Batangas City – The Argao Psych Team conducted a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training for the student volunteers from the Lyceum of the Philippines Batangas and from teachers and personnel from DepEd Division of Batangas on 3 to 4 May 2024. The training program, which is in partnership with Bantay Bata 163 Project Mind, was conducted in LPU Batangas and Central School. The Argao Psych Team also supervised the Project Mind’s MHPSS Provision in Lobo Senior High School and the Masaguitsit-Banalo National High School on 6 May 2024. The Project Mind is Bantay Bata 163’s program on the promotion of mental health among children and youth.
A total of 200 participants attended the 2 training schedules on both venues composed of students and faculty members of LPU Batangas and from the various public schools in Batangas.
The Argao Psych Team was led by Dr. Renz Argao, and included Mr. Marc Angelo Ronquillo, Ms. Diane Amor Garcia, Ms. Kathleen Gonzales, and Mr. Crispin Lauro Sta. Ines.
The project is headed and organized by ABS-CBN Foundation Bantay Bata 163, in partnership with Argao Psych, Department of Education – Division of Batangas, and the Lyceum of the Philippines Batangas.