COVID-19
COVID Relief Drive for the People The COVID-19 and its variants have slowed down the economy of many nations. If not outright cripple them, the pandemic has caused untold damages to many communities. This is even more visible in the Philippines. Due to the rising cases of COVID-19, many Filipinos have lost their jobs and […]
Read MoreBy Van Catayong HAPI Zambales Lead Convenor “What we ordinary Filipinos lack in privilege we make up for courage. To give from out of our overabundance is liberality; but to give out of poverty is valor.” – Joel Salud HAPI-Zambales installed the province’s first Community Pantry last April 18 in front of Rabang’s Bakery along […]
Read MoreBy Sherwin Dane Haro Editor-in-Chief Never underestimate an activist’s heart, especially when they’re as tenacious of a humanist as Angelica “Angie” Driskell. If you’ve been following Humanist Alliance Philippines, International (HAPI) for the past few years, you might know her as the HAPI Auditor, a member of the Board of Trustees, the HAPI Jr. Ambassador, […]
Read MoreBy Mutya ValenzuelaHAPI CFO Our initial plan for our first visit to Zambales province was to meet with the indigenous Aeta community in Sitio Lahong, Barangay Cadmang Reserva in the Municipality of Cabangan. The crew was made up of us at HAPI National and the leaders of HAPI-Zambales in partnership with the Cabangan Bushwhackers, led […]
Read MoreThe recent spike of anti-Asian violence in the USA has been disturbing to humanity, especially the attacks on Korean women in a massage parlor in Atlanta. The shooter was a young, ultra-religious Southern Baptist man, with “pizza, guns, drums, music, and God” as a summation of his “good life”. He objectified and vilified these women […]
Read MoreBy Donna T. DarantinaoHAPI Youth Ambassador In light of the struggles the Filipino citizenry has been going through since the start of the pandemic, the Humanist Alliance Philippines, International (HAPI) remains an active bearer of hope through campaigns and relief drives to be able to help those who have been stagnant due to the pandemic which […]
Read MoreBy Donna T. DarantinaoHAPI Youth AmbassadorDumaguete City For over a year now, the pandemic has kept us within the walls of our homes and limited the distance that our feet could take us. From being able to travel from place to place, precautions appear to top our list of priorities to keep us safe from […]
Read MoreBy Anthony Van Catayong Lead Convenor, HAPI-Zambales “While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. At the start of the COVID pandemic last year, many of our fellowmen were unable to work and provide for their families. The depressing situation due to the […]
Read MoreSherwin Dane Haro Nov. 3, 2020 San Jose, Antique, Philippines Audio narration by Shane Haro All too often, we hear stories about people who experience a painful childhood and come out the other side too broken to ever enact positive change in the world. Mutya Valenzuela, HAPI Board of Trustees member and one of the […]
Read MoreMutya Valenzuela Malolos, Bulacan HAPI-EVO Anti-Covid Campaign is just one of our HAPI events, to wit: “We cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that we can do.” Tricycle drivers, pedicab drivers and trolley operators are also frontliners. Everyday, they have to bring their passengers to […]
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