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Fil-Am nurse supports GILAS
DARLENE Borromeo, a US-based Filipina nurse, clearly believes
that "education is the best way to give back" as
exemplified by her recent donation to the GILAS project. What
made her donation [of $2,000] more significant was that it
was made in celebration of her 50th birthday--gifts from family
members and friends.
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Iloilo City public high schools now
connected to the Internet
THE YOUNG students of Iloilo City in the Philippines can
now link up with the rest of the world! Seven of the city's
public high schools were the recent recipient of computer
laboratories with Internet connection under the GILAS project.
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Another year of blessings
THE YEAR 2005 was indeed another fruitful year for the Ayala
Foundation USA. Despite the political and economic difficulties
the Philippines encountered, many Filipinos abroad, particularly
in the US, have not lost the heart to help their kababayans
gain better quality of life. In fact, these trying times provided
an opportunity for Filipinos to further share their blessings,
not only in financial terms, but also terms of their active
involvement in programs.
We at the Ayala Foundation USA (AF USA) are extremely grateful
to all our donors whose benevolence continues to keep the
Filipino spirit alive across the miles; and to our partner
organizations in the Philippines for their dedication and
commitment in helping the nation and its people.
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Dr. JJ Card and JCAP: Giving
hope to young Filipino students
LOVE, security and good education. Dr. Josefina Jayme-Card
believes that these are the best gifts that her parents showered
upon her and her siblings as she was growing up in the Philippines.
Her friends remember her as a soft-spoken but dynamic student
leader in Maryknoll (now Miriam) College. Today, even as a
PhD holder with a company of her own in the United States,
Dr. Card remains firmly rooted in the values and principles
she learned at home and in school. She has never forgotten
her homeland and has yearned to help address the many problems
that continue to plague the Philippines. She is especially
distressed at the lack of access to quality education for
most young Filipinos due to poverty. While the Philippines
enjoys a high literacy rate, only about 3% of Filipinos are
able to gain a college degree.
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