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The AJ Kalinga Center Team Goes to Canva!
By Ludy Duran “An insightful experience.” This is how I could describe the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center team’s field trip to the Canva office on September 17,2024 with our dedicated team of 10 resident volunteers. It was full of learning opportunities and warm welcome from the Canva culinary team. After mid-morning snacks of cereal and
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Congratulations to Batch 9, Hello to Batch 10!
One of the rare privileges we get at the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center (AJKC) is the chance to be part of the journey of formerly homeless people who finally decide to leave the streets. In April 2024, we welcomed 12 street dwellers who committed to undergo the 6-month KALINGA formation at the Center. The in-house
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AJ Kalinga Center Joins NSTP Fair
Joining the University of the Philippines Diliman’s NSTP anniversary celebration, AJKFI participated in Sikhay Lingkod’s Volunteer and Job Fair on Oct. 18, 2024 near Melchor Hall. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center (AJKC) Formation Head Gee-gee Catral, Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation (AJKFI) Communications Officer Nirva Delacruz, together with two volunteer residents, promoted the foundation’s mission and vision
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Team Kalinga Wows at 1st Ever ALS Sportsfest
They sweated it out & had fun! The Alternative Learning System (ALS) students of the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center joined another milestone: the first ever ALS Learning Centers’ Sportsfest on Oct. 20, 2024 at the Christ the King Mission Seminary Gym in Quezon City where they bested other ALS teams of Metro Manila in two
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‘Tubig Kalinga’ Launched at ‘Gabi ng Pasasalamat’
A forward-looking campaign to bring premium quality water to the public, and at the same time, to support the homeless under the care of the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center (AJKC) was launched on Sept. 26, 2024 in Makati City “Through our collaboration with the AJ Kalinga Foundation, we want to ensure that every drop of
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AJKFI Hosts 2 Med Missions for EJK Victims, Homeless
Part of dignified, holistic, and systematic care is addressing the health concerns of the people we look after. This is why it was a privilege for the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation to host two medical-dental missions, the first one was sponsored by Ms. Donita Tapay, in partnership with Hospital on Wheels on July 13 at
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‘Himig Paghilom’ Debuts at Swiss Embassy Event
By Nirva Delacruz After watching the EJK youth and orphans’ “Teatro ng Kabataan” at Adamson University in March 2024, Swiss Ambassador Dr. Nicolas Brühl thought of inviting them to sing the Swiss National Anthem at the National Swiss Day. AJKFI Managing Director Teresita Castillo recalls, “They were so inspired…[So we said], we’ll ask the youth
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A Quarter of Gratitude
By Fr. Flavie Villanueva, SVD When you look at the origins of the word “gratitude”, it actually comes from the Latin “gratus”, which means “pleasing, agreeable, thankful.” What is more interesting is that the word is loosely related to the word “grace.” So beautiful and how fitting! To be grateful is actually to have grace.
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