Bahay Pangarap
by Patricia R. Paredes

Imagine a life where you don’t ever have to buy another pair of shoes because you don’t have feet; or you are not able to stand straight in front of a mirror because one leg is shorter than the other.

C.R.I.B.S. (Create Responsive Infants By Sharing) Philippines, Inc.
by Patricia R. Paredes

Usually, it takes a family to raise a child. But for those not fortunate enough to have a family, C.R.I.B.S. (Create Responsive Infants By Sharing) Philippines Inc. does it for them.

Cartwheel Foundation, Inc.
by Patricia R. Paredes

For the bold and spirited volunteers of the Cartwheel Foundation, extending themselves to help the poorest of our citizens comes naturally.

Couples for Christ: Gawad Kalinga
by Alfred A. Araya Jr.

Bayanihan is the age-old Filipino spirit of collectively pooling resources and efforts to get a job done.

Lihok Pilipina Foundation
by Max Elmer L. Santoalla, Jr.

Nida Cabrera, a resident of Luz, an urban poor community of 3,000 households located at the outskirts of Cebu City, is what one might ordinarily regard as a barangay tanod or village guard.

Naga City’s People Empowerment Program
by Patricia R. Paredes

For the local government of Naga City, power is to be shared with its constituents.

Negros Kabisig Livelihood Foundation, Inc.
by Patricia R. Paredes

For most people, Barangay Busay in Bago City, a 20-minute drive south of Bacolod, is just another dot on the map. But for some 300 needy families, it is the world.

Pasay City’s Bayanihan Banking Program
by Patricia R. Paredes

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”. This phrase from Albert Einstein may very well apply to the members of the Pasay City urban poor community who have pushed against the limits of their circumstances to pull themselves out of a life of poverty and deprivation.

Social Action Center of Pampanga (SACOP)
by Alfred A. Araya Jr.

It is said that adversity brings out the best in people. It provides them the opportunity to unite, collaborate, and work together.

Tabang Mindanaw: New Life From Parched Land
by Patricia R. Paredes

Although the armed conflict and poverty in Mindanao have been in the headlines, not too many Filipinos are aware of the extent of the suffering of people have gone though.

Leaders for Health Project
by Sunny Rae T. Fragante

Over the past several decades, the Philippines’ health problems have remained essentially the same. More than half of the leading causes of mortality in 1968 were still around in 1994, and in 1998, the data was still practically identical to 1994.

Kythe Foundation
by Sunny Rae Fragante

Children should be flying kites, not fighting cancer!
This is the slogan of Kythe Foundation --- a group of doctors, child life specialists, and volunteers helping children fight cancer through holistic programs and activities, apart from their needed medical treatment.

A Beauty Company Gives Back to the Community: The Story of Splash Foundation, Inc.
by Ed L. Santoalla

From nurturing beauty to nurturing the human spirit.
This is the track that a wife-and-husband team and their partners have been traveling on for several years now in their desire to give back to the community what they have gained in business.

GMA Kapuso Foundation
GMA Kapuso Foundation (formerly known as GMA Foundation, Inc.) is a non-stock, non-profit charitable institution founded in 1991 on the principle of philanthropy and the value of charity. In June 1996, with the desire for greater impact, GMA Foundation adopted a more formal system, processes and structure still with the mandate to promote the public welfare through an active involvement in philanthropic, humanitarian and charitable services.

ABS-CBN Foundation
“For the environment, for it is home to God’s living creatures. For the family, for from their prayers springs peace. For the child, for they are the fair hope of tomorrow.”

The Metrobank Foundation, Inc.
Since its establishment on January 8, 1979, the Metrobank Foundation has been actively engaged in social development projects in the Philippines and in other parts of Asia. It was founded as an expression of Metrobank and Metrobank Foundation Chairman George S. K. Ty’s commitment to the idea that leadership in business implies leadership in community service.

Sambayanang Muling Pagkabuhay Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc. (SMPMPCI):
by Ed L. Santoalla

In life, there are problems and there are solutions. Often, one is exclusive of the other. But there are times when, with a bit of imagination and derring-do, the problem can, by itself, become the solution. Especially when the problem and solution are staring you in the eye.

SERVE, Inc.: Planting Trees, Building A Community
by Ed Santoalla

From simply planting trees to building a community.
That, in a nutshell, is the story of SERVE, Inc., a non-government organization implementing a community-based forest management project within the Marikina watershed, one of the principal sources of water for Metro Manila.

SALBA Dairy Cooperative
by Patricia R. Paredes

The 17 dairy farmers of the SALBA Dairy Cooperative in San Pablo City, Laguna, have claimed their right to a better life. By milking their cows religiously, they have moved on to new pastures and are now part owners of the Southern Tagalog Milk Processing Plant in Calauan, Laguna inaugurated early in 2003.

Visayas Cooperative Development Center
by ISLA

Before the Scarboro Fathers of Canada came to Hinundayan, Southern Leyte in the early 1960s, the impoverished farmers and peasants in the Visayas had few options in their miserable lives.