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.