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Alliance for Bases Clean Up Provides Body Talk Access, a Healthcare Alternative to Victims of Toxic Wastes in Clark and Subic
Bayanihan Foundation partner, the Alliance for Bases Clean Up Provides Body Talk Access, a Healthcare Alternative to Victims of Toxic Wastes in the Philippines. Continue reading
16 Organizations In Seven States Voice Their Support To Clean Up Toxic Wastes Left Behind
16 Organizations In Seven States Voice Their Support To Clean Up Toxic Wastes Left Behind in Clark & Subic, Philippines Continue reading
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Tagged bases clean up, community involvement, Philippines
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UXO and Toxic Waste Victims Learn To Cope, Heal with Body Talk Access
Victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and toxic wastes left behind at the former US bases in the Philippines seek short-term and immediate help from Body Talk Access, a system of energy-based techniques to make health maintenance and the management of daily health challenges accessible. Many of these victims are poor and do not have access to basic health care so Body Talk Access compliments well and help them cope and heal. Continue reading
Dangerous Unexploded Ordnance Found in Clark and Subic, Philippines
Unexploded ordnance (UXO) found in Clark and Subic, Philippines continue to endanger children and families that live there. September 16, 2011 marks the 20th year anniversary of the Philippine government’s refusal to renew the US-Philippine military base agreement that set in motion the US withdrawal of troops from the Philippines. Twenty years later, the US still has failed to clean up the toxic wastes left behind at its former military bases at Clark and Subic. Continue reading
Posted in Bases clean up, Diaspora Donors, Health, justice, Philippines
Tagged community involvement, education, justice, unexploded ordnance
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Despite Depressing Global News, Two People Are Making a Difference – Educating Kids, Savings Lives
Despite Recent Depressing Global News, Two People, Dr. Domingo Alvear and Mr. Blair Smart, Are Making a Difference – Educating Kids, Savings Lives. Continue reading
Posted in Diaspora Donors, Diaspora Giving, Education, Health, philanthropy, Philippine poverty
Tagged Diaspora Donors, education, Filipino diaspora, Health
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Tucuma Residents Live in Poverty and Hope – Rebuilding their lives one ditch at a Time
Last February 2010, my friend Benjie Velasco invited me to visit the other side of Paranaque, Metro Manila. We visited a squatter area, Tucuma that sits right in the middle of a leafy, middle class suburb. It was one … Continue reading
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Tagged Diaspora Donors, Health, philanthropy, Philippine poverty
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Filipino Medical Heroes – Saving One Patient At a Time
It was only 7:30 AM and hundreds of patients were already lining up to be seen at the surgical mission put together by the World Surgical Foundation in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines last February 2010. I had the privilege … Continue reading
Posted in Diaspora Donors, Health, philanthropy, Philippines, Poverty
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