Global Coalition for Humanitarian Efforts-Philippines

OUR MISSION:

To forge global strategic alliances, partnerships, and collaboration to facilitate, coordinate and optimize humanitarian efforts to the Philippines in self-empowering, self-sustaining, enduring ways.
OUR GOALS:

1. To create a global network of strategic partnerships and alliances for humanitarian efforts for the Philippines to enable collaboration, leveraging, facilitation and optimization of humanitarian efforts and resources.

2. To promote the "Adopt a Community" model by linking, enabling, and facilitating partnerships with proven established local grassroots humanitarian organizations with multifaceted, multidisciplinary, holistic, transformational efforts.

3. To promote and to help facilitate the streamlining, leveraging, and coordination of Medical and Surgical missions to the Philippines.

4. To catalyze and help facilitate the development and dissemination of a Community and National Development Master Plan Matrix for the Philippines highlighting priority areas of greatest need.

5. To encourage and inspire each and every individual that they have the ability and the power to "make a difference" in this world...





IF NOT US, WHO ??
IF NOT NOW, WHEN ???


http://www.globalcoal-phil.org/index-2.html


Thus, while we are promoting a "needs-based" and "needs-driven" humanitarian approach whenever possible on one hand, rather than attempting to discourage understandable regional and hometown loyalties of many donors as you aptly discuss, we in fact promote harnessing this, while offering donors strategic options to best direct their help based on their hometowns' areas of greatest need as determined by our local grassroots NGO partners, the DOH, etc. An example is how we have highlighted Bulacan as our pilot "Adopt a Community" model, where Ka Mody and her group at Bulacan Healthwatch have listed their priority needs in various sectors in the section "How Can you Help Us?"

http://www.globalcoal-phil.org/BulacanPilotCommunity.htm

Nonetheless, we also recognize and acknowledge that individual people and groups will always continue to have their have own interests, areas of expertise, passions, and advocacies which we should neither attempt to nor can we change, but instead should continue to encourage, support and harness by connecting like-minded individuals with similar passions and advocacies so they can collaborate and optimize their efforts, as we offer them whatever help we can. In fact, because of this unwavering conviction, I realize that over these past two years, I have often been perceived by many as being too unfocused, "Kalat", "Sabog", or "Wishy-washy" in regards to our Global Coalition's mission, goals, and direction, but it never bothered me because I knew I was remaining consistent with the vision of what a Global Coalition for Humanitarian Efforts-Philippines should be,,,

Another perfect illustration is that per USAID's suggestion, our Coalition had concurred during our first meeting in December 2008 in Makati to try to focus on the ubiquitous problem of Maternal-Child Health as our initial and pilot healthcare initiative. While everyone concurs that to have success, there must be a "focus" and while being in full support of this, I continued to maintain and uphold the above guiding principle and to support our Surgical Missions groups whose interest, expertise, passion, and advocacy will always be towards the needed surgical missions for indigent patients, which I felt the Global Coalition cannot put aside while trying to focus on the area of Maternal-Child Health... hence we have arrived at our current platform and discussions at hand with inter-agency and NGO collaboration towards the pursuit of needed facilitation and coordination of surgical missions and tax exemption of donated medical equipment...

That is really what our Global Coalition is all about...to enable and optimize everyones' ability to pursue their own passions and advocacies towards the ultimate common goal of helping our less fortunate brothers and sisters in the Philippines, to each his own way, his own pace, place, and time..

Global Coalition Network

Global Coalition Network


The First and Only Magazine for and about
Philippine Nurses all over the World


Although Dominador Rosacia, editor of the Philippine Nurses' Monitor (PNM) was introduced to our Global Coalition over one year ago by David Paraiso of the Healthcare Coalition Institute and been involved in our e-mail loop since, it was my oversight to have missed their inclusion among our growing list of network members, which has now been updated:

http://www.globalcoal-phil.org/friendsandallies.htm

http://www.philippinenursesmonitor.com/index.htm

It is needless to say that Filipino nurses are a major force in the Filipino diaspora, philanthropy, and in making surgical missions possible... so hopefully, Doming and the PNM will help provide the necessary bridge between the Filipino nurses groups and the Global Coalition...

Laughter...

"I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough."
- Red Skelton

Lets be men for others...

I remember when i was still a student, our theology teacher kept reminding us to be men for others. It is only now that i realized that our life's purpose is for us to do good and be living witnesses.. it is never too late.. Lets be men for others...

