National Promotion Campaign for the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) As One of the New Seven Wonders of Nature (N7WN)

 Responding to the call of President Benigno S. Aquino III, as declared in Presidential Proclamation No. 182 entitled "Declaring a National and International Promotion Campaign for the Puerto Princesa Underground River As One of the New Seven Wonders of Nature," the Department of Education (DepEd) shall conduct various activities and other initiatives that will support the massive campaign for the inclusion of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in the New Seven Wonders of Nature (N7WN).
This promotion campaign aims to:

1. ensure that the PPUR will be included in the N7WN;
2. encourage more than 30 million internet users and 77 million mobile phone subscribers to support the PPUR as a matter of national pride and patriotism; and
3. work together towards awareness, appreciation, preservation and promotion of the Philippines' PPUR and its unique and outstanding scientific, biological, and geological features contained in Enclosure No. 2 to attract more international tourists who are interested to help the Philippine Tourism Industry prosper.
   

Being one of the major players in organizing the PPUR-N7WN Campaign Task Force, the Department of Education will conduct the national and international advocacy and aggressive voting campaign from July to November 10, 2011 to more than 500,000 teaching and non-teaching personnel catering to around 22.05 million students in its 55,000 public schools and about 3.6 million students in the estimated 11,000 DepEd-accredited private schools. It also targets the active participation of the local government units (LGUs), and the Filipinos overseas and other nationals at the international level. Thus, the following strategies shall be employed:

1. The Communications Unit-Office of the Secretary (CU-OSEC), in cooperation with the DepEd-MIMAROPA shall conduct an over-all monitoring of the department's efforts in the campaign and coordinating the distribution of campaign materials to all DepEd offices; and
2. The Regional and Division Offices shall organize the regional and division communications teams, which shall coordinate with the CU-OSEC and shall take the lead in various campaign activities in their respective regions and divisions.
   

Efforts in support of the campaign shall include, but are not limited to:

1. disseminating massive information initiatives such as posters placed in front of the school gate and print outs for the bulletin board with instructions on how to support and vote; (Instructions should be clearly written as: text PPUR and send to 2861 or log on to www.new7wonders.com and register to choose Puerto Princesa Underground River as among your choice of new seven wonders.)
2. establishing an information booth cum voting centers and other campaign activities in schools and communities, which are sponsored by different associations such as the supreme student governments, principals, and parents-teachers associations among others;
3. using standard campaign logo/design as screen savers in all the computer desktops inside schools and DepEd offices;
4. scheduling the region-wide mass voting, preferably after flag raising ceremonies in schools and field offices; (The Regional and Division Communications Teams shall coordinate with the Communications Unit-Office of the Secretary for the schedule.)
5. inclusion of the campaign as one of the agenda during executive meetings in all schools and DepEd offices to ensure the active participation of heads and officials in this endeavor;
6. making use of DepEd events, gatherings, trainings, and other activities, regardless of the number of participants, as a venue to promote the campaign and asking the support and votes of the participants;
7. posting the link of the official website of the New Seven Wonders of Nature in the official website of DepEd Regional and Division Offices, if there are any; and
8. allowing students to vote on-line during computer classes.
9. The designated Communications Teams shall submit status reports of their activities every month to the Communications Unit-Office of the Secretary which will then consolidate the updates and inform the National Task Force during meetings.

Here are some beautiful and awesome pictures of the Puerto Princesa Underground River:




For questions and other concerns on the campaign, please contact the Communications Unit-Office of the Secretary at telephone numbers: (02) 631-6033 or (02) 633-2120 or e-mail at depedcommunications@gmail.com.

Read some details about Puerto Princesa Underground River and Palawan Analysis and Report.

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