivities and respect for time.
- Initiate community development projects within his/her community.
- Serve as an ADOPTE in the future, upon graduation, and commit to the community of the program.
ADOPTEE PROFILE
An ADOPTEE of VGent’s Adopt-a-Scholar Program is one who is highly educated in the University of Life. Often, these children grew up in indigent communities of Ilocos Sur who is deprived of educational support and opportunities forcing them to quit school at an early age in order to help out and provide basic family needs.
VGent’s Adopt-A-Scholar program aims to widen the horizon of the ADOPTEE by encouraging students to dream bigger brought about by the motivational aspect of and ADOPTER. The Adopting Agency, VGent Foundation Inc., provides and educational facility and training to equip the ADOPTEEs with the necessary technology and tool set to constantly communicate with their ADOPTER and have access to the internet and global information.
As an internal and integral support system, each ADOPTEE is part of a Cell Group composed of ten (10) ADOPTEEs that would provide the essential physical and social attribute to sustain the drive of an ADOPTEE when external factors and immediate family issues hurdle educational goals. In the future, it is expected that ADOPTEEs themselves initiate community development projects in order to alleviate poverty within their respective communities. When an ADOPTEE graduates from school, it is also expected that he or she gives back to the community by becoming an ADOPTER, thereby ensuring continuity of the program. Indeed, it is a wise investment to invest in the YOUTH.
ADOPTER PROFILE
An ADOPTER of VGent’s Adopt-A-Scholar Program is one who has been there, done that and now wants to give back. Not necessarily the excessively affluent type, an ADOPTER is viewed as someone who has achieved that maturity where giving back is a need already and the joys of giving are a priceless reward itself.
Ideally, VGent’s Adopt-A-Scholar program aims to bridge the gap between first world dream life living and the dire economic needs of the third world. The current trend of adoption epitomized by celebrities and public figures may be made accessible to the public by means of VGent’s take on modern adoption, the Adopt-A-Scholar program. From the comfort zones of ADOPTER, there is a form of goodness and satisfaction in knowing that simple gestures of kindness and relatively reasonable amounts can change a child’s life, material to the ADOPTEE’s dreams and success.
Looking at a broader perspective, the ADOPTER would serve as a patriarch and catalyst of community development by means of inspiring youth leaders in indigent areas. In doing so, the sphere of influence and inspiration of the ADOPTER is expanded to the ADOPTEE’s family and community. Using the internet and other technology tool sets, the commitment and relationship of the ADOPTER to his or her ADOPTEE is virtual. Although virtual, the effect and emotional aspect is very real and life changing.
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Call at (+632) 5284640 or Email us now at adopt@vgent.com to inquire, react or to lend a hand. You can also assist by looking for someone who can make a contribution or putting us in contact with a potential adopter; a partner or someone who will genuinely commit to this noble cause.
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