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EJKs in the Philippines
‘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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How Paghilom is Helping EJK Families Find Their Voice
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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Tin Bartolome: The Healing Rays of Listening
By Nirva Delacruz When you meet Edna Marie, more popularly known as Tin, what first strikes you about her is how she is like Little Miss Sunshine in the flesh. Across programs at the Foundation, from Program Paghilom to Bahay Kalinga, there’s hardly anyone who doesn’t know her. She has a motherly mien that welcomes
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‘He Had a Rope Around His Neck’: An EJK Widow Shares Her Story
By *Rafqa I used to have a simple and quiet life. Even with six kids, all boys, we could eat thrice a day. We were happy with what we had. Even if life was hard, we could afford to send our children to school. Our dream as parents was to see our children graduate one
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How PH’s EJK Widows Are Getting Healed and Empowered
By Nirva Delacruz Many Filipinos are familiar with the issue of extra-judicial killings (EJKs) in the country, one that tragically grabbed the limelight during the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. But few people know that the children of the murdered were bullied for having fathers or brothers tagged—sometimes, falsely—as drug pushers and users. This is
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