Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc.
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The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit organization committed to re-shaping the future by enabling non-government, private voluntary, and people's organizations into sectors capable of democratizing development initiatives. RAFI's main program strategies are community organizing, networking, and advocacy. Partnership and collaboration with other sectors and institutions gained the Foundation a positive experience that much can be achieved if team work and synergy are enhanced.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2009
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation micro-finance program in Bohol holds assembly Jul/01/2009
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation micro-finance program in Bohol holds assembly
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation’s micro-finance arm, the Cebu Micro-Enterprise Development Foundation, Inc. (CMEDFI), held its first General Assembly for its Bohol clients last June 6 at the Calape Cultural Center.
The general assembly, which will happen every three years thereafter, brought together for the first time in one venue CMEDFI women clients from all over Bohol, under its two branches in Tubigon and Talibon. About 700 clients attended the event.
A thanksgiving mass, officiated by newly-assigned Calape parish priest Rev. Fr. Dodong Luzon, and a program, which...
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Ramon Aboitiz Foundation forms network of youth leaders Jun/30/2009
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation forms network of youth leaders
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. will bring together alumni of its youth programs through a summit on July 4-5 at the Mountain View Nature Park, Busay, Cebu City, where the Aboitiz Leaders of Excellence (ALEx), the youth network of the foundation, will also be launched.
ALEx will be composed of the foundation’s Young Minds Academy graduates, Young Minds on Xplore delegates, Kool Adventure Camp participants and Timawa Adventure Leadership members.
The network aims to consolidate, harness and further develop the youth’s strengths and potentials for active...
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Ramon Aboitiz Foundation brings heritage project to Iloilo Jun/29/2009
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation brings heritage project to Iloilo
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation conducted the “Reporting Heritage” seminar-workshop in Iloilo City last May 4-5 at the Department of Tourism Region 8 office conference room. It is an initiative of the foundation’s Cultural Heritage Program (CHP).
Organized by the Iloilo City Cultural Heritage Conservation Council (ICCHCC), formed by the City Mayor’s office, the scope of the training was expanded to include the academe, heritage workers, tourism officers, travel operators, and other community stakeholders.
The original objective of the seminar-workshop was to bring together media and heritage writers...
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Bishop Gorordo centenary exhibit in very own Casa Gorordo Jun/29/2009
Bishop Gorordo centenary exhibit in very own Casa Gorordo
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation is currently exhibiting “100 Years of Bishop Gorordo” at the Casa Gorordo Museum to commemorate the centenary of the ordination of Bishop Juan Gorordo as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Cebu.
Gorordo’s ordination placed him as the first Cebuano-born bishop. The Casa Gorordo Museum used to be considered residence of the Bishop at the turn-of-the-20th century.
The exhibit at the museum’s gallery showcases an assemblage of texts, pictures and artifacts describing the bishop’s life and works, as well as the...
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Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, JCI-Cebu welcome kids at the Casa Gorordo Museum Jun/29/2009
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, JCI-Cebu welcome kids at the Casa Gorordo Museum
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation opens doors to the Casa Gorordo Museum last June 12 to orphans brought by the Junior Chamber International (JCI)-Cebu, Inc.
Fifty-five children from Barangay Mabolo and the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart Children’s Home in Guadalupe were exposed to an afternoon of heritage activities designed for kids, the highlight of which was a tour of the museum.
The kids were treated to a story-telling of Cebuano legends, such as the famous legend of Maria Cacao and the Sinulog,...
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