The De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB) School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) will participate in the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) World Volunteer Conference, in Puebla, Mexico, Nov. 3 to 5.

The theme of the conference, “Volunteering for Social Change,” recognizes that individual and collective actions can bring needed change to communities, countries and the world.

A study, “Volunteerism in the Perspective of Deaf College Student Volunteers,” was prepared and will be presented by SDEAS social responsibility and outreach program coordinator William I. Sidayon, Jr., with SDEAS leadership involvement program coordinator Marian Patricia Bea U. Francisco, under the aegis of SDEAS center for deaf esteem and formation director Agnes C. Canayon.

Sidayon has a Masters in Education degree from Pasig Catholic College. He has been connected with DLS-CSB for the past three years.