January 20, 2023

Health, Education, Economic Empowerment, Social Inclusion and Equity, Peace-Building and Security, Governance, Active Citizenship, Environment, Environment

4-H Club work begun in the early 1950’s in the United States. It grew out of the need for boys and girls to learn how to grew better crops and livestock and to become skillful in food processing. The 4-H club idea gained strength in 1914 with the passage of the Smith Lever Law, providing directions for cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics.\r\nThe 4-H Club is an organization of out-of-school youth (OSY) and in-school youth (ISY) involved agriculture programs and livelihood projects for the four-fold development of the HEAD, HEART, HANDS AND HEALTH.\r\nThe meaning of the 4 letter H\r\n Head – to think, plan and reason; to be innovative and creative\r\n Heart – to be caring, sharing, committed and civic-conscious\r\n Hands – to be useful, skillful and serviceable \r\n Health – to enjoy life and participate actively in nation-building \r\n4-H Club is for the youth who are single from 15-30 years old; Membership is open and voluntary; Emphasizes community-based projects in agriculture and homemaking and is an avenue for farm family development. \r\nThe Philippine 4-H Club adapts the international 4-H symbol consisting of a four-leaf clover having the letter H on each leaf. The stem must point to the right as you look at the image.\r\nThe color of Logo, green represents nature’s most common color and symbolizes life and youth; White symbolizes purity , sincerity and truth. The motto Make the Best Better” The 4-H club motto serve as the ideal for members in carrying out projects and in improving themselves.