GK Enchanted Farm and the Arch Angel – GK Center for Arts and Culture
Angelo King Foundation, Inc. — Helping people help themselves.
One of Victoria Court‘s biggest CSR projects this 2014 is the inception of the Arch Angel – GK Center for Arts and Culture inside Gawad Kalinga (GK) Enchanted Farm in Angat, Bulacan.
The inauguration of the Arch Angel-GK Center for Arts and Culture.
Present at the ribbon cutting were GK Founder and Chairman Tony Meloto, Victoria Court CEO Archie King, celebrity endorser and model Georgina Wilson and GK Executive Director Luis Oquiñena.
GK Enchanted Farm
The 34-hectare GK Enchanted Farm was built with the help of Singaporean architects and French interns and social entrepreneurs. It served as the venue for GK’s 2nd Social Business Summit on October 2-4, 2014.
Things to see at the farm:
- Ampitheater,
- Bamboo Palace,
- Soccer Field,
- Grass Villas,
- Arch Angel Multipurpose Hall,
- Animal Farm,
- Hyundai Center,
- Berjaya Food Center, and many more.
Aside from the root crops and other plants, farm animals, and culinary herbs, there’s also an infinity pool!
SEED Philippines
Bright graduates from the nearby public high schools who have no means for a college education are now part of School for Experiential and Entrepreneural Development (SEED Philippines), a farm village university and the first school for social entrepreneurs in Asia. SEED Philippines, in partnership with TESDA and CHED, aims to develop the young generation’s entrepreneurial spirit. It is their vision that Filipinos will be producers and business owners.
One of the classrooms inside the GK Enchanted Farm
Tito Tony as he shares some words of wisdom to SEED students and gives thanks to the volunteers
“We need to change the mindset of the rich, not just the poor.” – Tito Tony Meloto