As the government moves to address the hunger situation, the private sector is also taking steps to help solve this problem. Last August 21, Jose Ma. Montelibano announced an initiative called the Walang Iwanan Alliance (WIA). He is the Special...
Advocacies
Gawad Kalinga has partnered with ACTED and Convergences to bring the vision of a “3Zero” world to life. Closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, the goals of Zero Carbon, Zero Exclusion and Zero...
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Implement projects that will affect all facets of the environment: Earth, Air, Water, Flora and Sustainability. Provide sustainable and FUN solutions for our beneficiaries with a Covid-19 Twist. Build and Strengthen partnerships...
Facebook offers $100 million (around Php 4.8 billion) worth of cash grants and ad credits to small businesses disrupted by the pandemic around the world. This advisory comes from ‘Facebook for Business’ where it states that some 30,000...
We already know that Christmas will be different this year. Our regular Christmas traditions like Simbang Gabi, family reunions and Christmas parties will have to be done online. For some of us, Christmas will mean less parties and get-togethers....
We are now at a point when the growing hunger of our neighbors in Metro Manila is beyond debate or recrimination. With 3 million already experiencing hunger and more being added daily — despite everything that government and the private...
Social enterprise HOPE, makers of the bottled water brand Hope in a Bottle, recently announced the groundbreaking of the 100th classroom to be built since the company’s inception. Founded in 2012, HOPE is the first company that donates 100% of its...
YoWell Philippines is proud to be a local manufacturer of fresh, quality yogurt for the everyday consumption of Filipinos. It’s not just any yogurt; it is powered with billions of active lactobacillus probiotics per serving – the good...
UNICEF Philippines launches Basket of Hope 2020, a fundraising campaign to help prevent COVID-19 from being a lasting crisis for children. Today, children around the world are even more vulnerable. On top of the risk of COVID-19, they face greater...
JCI Manila supports the frontliners through Project Bike-Kada. With the community quarantine restrictions in place, many essential staff of PGH are forced to walk or ride crowded public transportation modes to get to work. Through Project Bike-Kada,...
Mixed, in partnership with the U.P. Pre-Medical Society is currently holding a donation drive called SULONG. Mixed is proud to be one of the major sponsors of SULONG for the first time. SULONG is a donation drive initiated by the U.P. Pre-Medical...
Many who depend on live entertainment and musical events for a living continue to struggle to make ends meet in these very crucial times. We call them the working musicians who belong to the informal sector and have also lost their source of...
And they’re the answer to the oversupply of fresh produce from the pandemic! After weeks of concern over food shortage, our country’s farmers are now faced with yet another problem: oversupply. A few months following the nationwide lockdown...
The education sector is one of the many sectors that has been, and still continues to be aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Online learning has been staunchly proposed to replace face-to-face classes, in the hopes of avoiding the spread of the...
FFK Projects donation drive initiative for the purpose of donating reams of bond papers and printer inks is reaching out to individuals, organizations, and businesses to help us successfully fill in a gap between our learners and their education. ...
For about half a year now, the whole world has been continuously fighting against the vicious pandemic which put everyone’s health and safety at high risk. While some of us still get the opportunity to still eat three meals a day, watch our...
The ongoing pandemic presses a series of challenges to different sectors of our country today. Among others, we acknowledge that the face of education in the Philippines has shifted amid the “new normal.” With the introduction of distance...
Pierre’s Supplies, a small online business is conducting a donation drive for the homeless people in Metro Manila without facemasks and face shields yet. They aim to provide it during this pandemic as not everyone has the capability to afford...
When the country was placed under community quarantine last March, physical classes in all levels of education were cut short. With the end of this pandemic still uncertain, the education sector deemed it necessary to transition to an online mode of...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines welcomed Robi Domingo to the Panda family as the newest addition to their roster of celebrity ambassadors, helping the organization spread awareness on the importance of planetary health to human...
#BangonPilipino. Bangon Pilipino is a youth-led movement that seeks to inspire longing aspiration in enhancing life through active social service. By nourishment through a service-based approach, we aim to promote and contribute to the Filipino...
With a motto of “Let’s Give It Life.”, a student organization from the University of the Philippines Diliman has started a donation drive that aims to help their fellow students.In recent months, The Department of Education has been firm in...
Last April, COVID Diaries: Millennial Edition launched a digital platform that features news, events, and people using a unique millennial perspective. Within the same month, the team decided to write about post-pandemic mental issues. As...
The ongoing pandemic has affected not only a lot of business sectors but even producers like farmers and fishermen. With little funds and no source of income, their lives are much harder, and their future looks bleak. Thankfully, many have risen up...
On July 20 until August 28 of this year, the youth-run initiative Project Agapay 2020 will hold Duyan ng Pag-ibig, a fundraising project aiming to collect a minimum of Php 21,000 to donate necessities and supplies for the abandoned and neglected...