By Teresita Castillo It has been nine years! Nine years of an exciting journey since the doors of the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center first opened on July 16, 2015… Born of a desire to be of service to the neglected, abandoned, and forgotten, KALINGA has, indeed served as a beacon of hope, especially to those […]
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By Venice Narisma “Sir Vinz, this is Polangui, Albay, the place where I was born and where I felt the love of my relatives. But this is also the place where I experienced my worst nightmares. A lot has changed…” Melvin, who spent 31 years living on the streets, went on to describe how what
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By Jobart Bartolome Like many of the attendees of the Psycho-Spiritual Intervention (PSI) sessions, Anna (not her real name) hardly said a word on the first day. She was reluctant to speak, especially in the big group. Likewise, Faye (not her real name), who belonged to a previous batch, didn’t open up until the seventh
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By Ludy Duran “Dasal-Aral-Gawa”. This is the framework guiding Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center’s the resident volunteers’ 6-month formation program. Simple yet powerful, it even echoes the rule of life of the early monastic orders. While forming the soul, the program also aims to upskill the resident volunteers, who have chosen to leave their life on
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By Tin Bartolome “Para magkaron ng bagong kaibigan” (To find new friends); “Para makipag-bonding” (To bond with others); “Para makakain” (To be able to eat)… These were just some of the responses we got from the EJK youth and orphans who joined Program Paghilom’s second youth camp, held on May 17-19. These reasons, especially the
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By Br. Junmar Cris Caputolan A study conducted by an institution heightened worries about the psychological health of the Filipino youth. The youth of today are experiencing struggles with high levels of anxiety and recurring depressive states. A deeper understanding of this phenomenon is a study that needs to be endeavored by the academe. It suffices
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CALOOCAN CITY – Earlier today, May 1, was the inauguration of “Dambana ng Paghilom,” the first ever EJK memorial site in the Philippines, which according to one of the EJK widows present at the event, would help expose the truth about former President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent and bloody drug war. “…[W]hen this project came about,
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