SPOTLIGHT: Association of Fil-Am Teachers of America (AFTA) BalikTuro participants from the Cebu Normal University (CNU) posing for a picture with AFTA members, CFO Undersecretary Astavel Naik, and CNU Alumni Assoc. during the opening ceremony of the 2018 BalikTuro Lecture Caravan Part 2 of 2 Encouraging the ‘Filipino’ in Filipino-American youth Aside from their commendable […]
Part 1 of 2 SPOTLIGHT: Association of Fil-Am Teachers of America (AFTA) Pupils of Pianing Elementary School in Butuan City posing for pictures after receiving educational materials and slippers from the AFTAu2019s Adopt-a-School Project, which was spearheaded by Dr. Roxanne Cajigas, president of AFTA, on 5 August 2018 We may have read Benjamin Franklin as […]
Gisele Bundchen once said that “Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It’s a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.” This is why Dr. Dominador “Sonny” Genio/USTMEDCLASS’76 through the Feed the Hungry, Inc. (FtH) sponsored a gift-giving activity for selected families in San Pablo City, Laguna on 16 December 2015. 300 families from […]
Almost two weeks before Christmas, Typhoon Nona with international name “Melor” hit some areas in the provinces of Northern Samar, Sorsogon, Masbate, Romblon, and Oriental Mindoro from December 14 to 15, 2015. In response to the call for assistance of the victims of Typhoon Nona particularly in Sorsogon province, the Feed the Hungry, Inc. (FtH) […]
The Umalbong Elementary School (UES) in Hingyon, Ifugao and Awayan Elementary School (AES) in Aguinaldo, Ifugao received books from the Feed the Hungry, Inc. (FtH), an organization of Filipino-Americans in United States of America, through the Lingkod sa Kapwa Pilipino (LINKAPIL) Program of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas. The delivery of these books from Manila […]
Water is essential to life on Earth. We need it to quench our thirst, to prepare and cook food, and to ensure proper health and hygiene. The lack of it, therefore, in various communities in the Philippines pose serious health risks, and may lead to the spread of water borne diseases, such as diarrhea, amoebiasis, […]
The revolution in information and communication and technology, including the rise of social media, has facilitated not only international migration, but also the delivery of services by the government for its migrants. Recognizing the potential of these modern technologies, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) started developing innovative projects to provide better and faster services […]
On 19 September 2015, a summit meeting of Filipino-American physician leaders, para-medical, health advocates, and other health-care professionals took place at Richmond, Virginia, organized by the Filipino American Initiative to Transform our Homeland (FAITH). The FAITH Summit meeting was attended by over forty committed surgical and medical missioners and young Fil-Ams. The agenda of the […]
Education is a person’s key to success in life. It is no wonder why several overseas donors choose to support the education of less privileged Filipinos, specifically children by providing them financial and material assistance. One of these is the Filipinos Married to Taiwanese Association, Inc. (FMTA) in Taiwan represented by Ms. Maria Lourdes Tung. […]
For public schools experiencing classroom shortages, their utmost dream is for this problem to be eliminated or at least lessened. Taking up this advocacy of contributing to the eventual eradication of classroom shortages in the Philippines, the Feed the Hungry, Inc. (FtH), a non-profit, charitable organization in United States and longtime partner of the Commission […]