Galing Foundation, Inc. Mindanao Outreach

Sunday, April 11, 2010

GFI shipment in March

Deatails can be accessed at this link: http://projectgaling.blogspot.com/2010/04/galing-supplies-for-mindanao.html
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GFI Officers with PHCG Ray Donato

GFI Officers with PHCG Ray Donato
Antonio Daya, VP Lolita Daya, Pres. Scott Luetgers, Exec. Dir. Toni Daya Luetgers, Sec. Arjho Carino Turner, Program Director Ana Blackburn, Advisor Jane Rolen

GFI Board with Pres. FVR

GFI Board with Pres. FVR
2015 Welcome Dinner in honor of former Philippines President Fidel V. Ramos

GFI Board with Dr. Joel Aquino

GFI Board with Dr. Joel Aquino
GFI presented the mini travel grant to Dr. Joel Aquino with PHCG Ray Donato for the pilot project Science Workshop in Sarangani Province

About Us

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Arjho
Atlanta, United States
Volunteers dedicated to make a lifelong impact among the indigenous children of Mindanao.
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Galing Foundation, Inc. (GFI)

A non profit charitable foundation in Georgia, USA

E.I.N. 20-5508331

http://galingfoundation.blogspot.com/

Mission:

Galing Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to provide educational and community service to local Filipino Americans as well as promoting the importance of functional and English literacy in rural areas of the Philippines as the foundation for future development, working towards awareness on global citizenry.

GFI is an all volunteer organization.

Donation in the USA:

Galing Foundation, Inc.

1050 Wilde Run Court

Roswell, GA 30075

GFI Objectives

1. To carry out the Foundation's growing partnership with the local communities, schools, organizations and individuals, through a system of collecting new and gently used educational resources (from children's books, reference books and school supplies) to donate to public schools, libraries and day care centers in the impoverished rural areas in the Philippines.

2. In partnership with the office of the Philippine Honorary Consulate General and the organizations, GFI co-hosts programs that annually recognizes accomplished members of the Filipino community in the State of Georgia who have made valuable contribution, serving others in the areas of education, civic, social and business service.

3. In partnership with the office of the Philippine Honorary Consulate General, GFI promotes the high standard and the importance of volunteerism, sevring others in the community he/she lives in as well as to promote value of a consistent engagement in the events and business of the Philippines.

4. To promote the value of responsible partnership and stewardship in the community we live in as well as back home - the Philippines.

GFI History

Galing is a Filipino word that means “Great”.

GFI believes that every child is indeed GREAT! It was founded in Atlanta, Georgia by Ms. Toni Daya-Luetgers on May 12, 2005 with 40 indigent school children in Lucban, Quezon Province, Philippines.

GFI was incorporated in the State of Georgia on June 26, 2006.

In 2007, it started its outreach among schools in Visayas and Mindanao.

GFI Mindanao Outreach Profile

Josephine Latimban Carino Turner, PMP, PMI-ACP, PSM 1
GFI Mindanao Outreach Director
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Jocelyn Carino Robles

GFI Mindanao Outreach Coordinator
Lot 17, Block 16 DARBCI Homes
Apopong, General Santos City
9500 Philippines


2019 - 2023 LDERA Program Partner Schools

1. Datal Bila Integrated School - Datal Bila, Malungon, Sarangani Province

2. Lamcuah Day Care School - Maligo, Polomolok, South Cotabato

3. Lamcuah Elementary School - Maligo, Polomolok, South Cotabato

4. Palakasam Integrated School - Palakasam, Polomolok, South Cotabato


2013 - 2018 LDERA Program Partner Schools

1) Lamlifew Elementary School and Lamlifew Day Care School
Sitio Lamlifew, Datal Tampal
Malungon, Sarangani Province


2) Amado M. Quirit Sr. National High School and Naidas Opong Elementary School
Barangay Kihan, Malapatan
Sarangani Province




2008 - 2012 LDERA Program Partner Schools

1) Maligo Day Care School (MDCS)
Brgy. Maligo, Polomolok
9504 South Cotabato

2) Maligo Elementary School (MES)
Brgy. Maligo, Polomolok
9504 South Cotabato

3) Landan National High School (LNHS)
Brgy. Landan, Polomolok
9504 South Cotabato

4) Kipalkuda Elementary School (KES)
Brgy. New La Union, Maitum
9515 Sarangani Province


5) Barangay Maligo Public Library

Brgy. Maligo, Polomolok, South Cotabato

Sarangani Province Partners

Sarangani Province Partners
Click photo for Official Website of Sarangani Province

GFI Mindanao: Gift for Indigents

Achieving a quality education in the indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) in Southern Mindanao, Philippines can be very challenging. Most of the schools in these communities lack the substantial educational resource materials and do not have their own school libraries that could aid the teachers as well as students to have the same academic standard enjoyed by other school counterparts in the town center and even in highly urbanized cities.

