Last July 8, 2009 at the Gawad Kalinga Selecta Village in Cainta Rizal, Tony Meloto, founder of Gawad Kalinga and other supporters of GK launches the new program that will help the Filipinos aside from having a shelter, they can fight against hunger. Gawad Kalinga launches Bayan-Anihan, a project that will help our fellow Filipinos to work hard for their food and not by just giving it to them. As an old Chinese Proverbs says “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.” With the help of Gawad Kalinga and the people who believes and support it’s plight, Bayan Anihan aims to use the idle land for agricultural and teach the families of Gawad Kalinga villages to cultivate the land for their benefit.
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(L-R) Charie Villa, Maria Ressa, and Glenda Gloria

ABS-CBN steps up its election advocacy campaign with a series of workshops on citizen journalism that will arm Filipinos with the knowledge and skills to report on events and incidents concerning the 2010 elections.

Hosted by ABS-CBN reporter Atom Araullo, the workshop is part of the network’s global election advocacy “Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo: Ako ang Simula,” which was launched last May 11 to encourage Filipinos here and abroad to take a more active role in monitoring the scheduled elections.

More than 13,000 Filipinos have already signed up to become “Boto Patrollers.” Through “Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo: Akong ang Simula,” ABS-CBN is asking Filipinos to register as voters and report as early as now election-related incidents using their mobile phones and the Internet.
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I am proud that my country’s culture is rich! Being Filipino is like eating a halo halo, you don’t just go eating the ice or the beans, but you should enjoy all of what’s inside it, and that is the best metaphor of Filipino Culture. This morning (June 27, 2009) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the Harbor Area, Kaya ng Pinoy officially launches the start of Balangay Expedition which begins on 2010 at the Southeast Asia region, on 2011 it it goes to Mirconesia and Madagascar, and on 2012 it will navigate accros the Pacific and Atlantic and aorund the world and returns to the Philippines on 2013.
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