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Adopt-A-School: In the Heart of a Teener Let me take you to an account relayed to me by a teener whom  I will call “ hearty friend”.  This story dates back five years ago when he was still a student at Capiz National High School. A group of  YES-O officers of Capiz National High School went on an immersion in the hinterlands of one of the NPA-infested towns of Capiz. Jamindan is 54 kilometers away from Roxas City.   The immersion site was 16 kilometers away from the town of Jamindan. The group traversed through steep mountain roads to reach the site for the tree planting activity which was part of the project,  “Green Philippines Program” (GPP) of the Army’s 3 rd Infantry Division.  At first visit to the place, the group  felt sad and helpless at the sight of hectares and hectares of denuded forests. On site, one can just imagine the damage the situation can possibly bring.  And so, it became easy for the group to commit to the adoption of the place as their Tree Planting site.