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Collaborative Mission Frontier

Four months and even long before, we invented & imposed “social distancing” on homeless and street people, because of the stigma that they smell, are illiterate; unruly and a menace to society. But for the past 3 months of being with Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center and quarantined in the 7 Safe Shelters in DLSU, CSB, […]

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Kalinga’s Humble Offering

Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center’s humble offering to our dear vulnerable and homeless brothers and sisters as we bravely face the pandemic COVID-19. “Compassion knows no time and boundaries. IT JUST GIVES”. Thank you soooo much to our dear partners-in-mission. Through your kindness, prayers and support, nakapag-kalinga tayo sa ating kapwa ng may galak. God bless

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A Lesson Under The Rain

GCQ Day 25 Kalaw cor M.Y.Orosa streets, Manila Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation COVID19 Response “A Lesson Under The Rain” People who work in beauty parlors normally look beautiful, fashionable and fragrant. But what happens when an employee is retrenched and paid P5,000 as an equivalent sum for her 5 years of service? (“What would I

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GCQ Day 23

“The REY Generosity” GCQ Day 23 Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation COVID-19 TM Kalaw, Luneta Theater After providing “7 safe shelters” to 470 street-dwellers, we immediately reached out to those who were left behind. They have cartons for beds, plastics for blankets, and, the clouds and stars as their roof for the night. What started with

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Pagyakap Sa Buhay Kalinga

Thank you Sir Eli Sepe for capturing the truth, the plight and life of our dear homeless sisters and brothers. Teatro Kalinga is a theater arts workshop and showcase program of Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center for our street dwellers. They have been provided with dignified care, i.e., healthy food, daily showers and hygiene and a

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Teatro Kalinga

Since Saturday afternoon, our dear homeless representing the Safe Shelters of DLSU, CSB, Malate Catholic School and Paco Catholic School begun a grueling 3- day Theater Arts Workshop. They are street dwellers, peddlers, scavengers and, others even labelled them, as “scums of society.” But having learned the basics of theater, they wish to showcase their

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Day 63 of the Lockdown

We are all “homeless” people finding our way home towards our hopes, dreams and even heaven. But there are also real homeless people who by their choice or even wrong choices and pushed away by families, has brought them to live and survive the life in the streets. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center, since 2015, has

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Shepherding the Homeless

Arnold Janssen Kalinga (AJKC) Center continues to seek the lost; to give food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a welcome smile to the stranger and outcast. Apart from the 8 Safe Shelters that continue to provide dignified care for 424 (389 adults and 35 children) homeless and 81 frontliners

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Batch 8 Post-Christmas

Today at Program Paghilom, Batch 8 gathers together in prayer to Our Father. Batch 8 is composed of 20 widows and orphans who lost 19 loved ones due to the (Fake) War-On Drugs. On the other hand, I had lunch with two orphans who lost their father (2017) and their mother (2018). But what was

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