Tag Archives: Poverty

Giving Hope Goes Beyond Race

Posted on October 4, 2015 by daleasis

Sharon Charleston and Beyond Borders International demonstrates charitable giving goes beyond borders and race Continue reading →

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‘Adorables’ Fulfill Dream of Protected Waiting Area for Hospital Patients

Posted on February 21, 2015 by daleasis

Ground breaking ceremony of new lobby waiting areas at JP Rizal Memorial Hospital in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines, with Carminda Aldeza & Family and Laguna Governor Hernandez. This project will benefit over 30,000 indigent patients that go through the doors of JP Rizal Hospital, the only major charity hospital in the area. Special thanks to Evelyn Castillo of the Bayanihan Foundation and Dr. Doreen Sales for their support. Continue reading →

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Stay With the Philippines: Helping Street Children in Leyte

Posted on October 29, 2014 by daleasis

This entry recalls the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 and the impact of the Bayanihan Foundation in providing immediate relief and continued recovery efforts. The foundation provided food packages to street children scavenging food in garbage dumpsites in Tacloban City, Leyte Philippines. Please stay with the Philippines and continue your support. Continue reading →

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Three Years Later: Revisiting Clark Philippines and Thousands of Filipino Amerasians Left Behind, Still Struggling

Posted on September 18, 2014 by daleasis

Three Years Later: Revisiting Clark Philippines and Thousands of Filipino Amerasians Left Behind, Still Struggling Continue reading →

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Arrival in the Typhoon Haiyan’s Epicenter: Tacloban City, Leyte

Posted on December 23, 2013 by daleasis

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms to make landfall in world history, affected more than 14 million people, and displaced 4 million. I shared my observations as I surveyed and volunteered to help with the devastated communities in the wake of the storm. Continue reading →

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To Help Locally or Globally? You Don’t Have to Choose, You Can Do Both

Posted on November 27, 2011 by daleasis

Choosing between giving locally or globally is a false dichotomy; it is an unrealistic division that reflects the orthodoxy of the last century. In the 21st century, Filipinos and many others that live in the diaspora lead their lives in a transnational and global context. You don’t have to make a choice – you can do both. Continue reading →

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You’re Invited To Watch award winning film “Left By The Ship” in Chicago & NY

Posted on November 2, 2011 by daleasis

The Bayanihan Foundation invites everyone to join the film showing of “Left By The Ship” in Chicago and in New York, an award winning documentary about Filpino Amerasians, children whose fathers were US military service personnel and their mothers are assumed to be prostitutes. Many suffer from discrimination, prejudice and extreme poverty; they’re America’s forgotten children. Continue reading →

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Hopeless, Packing up and Leaving For Abroad? Some Are Going Back to Make a Difference

Posted on July 24, 2010 by daleasis

So do you think that the situation back in the Philippines and many developing countries is so hopeless that the only alternative is to pack up and leave for abroad? Tim Troutman and Dr. Manny Cacdac are going back to make a difference. Continue reading →

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10. Philippines’ GDP increased (yay!) and so does poverty (huh?) and Nine Other Interesting Facts

Posted on April 5, 2010 by daleasis

Last February 2010, I’ve met Jeremiah Opiniano, Executive Director of the Institute for Migration and Development Institute, a nonprofit think tank in the Philippines devoted to policy research, data banking and development journalism on Filipinos’ international migration and its development … Continue reading →

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