Major Fire Destroys Many Homes…

Major Fire Destroys Many Homes…

On Thursday evening, March 21 2024, a massive fire struck the slums of Tondo, Manila. In 7 hours, the blaze destroyed approximately 140 houses, partially gutted 60 more, and displaced around 600 families, totaling roughly 1,800 individuals, according to the local...
ADOBO ENGLISH

ADOBO ENGLISH

We started a new series of English tutorials as part of the Career Development Program – open to our ALS students, as well as high school and college sponsored students. Many of us were understandably nervous as it was our first English session together, but Ann and...
PARTNERS ON BEHALF OF FILIPINO YOUTH

PARTNERS ON BEHALF OF FILIPINO YOUTH

What an encouraging time we had meeting with Starbucks leaders, also from their Supply Chain, Sustainability, Ethical Sourcing, and Greener Store departments, as well as with leaders from fellow beneficiary organization AHA Learning Center. And what a fantastic...
FIRST CHRISTMAS PARTY @ NAIC STUDENT CENTER

FIRST CHRISTMAS PARTY @ NAIC STUDENT CENTER

From Marian, our Young Focus Naic manager: “Young Focus Naic hosted its first Christmas party on Saturday, December 16. In addition to the celebration, we launched our new library, indulged in DIY bookmark making, photo shoots, storytelling for elementary school...

Jobel passed the criminology board exam!

After finishing Senior High school, Jobel decided to pursue her dream course– BS Criminology. To manage her time as a working student was challenging, but she didn’t give up on her studies. She was also one of the active students attending our weekly...