Bayanihan Foundation Worldwide
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Tag: phlanthropy
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Why donated books from Bayanihan Foundation are more than just reads—they’re a legacy at Pililla, Rizal
On October 2025, Dale Asis visited the University of Rizal Pililla in Pililla, Rizal and saw the thousands of books donated to the university library over the past few years during the Covid-19 pandemic. University librarian Ana Capistrano-Martinez put together the donated books into a wonderful collection that the university students could enjoy and use…
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Bayanihan Foundation Shifts Its Priorities
In 2010, I was confronted with intense personal experiences that show deep, cultural challenges within the Filipino community that I did not expect. These cultural challenges include the intense competition among Filipinos and the pervasive ‘crab mentality’ (Nadal: Filipino Psychology, 2009). Crab mentality is the desire to outdo, outshine or surpass another (often of one’s…
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Personal Reflections: US-Philippines Diaspora Partnership Workshop January 2011
Dale Asis shares his reflections and lessons learned on the US-Philippines diaspora partnership workshop in Manila, Philippines last January 2011.
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Bayanihan Foundation to Support Diaspora Partnerships
The Bayanihan Foundation To Support Diaspora Partnerships in the US, Philippines and Abroad
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Filipino Workers in the Diaspora Broke? Think Again! Many Have Money To Spend, Untapped Market as Donors and Consumers
My stereotype of overseas Filipino workers are shattered. The Filipino workers in the diaspora workers are not broke. They have expendable income to spend on weekend trips and souvenirs. These Filipino caregivers are untapped market as consumers. More importantly, they have expendable income to give as potential donors for development projects in the Philippines.
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Another Aquino is President of the Philippines – NOW WHAT? Real Change only happens with grassroots community leadership and involvement
In June 2010, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is poised to become the next president of the Philippines. Many Filipinos at home and abroad are rejoicing after a relatively bloodless election and many are pinning their hopes on Noynoy to ‘save’ the Philippines. SO NOW WHAT? The next Philippine president is starting out with such a…