Isang Panganganinag Ngayong Araw ng Kalayaan
Ni Junelie Velonta HAPI Scholar Nasa kalagitnaan ng kalayaang Pilipino ang pantay na karapatan ng bawat mamamayan, bunga ng dugo at pawis ng ating mga ninuno gamit ang kanilang mga itak, baril, at boses. Ngunit kung susuriin ang kasaysayan, tayo’y lumaya sa mga rehimeng mapang-api, pero hindi natibag ang mga kadena na sumisimbolo ng ating […]
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HAPI-Sorsogon Holds Farmers Day for Local Farmers
By Stephany Lovendino Writer, HAPI Sorsogon There is no doubt that our farmers should be considered our heroes even if they lack the capes and masks that our fictional superheroes have. Farmers deserve all the credit in the world as they continuously feed not just their families or even their local community but also the […]
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13 Ways You Can Help Mother Nature This Environment Month
By Joshua Villalobos HAPI Scholar / HAPI Bacolod June is World Environment Month! As you would expect, people and social movements around the world are celebrating it through various means. Here, I have listed some ways you can help the environment in your own simple ways. 1. Reduce plastic use This might go without saying […]
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How Volunteering Fulfilled Me
By Glemir Sordilla HAPI Scholar | HAPI Bacolod Member volunteer vol·un·teer | \ ˌvä-lən-ˈtir \ : a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service We have all probably encountered a “volunteer” at least once in our lives; perhaps you have even been one yourself! Currently practiced by thousands of people […]
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HAPI-Zambales’ Bread-Giving is on its Fifth Wave!
By Van Catayong HAPI-Zambales Lead Convenor “At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished; it’s about who you lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.” – Denzel Washington HAPI Zambales’ pioneer project, the Bread-Giving Drive, held its fifth wave last May […]
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HAPI-Zambales Featured in Local TV Station
By Van Catayong HAPI-Zambales Lead Convenor “Kapag meron kang choice, piliin ang maging mabuti.” – Garry Rabang We are proud to inform everyone that HAPI-Zambales’ efforts these past few months have been noticed by the local media! Last May 11, our baking workshop was featured on Morning Balitaktakan, a morning talk show by RNG-Luzon (formerly […]
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Baking 101 with HAPI-Zambales!
By Van Catayong HAPI-Zambales Lead Convenor “Give a man bread and he will eat for a day; teach him how to bake and he will eat a lifetime.” During HAPI National’s visit to Anawangin Cove in San Antonio, Zambales last March, we did a brainstorming activity along the beach about possible future projects that our […]
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Filipino Secular Organizations Take a Stand Against the Magna Carta of Religious Freedom
Last March 24, the House of Representatives green-lit an amended version of CIBAC Partylist Representatives Eduardo “Bro. Eddie” Villanueva and Domingo Rivera’s proposed Magna Carta of Religious Freedom. This bill not only infringes the rights of secular, non-religious Filipinos, it also holds serious repercussions for matters of free speech, religious privilege, and fair taxation in […]
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5 HAPI Pantries Spring Up Across the Philippines
By Marissa Torres-Langseth HAPI Founder Slowly, HAPI is becoming a household name in the Philippines. In our quest to bring smiles to Filipinos across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the Humanist Alliance Philippines, International has managed to establish five HAPI community pantries over the past month. The Philippines, a country of over 7,000 islands, remains mired […]
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