Good Things will come..

There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren't the way you had hoped they would be.

That's when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down.

But those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your life focused on believing in yourself.

There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them.
Constantly keep yourself headed in the right direction for you. It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are.

So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected responsibilities, remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be.

Because the challenges and changes will only help you to find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you.

Keep Believing in Yourself

Building Bridges

Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.

Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days work," he said.

"Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?"

"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by the barn? I want you to build me a fence - an 8-foot fence - so I won't need to see his place anymore. Cool him down, anyhow."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day.

The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped.

There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge... a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all - and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched.

"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done."

The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother.

"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I have many more bridges to build."

cherish..

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now. ~ Leo Babauta

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you are trudging seems all uphill,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit --
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won, had he stuck it out;
Do not give up, though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow...

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be nearer, when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight, when you are hardest hit -
Its when things seem worst, that you must not quit.

A simple Gesture

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk."
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mothers sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life."

Making the Difference...

A man was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along he began to see another man in the distance.

As he grew nearer he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up, and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean.

As our friend approached even closer he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had washed up onto the beach, and one at a time, he was throwing them back into the ocean.

The first man was puzzled. He approached the man and said, "Good Evening Friend, I was wondering what are you doing?" And he replied, "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they will die from the lack of oxygen."

"I understand," my friend replied "but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach and you couldn't possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many and don't you realize that this is happening on hundreds of beaches up and down this coast ... can't you see that that you can't possibly make a difference?

The local native smiled, bent down, picked up yet another starfish ... and as he threw it back out into the sea, he replied, "It made a difference to that one!"

Paco Magsaysay.. A man with a heart...

Paco Magsaysay.. is definitely a man with a heart.. he now has given a share of his earnings of his newly launched ice cream buss. to the foundation and for those who are in need.. We ask him about his new buss. and this was what he said…

“Paco Magsaysay January 31 at 6:13pm Report
As you know, our family has been in the dairy business the past couple of years. It is this reason why I have decided to venture into the ice cream making business. After all, isn’t milk and cream the main ingredients of ice cream?

I am the only ice cream maker in the country that is backed by a dairy farm. I have the best milk and cream money can buy. No one else can claim this. We do supply all the fresh milk requirements of Amapulo in Palawan.

Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1, we will be sold in two restaurants in Makati:

The Market
Ground Level, Tiffany Place
156 LP Leviste St., Salcedo Village, Makati City

and

Cafe Attivo
Ground Level, Cacho Gonzales Building
101 Aguirre St., Legaspi Village, Makati City

If you like ice cream, you will most certainly LOVE my ice cream. Under the name Carmen’s Best (my daughter), we plan to offer our ultra premium ice cream through restaurants.

As an added bonus, part of our proceeds are donated to the PGH Medical Foundation, Inc.

Please tell your friends! I am proud to say I am behind Carmen’s Best ice cream. ”

Playboy Bunnies donate to Charity..

Playboy bunnies donate to the charity patients of PGH Medical foundation.. here with the PGH MedFoundation Exec. Director

Cory Quirino Supports PGHMFI project...

Cory Quirino assists the PGH Medical Foundtion Directors Cup Golf tournament. here in the Picture with PGHMFI Executive Director Joseph Edwin Vergabera

A plea for a better sight… Posted on January 14, 2011 by pghmfi Hi Sir/Ma’am,

Good day!

I am Karen Lorico from Antipolo City, Philippines. I would like to seek help
from your organization
about my friend’s situation, Kristina Sano. Since birth, she has a cross
eyed deficiency. This was due to the medicine
intakes by her mother for a threatened abortion. But God is still good, she
survived, but she suffered badly
with that and developed crossed eyes. She was adopted by a distant relative
since birth. Their life is not
so fancy, but still, her family ensures that the basic needs are well
provided for. Despite their status in life,
her new family desires that she grows up like any normal kids despite her
deficiency. She was able to go to school, get high grades and even unleashed
a lot of talents while growing up. She has helped her family a lot around
the house. Upon graduation,
her only hope is to find a job so as to help her family with the house
expenses and not be a burden for them.

She got a secretariat job somewhere in intramuros before. She said she had a
great
time there because she was able to experience working as an individual and
also helped out her family. It was a bumpy road for her, she is not a
regular employee and also her salary is below the minimum. But still she
accepted the job since they are the only company that accepted her.