In 2007, GFI started outreach for one elementary school mainly by sending books, some toys and kids clothes, school supplies and other educational resource materials. As of 2008, GFI is doing active outreach for the following schools namely the Maligo Day Care School, Maligo Elementary School, Kipalkuda Elementary School, and Landan National High School. GFI is also partnering with the Maligo local government unit to establish their Public Library. These outreaches are located in two provinces of Mindanao Island, South Cotabato and Sarangani Province.

Region XII - Mindanao

Region XII - Mindanao
GFI Mindanao Outreach is focused to extend assistance to the Blaan and Tboli indigenous communities in the provinces of South Cotabato and Sarangani.Photo from online research on regional maps.

Certificate of Recognition

Certificate of Recognition
Lamlifew Integrated School appreciates the Youth Leadership and Best in English Awards program of GFI.

Recognition from Amado M. Quirit Sr. National High School

Recognition from Amado M. Quirit Sr. National High School
Click photo for details about the school

Certificate of Recognition

Certificate of Recognition
From the office of the Honorary Consulate General in Georgia

Delta Air Lines Donation

Delta Air Lines Donation
Thank you Delta Air Lines! Click photo for details of the assistance.

Cross of Life Church International Dinner

Cross of Life Church International Dinner
Click photo for related activities

GFI Mindanao Coordinator

GFI Mindanao Coordinator
Jocelyn Robles with the GFI Board during her 2013 Atlanta visit. Click picture for the first part of her report.

Mindanao Outreach Video

Mindanao Outreach Video
Click photo for the greatness of God's work among the lives of these students. Thank you to all donors, volunteers and supporters.

Library Development and Educational Resource Materials Needed

Educational resource materials for K-12 program subjects

Dictionaries, Thesaurus

English Literature

Teaching Aid Materials

Globe and World Map

Magazines (National Geographic including Kiddie issues, Time Magazine)

Basic educational supplies (paper, crayon, pencil, ballpoint pen, marking pen, coloring pen, paper clips, art papers, ruler, scissor, scotch tapes, paper cutter, calculator, folder, manila paper, etc.)

Office equipments (laptop computer, microphone, portable speaker, digital camera)

"America": GFI Arts Exhibit

"America": GFI Arts Exhibit
Sharing the artworks in McDonough library

One student's dream

One student's dream

North West Phil-Am Donation

North West Phil-Am Donation

Samples of donations

Samples of donations
Collected by volunteer Mona Le

Science, Laboratory Activities Manual

Science, Laboratory Activities Manual

Chemistry laboratory books

Chemistry laboratory books

Biology books

Biology books

Handbooks

Handbooks
We welcome donation of handbooks for K-12.

Reader's Handbooks

Reader's Handbooks

Students happy for their books

Students happy for their books

Dictionaries

Dictionaries
Pocket sized dictionaries are needed too.

Pre-Algebra Books

Pre-Algebra Books

National Geographic Magazines

National Geographic Magazines
Kiddie NatGeo magazines are also welcome

Literature books

Literature books

Basic electronics are welcome too

Basic electronics are welcome too

Kalilangan Gensan

Kalilangan Gensan
General Santos City (Gensan) is the final destination of GFI shipment of books and educational supplies prior to turnover to respective recipient schools. It celebrates a cultural festival called Kalilangan. Click photo for details.

Photo Acknowledgement

Mindanao photos posted in this blog came from the respective assisted schools thru our Mindanao Outreach Coordinator and partner organizations.

Amado M. Quirit Sr. National High School

Amado M. Quirit Sr. National High School
The third secondary school in the Municipality of Malapatan, Sarangani Province

Lamlifew Elementary School

Lamlifew Elementary School
Declared as IP (indigenous people) model school in Sarangani Province

LNHS principal's message of gratitude for donors

LNHS principal's message of gratitude for donors
Click photo for message from the school principal

LNHS Students

LNHS Students
Thank you message from the students...click video for details.

