Randy Delos Santos: Paghilom’s Resident Comic with a Serious Heart
By Nirva’ana Delacruz When you meet Randy Delos Santos, he’s easily the jolliest person in the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation team. Life was never the …
His Family Rejected Him, but This is How He Learned to Love & Forgive
By Nirva’ana Delacruz After first meeting 44-year old Aly Almerol, it won’t be long before you notice how concerned he is that you’re well-fed and …
Finding a Home: Ruben’s Journey
By Nirva’ana Delacruz Belief in God is often born in the home. But for 60-year old Ruben Bungay of Tondo, Manila it had been the …
How Would the Homeless Vote? We Found Out
By Br. Jorem Yap If given the chance, how would the homeless vote? This question—and its potential—is what inspired the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation to …
Dead Men Still Tell Tales: Postmortem Analyses on EJK Victims Released
By Nirva Delacruz Walking into the modest hall set up for the press briefing of sorts, Dr. Raquel Fortun has the stride of someone who …
What I Learned After Burying My Mother
By Fr. Flavie Villanueva, SVD I buried my mother 11 days ago. After days of feeling hallow and not knowing how to go back to …
Adrian Learns to Read
By Nirva’ana Delacruz “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” – Anatole France Unstoppable, relentless optimism. This is another way to describe the work in AJKFI, and …
Come & See: How We’re Getting More Homeless to Come & Stay
By Noel Feliciano For the past two years, we have welcomed 165 homeless people from the streets of Kalaw, Lowton, Perez, Canonigo to come live …
What It Was like Joining a Drug War Victim’s Exhumation
“He was still trying to say something…We still rushed him to the hospital…We couldn’t understand what he was saying anymore, but I think he was …