While in that job, she wants to deepen more her understanding on her purpose
in life. She got a flyer for a Christian Life Program
for Singles for Christ, a catholic renewal community. She finished the
program and eventually became a member of the community.
During that time, she was layed off from her job, partly because of her
deficiency also. But that’s a blessing for her in a way.

Truly she was gifted with a lot of talents. She blessed the community with
her talents to sing, dance and have that fire in serving
God. She has inspired a lot of people with her passion for service. I know
she is very fulfilled with her relationship with our God.
Up to present, she serves as a vocalist, a guitarist and one of the dancers
in our community. She has dedicated her life to God, setting aside her
financial concerns when attending services. Her older sister provides for
her transportation and food when she serves and sometimes her friends from
the community.

Having all these blessings and blessings she can give to the community and
family, she still wants to bless other people more.
She desires to have a regular job, get a salary to help her family, share in
the community and plan for her future. But companies won’t accept her
even for an administrative job. Her self esteem is very low because of her
eye defect, and she also developed a hearing
problem. She desires to have this corrected so she can live a normal life
and help out others as well but their family’s finances cannot
provide for an operation or surgery since the basic needs is more important
to attend to.

I personally would like to ask for help from your foundation to help in this
cause for Tina. The correction of her
eyes and also correction of her hearing problem will be beneficial for her,
her family and the community.

Thank you for taking time to read this e-mail and hoping for a positive
response on this cause;
and at the same time make a difference for a gifted person like Tina.

More power to your organization! Godbless!

Best Regards,

Karen Lorico

Subject: Before you give too much money to all those charities asking for month every month …read this. Posted on January 17, 2011 by pghmfi

Keep these facts in mind when “donating”. As you open your pockets for yet another
natural disaster, keep the following facts in mind; we have listed them from the
highest (worse paid offender) to the lowest (least paid offender).

The worst offender was yet again for the 11th year in a row is, UNICEF – CEO,
receives $1,200,000 per year, (plus use of a Rolls Royce for his exclusive use where
ever he goes, and an expense account that is rumoured to be well over $150,000.)
Only pennies from the actual donations goes to the UNICEF cause (less than $0.14
per dollar of income).

The second worst offender this year is Marsha J. Evans, President and CEO of the
American Red Cross…for her salary for the year ending in 2009 was $651,957 plus
expenses. Enjoys 6 weeks – fully paid holidays including all related expenses
during the holiday trip for her and her husband and kids. including 100% fully
paid health & dental plan for her and her family, for life. This means out of
every dollar they bring in
about $0.39 goes to related charity causes.

The third worst offender was again for the 7th time was, Brian Gallagher, President
of the United Way receives a $375,000 base salary (U.S. funds), plus so many
numerous expense benefits it’s hard to keep track as to what it is all worth,
including a fully paid life time membership for 2 golf courses (1 in Canada, and 1
in the U.S.A.), 2 luxury vehicles, a yacht club membership, 3 major company gold
credit cards for his personal expenses…and so on. This equates to about $0.51 per
dollar of income goes to charity causes.

This Years Fourth worst offender, who by the way has ranked fourth every year since
this information has been available in 1998 is yet again, World Vision President
(Canada) receives $300,000 base salary, (plus supplied – a home valued in the
$700,000 – $800,000 dollar value range, which is completely furnished. All housing
expenses are also paid, including taxes, water & sewer, telephone & fax lines, HD
High Speed cable, weekly maid service and yard and pool maintenance. In addition,
he gets fully paid private schooling for his children, an upscale automobile and an
$55,000 personal expense account for clothing/food, with a $125,000 business expense
account.

Get this, because it is a “religious based” charity, it pays, little to no taxes,
can receive government assistance and does not have to declare were the money goes.
Only about $0.52 of earned-income per dollar is available for charity causes.

Of the sixty some odd “charities” we looked at, the lowest paid President, C.E.O,
or Commissioner who was heading up a charity group right here in Canada . We found,
believe it or not, it was……

Ready for this…

I think you might be surprised…

It is, none other than…

The Salvation Army’s Commissioner Todd Bassett who receives a salary of only
$13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 Billion dollar organization.
Which means about $0.93 per dollar earned, is readily available and goes back out
to local charity causes…truly amazing…and well done “Sally Anne”

No further comment is necessary…”Think Twice” before you give to your charity of
choice as to which one really does the best for the most – or the least for the
most, for that matter.

- Anonymous