Landan National High School

Landan National High School
Click video for report from the school principal

Certificate of Recognition

Certificate of Recognition
LNHS gave GFI certificate of recognition for library project

YLA Trophy and Best in English medals

YLA Trophy and Best in English medals
School Year 2014-2015 Maligo ES recipients

GFI YLA trophy

GFI YLA trophy
Youth Leadership Award trophy design

GFI Best in English

GFI Best in English
Gold medal design

LNHS visit

LNHS visit
GFI volunteers visited LNHS in May 2010

LNHS Book Turn Over Ceremony

LNHS Book Turn Over Ceremony
December 2011 books turn over ceremony with students, teachers, PTA and local officials

MES Mission

MES Mission
Maligo Elementary School Mission

MES Vision

MES Vision
Maligo Elementary School Vision

Maligo Elementary School

Maligo Elementary School
Before and after GFI's intervention...a teacher's perspective

Maligo Elementary School Teachers

Maligo Elementary School Teachers
Thank you message from the head teacher and students

Thank you message from MES students

Thank you message from MES students
Click photo for video details

Let's Read!

Let's Read!
Maligo Elementary School designated a reading center for students

It's playtime!

It's playtime!
Maligo Elementary School students enjoyed their educational toys.

2009 Year End Report

2009 Year End Report
Click photo for the You Tube video link

2009 MES Youth Leadership Awardee

2009 MES Youth Leadership Awardee
Kimberly Gantuangco is the first GFI YLA awardee of Maligo Elementary School

2009 MES Best in English Awardees

2009 MES Best in English Awardees
GFI local volunteers and partners pose with Best in English awardees

First Summer Arts Workshop

First Summer Arts Workshop
2009 arts workshop held at Maligo Elementary School. Arts were part of the Filipino Children's Arts Exhibit held at Roswell Visual Arts Center and McDonough Library in Atlanta

Community Partners in Maligo

Community Partners in Maligo
Maligo Barangay Captain Garmino (R), Brgy. Councilor Nicor (L), GFI Mindanao Coordinator Jocelyn Robles (3rd from R) and Maligo Elementary School teachers.

Maligo Elementary School

Maligo Elementary School
Backpacks for students

Maligo Day Care School

Maligo Day Care School
Kindergartern pupils and with local government officials supportive of early childhood educational development during turn over of school supplies

2009 GFI Best in English awardees

2009 GFI Best in English awardees
Maligo Day Care School awardees during their recognition day

Certificate of Appreciation

Certificate of Appreciation
GFI recognizes Mrs. Aura D. Mirayo as GFI partner. Certificate given by Dan Evans of Datu Wali Mission, GFI's partner ministry.

2009 KES Youth Leadership Awardee

2009 KES Youth Leadership Awardee
Dan Evans awarded Mary Ann T. Ungat as the first GFI YLA recipient

Kipalkuda Elementary School

Kipalkuda Elementary School
School principal, Mrs. Aura D. Mirayo, sorting out books with curious students

Letter from Maligo Barangay Council

Letter from Maligo Barangay Council

Letter from MES student

Letter from MES student
Thank you letter from Maligo Elementary School

Notes from students

Notes from students

Notes from students

Notes from students

LNHS books turn over

LNHS books turn over

Books they do not have before

Books they do not have before

Library under construction

Library under construction
Landan National High School principal shared insights about the school library construction to Jocelyn C. Robles

Favorite Links

  • Access Philippine Atlanta (APA)
  • Alcantara Foundation
  • Bernard's Filipino-English
  • Datu Wali Mission
  • EDSA Atlanta Celebration
  • Galing Foundation, Inc.
  • Go Sarangani! Travel Agency
  • Project Galing Updates
  • Sarangani Photonews
  • Sarangani's Website
  • Toni Daya-Luetgers
  • Tubad Mindanao

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Thank You GFI donors!

Thank You GFI donors!
From Landan National High School students during books turn over

BONG SALAMAT (THANK YOU)!

Thank you for all of GFI donors, supporters, our partner organizations/institutions, and volunteers.

To God be the glory for all the things He has done!