Project I.L.A.W., “Isakatuparan ang Liwanag ng mga Aralin sa Watershed”, is an initiative of the Rotary Club of Marikina together with its newly chartered sponsoring Rotaract Club the Rotaract Club of Marikina Young Leaders and other concerned organizations had intended to provide clean and renewable electricity through solar energy and reliable fast internet connection to the Inigan Elementary School located in the Marikina Watershed area, Montalban, Rizal. Accessing the school from the nearest town center would take at least an hour drive by car, then a 30-minute hike to get across the Wawa Dam, by then, one would have to take a 30-minute boat ride before getting to the riverside of the school, then trek through the trails, forging two streams before getting to the school itself.
The Rotaract Club of Marikina Young Leaders had raised P52,000.00 to fund this project and sponsored the newly laid 4-kilometer-long fiber optic wire that started in the nearby town center, through the trees at the riverside to finally reach the school. This project was able to provide clean and renewable electricity through 5,200 Watts solar energy and uninterrupted internet connection up to 50 mbps. This would help light up the whole school facility and solve the issue regarding shortage of power, and change the lives of the students that would be using this in the future. School institution that has been lightened up and serves as a new hope of a brighter future. With the new set of computers and printers that were also donated, they would be able to have access to new technology and information, instruments in gaining knowledge, and vast opportunities by connecting them faster into information that was once only available in the nearby town centers before.
This project, I.L.A.W. has given benefits not just in having clean renewable energy for the environment, or boosting the literacy and basic education, but can also be used for online consultation, webinars on maternal and child care, peace and conflict resolutions, and economic development for the whole community. What was once a dream before has now become a reality to the school.
During the ribbon cutting ceremonies, the students and teachers were grateful for this initiative and thanked the Rotarians and the Rotaract Club of Marikina Young Leaders with this project. They were proud to say that what was once a dream before had now become a reality, they are now more confident that they can have access to technology and information faster and will be on equal footing with their counterparts in the metropolis. The Rotaract Club of Marikina Young Leaders was looking forward to more collaboration with the school in fulfilling their legacies, advocacies and social responsibilities with the resources they have by providing life-changing opportunities to serve the community.
