FAAGC’s Charitable Endeavors
Since its formation, FAAGC has been involved in charitable activities — from providing funds and goods to calamity victims in the U.S. and the Philippines to donations to Philippine orphanages to participation in other organizations’ charity events.
It has donated funds and goods and provided volunteer services to, among others:
- The Hospicio de San Jose Orphanage in Metro Manila.
- The Catholic Relief Services for the relief of the victims of Typhoon Ondoy and Typhoon Yolanda (Hainan)
- San Vicente de Paul Orphanage in Manila
- SOS Village in Tacloban, Leyte
- The ERDA Foundation helping children in Metro Manila
- The Philippine National Red Cross for relief of Philippine calamity victims and for its special educational projects
- ABS-CBN Foundation’s Sagip Kapamilya project addressing relief needs of victims of natural calamities such as Typhoon Yolanda.
- Harvest Hope Food Bank to help South Carolina 2015 flood victims.
- The American Red Cross to help calamity victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia, SC, which provides low-cost board and lodging facilities to out-of-town families with children being treated at local medical facilities.
- Bantay Bata 163, the child welfare arm of ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc., for its Bantay Edukasyon Scholarship Program.
- Tahanang Walang Hagdanan (House with No Stairs), which provides facilities, support, therapy, educational training and livelihood opportunities, among others, to persons with disabilities.