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Water Lily-made products of Naic Cavite

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Flow Galindez

Last March 31, I had the chance to see the livelihood program of most of the mothers in Naic, Cavite that involves water lilies. For others it’s either ornamental plant for our fish ponds while for others it something that gives most of our fishermen having a hard time catch fishes in lakes and rivers. [...]

TOMS challenges you to join “One Day without Shoes” campaign at the Greenbelt 3 Park on April 10!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Flow Galindez

In reality, with the absence of shoes and slippers there millions of children go to school barefooted and they are at risk of injury, disease and soil-transmitted infection. With this kind of scenario TOMS launches the One for One Movement that initiated a campaign called One Day without Shoes to gain awareness about the current [...]

Philippines remains on top spot at Earth Hour activity worldwide

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Flow Galindez

From 6,525 cities, towns, provinces and municipalities in 150 countries and territories participating on the annual switch off last March 31 between 8:30PM – 9:30PM (depending on the time zone). World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) -Philippineshad proven the commitment of every Filipino in becoming aware and responsible in taking care of the planet. With [...]

Earth Hour 2012: Going Beyond the Switch Off

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Flow Galindez

This will be my third year joining Earth Hour with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Every year the number of participants joining this annual symbolical switch off grew along with participating cities, establishments and communities. This year there will be three key cities that will be heading Earth Hour in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. [...]

Discover the indigenous conservation strategies of the Tagbanuas through Dr. Raoul Cola’s latest book

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Flow Galindez

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines launches the book entitled The Tagbanua of Malampaya Sound: Conserving Nature As Lifeways which was authored by Dr. Raoul Cola a veteran conservationist that tackles on the indigenous conservation strategies of the Tagbanuas in Palawan. They were one of the oldest tribes in the Philippines where mainly found [...]

ABS-CBN to launch Bida Best Kid campaign on ASAP 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Flow Galindez

After being recognized as a child-friendly TV Station by the Anak TV Foundation, ABS-CBN takes this responsibility on bringing this value to higher level by launching the Bida Best Kid campaign. The goal of the Bida Best Kid is to promote and produce values-oriented programs to Filipino children to provide them values and empower them [...]

Follow @BenchTM and support your favorite celebrity for the #Bench1M41M Project

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Flow Galindez

As Bench celebrates its 25th Year, the launch the campaign Bench 1 Million for 1 Million or simply known with the twitter hashtag #Bench1M41M. The project aims to gain support from the current and new followers of Bench to help their endorsers to raised number of followers where their chosen charity will benefit from it. [...]

Celebrity mom Marion Caunter joins WFP supporting mother and child health and nutrition in Asia

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Flow Galindez

In line with the International Women’s Day, World Food Programme launches a campaign for Asia in support for mother and child health and nutrition. Headlined as “One Child. One Life. One Chance”, WFP aims to raise support for their nutrition program for mothers and children in Asia with the support of E! News Asia host [...]

It takes 5 minutes to feed a child with World Food Programme’s Molly’s World Quiz

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Flow Galindez

Yesterday, during the special live chat conducted by the World Food Programme with the help of Cisco in New York, I had the chance to meet Molly. She’s a 12-year-old girl from Nairobi, Kenya and dreams to become a nun in the future. With her best friend Yvonne and most of her fellow students at [...]

WWF-Philippines and UPS rally corporations into ‘greening up’ business operations

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Flow Galindez

Climate change is now considered the most serious and pervasive threat to humanity and nature. The calamities and extreme weather events in the recent months indicate that indeed, climate change is no longer an alien and intangible concept; it is an occurrence that hits close to home and impacts us directly. In these volatile times, [...]