HAPINOY, a Filipino social enterprise working to empower “nanays” (mothers) through sari-sari store-based micro-enterprise and micro-finance programs, is a finalist in Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World, a joint initiative of UN Women Singapore and Mastercard.
ProPinoy.net: The National Development Project
In the first year of President Noynoy Aquino’s ascension into Malacanang, a revisit of the national development project was announced with the unveiling of the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016 (aka The Plan).
GPSO 2011: Action #464
Do this against a backdrop where 215 million women in the world today still do not have access to family planning services, or to the right to decide for themselves the number of children they have or when to have them.
Power Point: The church of the poor
We can only guess how many hospitals can be better equipped, how many doctors and nurses can be hired, and eventually, how many lives can be saved if only the Church decides to put this money in people’s health —even only in Catholic people’s health.
Youth solon to PNoy: What about “utak haciendero”?
Pnoy’s definition of utak wang-wang sharply reflects the unequal relations of power in Philippine society. We are one with him in the crusade to end the reign of this brutal kind of mindset. But unlike him, we aren’t convinced that utak wang-wang represents all evils in society.
Purong Charity sa mga Obispo at ang Walang Kamatayang Sorry Edisyon
Sa gay lingo, ang salitang ‘charity’ ay nangangahulugang pagsasabi ng hindi totoo. Ang mas maikli na bersyon na mas madalas na ginagamit kahalili nito ay ang charo at char.