Philippines
If you have any news, press releases, events, documents, links or other information resources related to volunteerism in Philippines, send them to us at info@worldvolunteerweb.org and we will post them here. 21 August 2008
Volunteering in the Jungle by Liu Hai
Manila, The Philippines: "Volunteers should never stop trying to understand what they see and have a capacity of empathy. That's why we often find ourselves become more open-minded and get a wider picture of the world through volunteering." A volunteer from China describes her experiences preserving the environment.  Read article
13 August 2008
"I love you and I love me": Volunteering with the Stairway boys by Meghann Aurea Villanueva
Manila, The Philippines: The volunteers at Stairway are what we call 'ate(s)' and 'kuya(s)' (big brothers and big sisters), who devote their time as teachers, as well as friends. I was very impressed with how the volunteers have become really close to the boys. They believed that these children need love. They believed that their presence would not only make a difference to the foundation, but make a difference in their lives as well. Read article
24 July 2008
The paradox of volunteerism by Liu Hai
Manila, The Philippines: "We not only witness, but also experience, the extremes of poor and rich, hardship and comfort, within one day." A Chinese student in Manila describes the ironies that the volunteer life sometimes involves. Read article
03 March 2008
Art, volunteerism and the MDGs by Christian Lozañes
Pasa Arte or Pass on Art is a volunteer project led by local artists in Iloilo, located in the southern part of the Philippines. Artists teach local school kids the basics of art and well-meaning individuals donate materials. Read article
Volunteerism key to coastal clean up and pollution prevention
Tacloban City, Philippines: Coastal Clean Ups will not only promote recognition and facilitation of volunteerism. More so, it will show that volunteerism activity when properly managed could play a vital role in addressing environmental issues, pollution prevention and human development in general. Read article
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Civic groups eyed for volunteer services
The Government plans to create a National Volunteer Service Corps that will provide assistance to poor Filipinos struggling from the impact of the global financial crisis. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said President Arroyo has started to meet with various civic organizations, professional groups, and business chambers to solicit their volunteer work for the country. Visit site
National Volunteer Month in the Philippines
December is National Volunteer Month. Indeed, the contributions of many volunteers to uplift the condition of our disadvantaged sectors deserve recognition. These are the people who do not count the cost, are moved by a strong spirit and motivation to help improve society and who believe they can, in their own small ways, make the world a better place to live in. Visit site
Corporate volunteers serve communities
High anxiety may be gripping the corporate world these days, but for the managers, supervisors and employees of some of the Philippines’s leading companies, volunteer work knows no crisis. Thirty-two corporations sent a record number of participants on Saturday to Servathon 2008, a 3-year-old community service program. Visit site
16 July 2008, 05:45
A diploma for a rice cooker
In the Philippines, two Japanese volunteers help send young Ifugao people to school and, in the process, learn to cook rice without a rice cooker...
Jephonie Himmiwat is an Ifugao, one of the indigenous people in the northern Philippines. Her people and their land are inseparable, thus both are called by the same name, Ifugao.
In Japan, two women enjoyed a very different upbringing. Twenty-three-year-old Kiyoko Okamoto spent four years as staff at the Mister Donut chain while she was studying international economics in the city of Fukuoka. Thirty-year-old Kozue Kamijo worked part-time in a restaurant while attending a business school in the Japanese capital. Read entry
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