Hapag ng Ani: What Are We Feeding Our Children?

Hapag ng Ani: What Are We Feeding Our Children?

When the discussion of malnutrition comes to mind, our thoughts instinctively focus on the quality and sufficiency of what our children eat. As Iloilo strives to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, a sprout of hope stretches its way towards two municipalities from its province. A vision for a malnutrition-free Iloilo across 1,721 barangays within its provincial…

Angat Buhay Turns Over Two Greenhouse Facilities in Iloilo

Angat Buhay Turns Over Two Greenhouse Facilities in Iloilo

Angat Buhay turned over two newly built greenhouses in Ajuy and Concepcion, Iloilo. Earlier in 2024, greenhouses were also turned over in Carles and Cabatuan, bringing the total to four greenhouse facilities established across the province. These structures are part of a shared vision for a malnutrition-free Iloilo, where communities are equipped to grow nutritious…

Small Spaces, Big Beginnings: Building Strong Foundations for Young Filipino Learners

Small Spaces, Big Beginnings: Building Strong Foundations for Young Filipino Learners

Resourcefulness has long been inherent to Filipino communities — where systems fall short, our ingenuity often steps in. In Naga City, Barangay San Felipe turns a humble chapel into a classroom, where Teacher Jessel Fausto helps shape a brighter future for her students. The chapel-based Educare Center currently serves 12 students in the morning and…

Angat Buhay Delivers Nationwide Relief Due To Super Typhoons Tino, Uwan

Angat Buhay Delivers Nationwide Relief Due To Super Typhoons Tino, Uwan

Angat Buhay—through its Angat Bayanihan Volunteer Network—served 16 provinces across the country as Typhoon Tino and Super Typhoon Uwan had killed almost 300 Filipinos and had left P974.9 million damage to combined infrastructure and agriculture last November 2025. In the aftermath of Typhoon Tino, which severely affected much of the country—particularly the Visayas—Angat Buhay delivered…

Angat Buhay gives free check-up, glasses to children with poor eyesight in Naga City

Angat Buhay gives free check-up, glasses to children with poor eyesight in Naga City

Angat Buhay—through the Bayan Ko, Titser Ko (BKTK) program and in partnership with Legazpi Eye Center and Divine Grace Medical Center—provided children last November 2025 with free eye check-ups while those with vision difficulties were given free prescription eyeglasses. The organization previously conducted early visual screening for students in its literacy program last year. “By…

Building With People at the Center

Building With People at the Center

“The true foundation of architecture is neither concrete nor steel. It is the people.” For Trish Nuque, an Architecture alumna of the University of the Philippines Diliman and a graduate of Angat Buhay’s Angat Sining Arkitektura Internship Program, this isn’t just a philosophy—it is the compass of her work. Her conviction stands in sharp contrast…

Designing with Empathy: Young Architects Build for Communities at the Margins

Designing with Empathy: Young Architects Build for Communities at the Margins

After months of sessions, collaboration, and design work, the Angat Sining Arkitektura Internship Program came to a close with the presentation and exhibit of the interns’ capstone projects at the University of Nueva Caceres. The program was a chance to explore how architecture, when guided by empathy, can respond to those often left at the…

Dignity from Debris: The Angat Buhay Village in Lupi

Dignity from Debris: The Angat Buhay Village in Lupi

In 2021, a series of typhoons tore through Camarines Sur, displacing families in Barangay Poblacion, Lupi. Many sought refuge in a crowded covered court, plagued by loss and uncertainty. Amid the chaos, a relief mission led by then-Vice President Leni Robredo arrived — not just with aid, but with a challenge that would soon spark…

Angat Buhay Partners with Security Bank to Grow Community Development in Aklan

Angat Buhay Partners with Security Bank to Grow Community Development in Aklan

Cacao planting, poultry, and wilderness rescue are at the heart of a new project launched by BUSOE, Inc., part of the Angat Bayanihan Volunteer Network, with the support of Security Bank in Malinao, Aklan. “Busoe” comes from the Aklanon word “seed,” which has become the organization’s inspiration: to plant seeds of volunteerism, faith, hope, and…