Galing Foundation, Inc. Mindanao Outreach: January 2015

Thursday, January 15, 2015

LNHS Students for PYLP 2015

Great news from Landan National High School, one of GFI assisted schools from 2008-2012. Congratulations to two of the students,Jael Malumpong Mang and Rosemarie Pandian Manton, who qualified for Philippine Youth Leadership Program (PYLP) 12 to be held at Northern Ilinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, USA this April 2015.

"Continue to be prides of LNHS Jael and Rosemarie. Please extend my feeling of gratitude to the people behind GFI, for being one of LNHS' s major stakehokders as the school soars high. Though I just retired from the service, am still looking forward that GFI will continue to support the school." - Ninfa Macabenta, former LNHS Principal on GFI Facebook post

In 2013, one of the GFI Youth Leadership Awardees from the same school was the first one who made it to this program. His name is Jevern Ellaga.
Thank you to Joven Ryan Malida and Jevern Ellaga, former PYLP recipients, for sharing this news.Thank you Josseth Malida for the photos.

Click HERE for details on the application process.

Northern Illinois University website posted this info below:

The Philippine Youth Leadership Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Youth Programs Division. The Program Officer is Carolyn Lantz.
Project Director: Dr. Susan Russell

Sunday, January 11, 2015

GFI boxes 250 & 251

GFI ships books, toys and school supplies donated by Arjho & Bernard Turner to benefit Filipino students from Amado M. Quirit, Sr. High School and Lamlifew Elementary School in Sarangani Province, Mindanao.

The shipment of balikbayan box no. 250 via LIPS Transport, LLC (invoice no. 107881) was funded through the generous support of members of Cross of Life and the Social Concerns Ministry.

Friday, January 2, 2015

Last Quarter 2014 books turn over in Kihan

Amado M. Quirit Sr. High School is located in Barangay Kihan, Malapatan, Sarangani Province. The school designated a library room where books they got from GFI are kept. They also share their educational resources to the nearby Naidas Opong Elementary School where their students graduated elementary. Naidas Opong Elementary School was invited back in 2012 to apply for the GFI 2013-2017 outreach schools but was not able to submit their application document. When the high school started receiving books, the elementary school regretted the opportunity of not being officially included as GFI beneficiary. To solve the problem, the school principals of both the elementary and high school agreed to share the educational resources since they are serving the same community whose elementary graduates ended up to be the high school students.

In the last quarter of 2014, GFI Mindanao Outreach partnered with the Sulong Tribu Program and Sulong Karunungan Program of Sarangani Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon for the transportation and the delegating some staff from each program doing turn over to the schools. This time, 2 boxes of the books received was turned over to Naidas Opong Elementary School. The other boxes of books appropriate for high school will be turned over to Amado M. Quirit Sr. National High School this January 2015. GFI is blessed to have the support from the Provincial Government of Sarangani.

Thank you Toto Terando, Iner Toguin, Ping Gomez, Ibrahim Nilong under the office of Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon for facilitating the transportation and turnover of books.

Photos courtesy of Sulong Karunungan Program staff.

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 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

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.

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)