Scholars with a heart: Paying it a little forward
Students of Banilad Center for Professional Development (BCPD) in Cebu, Philippines discover new horizons following a visit to the Home for the Aged to mark the start of Lent 2025.
A youth club harvests dreams
Kabataan Public High School Girls Club has successfully partnered with Anihan Technical School to assist girls with limited finances to achieve their dreams of personal and professional advancement.
Social initiatives and projects
Some corporate works and social initiatives of members of Opus Dei in the Philippines
Kicking poverty out with football
United Football Club Navy (UFCN) transforms lives of youth in Palawan, Philippines.
Turning pages of hope
Beth Kagaoan, a children’s book author, remembers how the stories she read aloud to children bravely battling cancer were transformed into whispered prayers.
Moving mountains
A former Finance and Socio-economic Planning secretary established institutes and programs to promote a culture of good governance in the Philippines.
“If we didn’t do our small bit… we didn’t truly love the children.”
An elementary school teacher and her former students reach out to the less fortunate in Antique province, central Philippines.
Cebu Farmland Yields Harvest of Blessings
A mother of 10 from the highlands of Dalaguete in Cebu province expresses affection for St. Josemaria and Opus Dei.
Simplicity through the Lens of Aetas
“Being simple” is what a university professor learned in the last 4 years, as she continues to help aetas (indigenous people) in her province in Castillejos, Zambales (Philippines).
Punlaan: Sowing the seeds of women empowerment
Businesses that have repeatedly looked toward Punlaan to meet their staffing needs agree that it is the graduates’ values and attitude toward work that make them more desirable employees.