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 prepare some of our formerly homeless beneficiaries for this powerful civic duty. With the upcoming May national polls, the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation, in cooperation with Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan, […]
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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 knows exactly what she’s doing. From knee up, she strikes you as no nonsense, more military than medical—the short cropped hair, the navy blue polo. But it’s the high-cut boots
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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 my usual life, I started going through her stuff. She left detailed instructions on how to share her personal things to particular special people. My 83-year old mom took time
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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 it’s especially true in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program that has been aiming to get homeless and other drug war victims through school through weekly 1-hour classes. For the
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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 with us and help us help them write a new chapter in their lives. The sad reality is that about 40% of the total number of homeless people whom we’ve
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“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 entrusting his children to us…” *William was a 38-year old binatog (white corn kernel) vendor, who left behind three boys when he was shot and murdered at a neighbor’s wake
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Tinanggap ang 10 Homeless mula sa kalye upang maging Residents sa Loob ng Bahay Kalinga noong Pebrero 27, 2022.
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“Salamat po sa Panginoon na syang nagbigay ng biyaya at humipo at gumamit sa mga taong ito upang makatulong sa mga katulad namin para matulungan po kaming maghilom ang sugat sa mga puso namin, mabawasan ang kirot, mawala ang galit at mapalitan ng papuri at tiwala sa itaas, salamat po.” (mula sa isang nanay, na
Covid-19 Pandemic. Continued Killings & Tyranny. Prevalent Fake News. Rising Poverty, Unemployment & Homeless. Typhoon Odette…all these human-made tragedies tried to frustrate the human spirit. Thank God for His intervention! God intervened to uplift humanity’s struggle. God intervened to bring Hope amidst our trials & desolations. God intervened to offer as Faith amidst our confusions.
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