At Camp HARAYA, Baguio’s young women redefine what leadership looks like

Twenty-seven young women leaders joined PDRF’s third Camp HARAYA on September 9–10, 2026, at Ridgewood Hotel in Baguio City.

Organized through the BRIDGE Project with the Government of Canada, the City Government of Baguio, and SIGLAT Baguio Youth Innovation Hub, the bootcamp developed practical competencies in disaster risk reduction and management, climate change adaptation through Integrated Water Resources Management, and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion.

Across two days, participants explored Baguio’s development vision and resilience challenges, joined systems-thinking and emergency-response exercises, and developed their own vision for a resilient, inclusive, creative, and livable Baguio by 2043.

The program culminated in a dialogue between youth representatives and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, reinforcing the role young people already play in influencing decisions and building resilient communities.