GLOBAL NEWS
Gawad Kalinga founder promotes GK’s concept & vision in Toronto
The major direction of Gawad Kalinga is to look at the poor in the Philippines with respect and justice and at the same time, to build more houses for the poor for the next years to come, according to Antonio M. Meloto, GK's founder. Meloto who was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October28 to October 29, 2010, said that the rich and wealthy people in the country are now starting to embrace the poor by donating lands for the Gawad Kalinga for which houses will be constructed for the people families…
Every time I open my blackberry -- which friends say is most of the time -- I am now reminded of the abundance of a laid back country where it came from which for so long has only been for me an appendage of their powerful and more flamboyant neighbor in North America. My latest addiction, I just found out, is from Waterloo, Canada…
LOCAL NEWS
GK villages in Iloilo to hold 1st X’mas tree
Nine Gawad Kalinga (GK) villages will be spruced up for the Christmas season with the holding of the 1st Iloilo Gawad Kalinga (GK) Mabuhay Design Contest. The contest aims to promote the 5K values of GK Mabuhay, namely, Kagandahan, Kayamanan, Kapamilya, Kasiyahan, and Karangalan; promote GK awareness for all; and to intensify unity among “kapitbahayans” (neighborhood).The contest organizers held their initial meeting last Nov. 8 in the presence of provincial First Lady Cosette R. Defensor.The contest involves the making of a Christmas tree to be displayed in the prominent area of the respective GK villages…
BLOGS
In my amazing journey I am blessed to walk with heroes every day. Their company keeps me happy, sustains my energy and lights my way. Daily I am inspired by the constancy of this caring and doing army of countless country-lovers, hope-weavers and dream-builders in GK, ordinary citizens without claim to immense power, vast property or money, armed only with the audacity not to accept poverty as their shameful legacy and the integrity not to embrace corruption as the way to scandalous prosperity. One stands out among many -- Hector Villanueva or simply Hecky to me…
I met Hecky in May 2008 in San Diego. Our shared passion for Gawad Kalinga and our adoption journey made our paths cross many more times in the last 30 months. Hecks, thank you for being the person that you were… you are an inspiration to me and so many others. You took the road less traveled and in the process, you made the people around you better versions of themselves. Yours is a life well lived. You so generously shared yourself with everyone. You challenged us, high school Batch 85, to blaze the trail and make our mark in the building of our nation. You used your God-given talents so well in all your endeavors for the environment, our country, and the world…
Currently a bum droning in the quarter-life crisis hive, I tagged along with my GK-community nurse friend, Carmz Lopez, with the objective of wanting to help build roofs and paint walls. As a first-time builder, together with the other 150+ volunteers, we stowed away with our heavy bags, camp gear, and likely a few doubts on how safe the place is or if we could really finish building the roofs. Those paraded our minds on board the 12-hour road trip to Tumauini, and then we fell asleep…
Oktubre 23, sa nakaugaliang libangan ay magdamag ako sa harap ng “computer” habang nagf-”facebook”. Sa aking paglilibot-libot sa mga pahina, nakita ko ang isang imbetasyon. Mula ito sa Gawad Kalinga at tungkol sa gaganapin na “Rebuild” sa bayan ng Tumauini, Isabela. Matagal ko na gusto sumali sa Gawad Kalinga, nagustuhan ko ang ginagawa ng GK para sa ating mga kababayan. Ang tanging alam ko lamang sa Gawad Kalinga noon ay magtatayo ng mga kabahayaan at gagawa ng komunidad para sa mga mahihirap nating kababayan…
Build homes and help build lives. Be there at the Bayani Challenge 2011 from April 4 to 9 in Banatayan Island, Cebu.
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