Building Futures Since 1983
By Jerome L. Abellera, PCAFPD Scholar – Master of Arts in Education, Major in Guidance and Counseling As a master’s degree student working as a teacher during the weekdays, it is a great challenge getting all my requirements fulfilled and
By Cristine Benitez, PCAFPD Scholar Batch 2022 “ Before starting this essay, I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude for the Peace Corps Alumni Foundation for Philippine Development (PCAFPD) for having me as your scholar. I am extremely benefited
By Paul Aleckson, PCAFPD President Tommy Schultz made it back to America for the final days of his battle with cancer, but his fight ended June 4, 2021 at age 45. Tommy served as a Coastal Resource Management Volunteer in
By Ricardo Espitia, PCAFPD Student Affairs Earlier this year, PCAFPD began providing laptops as part of our scholarship program. This initiative came out of PCAFPD’s efforts to meet the moment and the realities of our scholars who are schooling in
By: Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez On behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, I wish to extend my warmest greetings to the Peace Corps Alumni Foundation for Philippine Development (PCAFPD) on the occasion of the 60th
In celebration of Peace Corps Philippines 60th Anniversary, we asked for your Peace Corps stories and reflections. Please enjoy this selection of memories, sent in by you – our fellow RPCVs and donors. Never having to start sentences with “I
Authored By Justin Tabor, PCAPFD Grants Manager I recently had the chance to check in with Emma Sarcol, a Philippines RPCV currently living in Cebu and working for the Glory Reborn organization, one of PCAFPD’s inaugural Human Development grant recipients.
It brings great joy to share the news that PCAFPD has selected two winners for the inaugural year of the PCAFPD Human Development Grant. Our call for proposals pulled in nearly 20 applications from across Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon island
PCAFPD Scholars from 2018 to present, minus our newest scholar additions, introduced themselves over video in July of 2021! A special thanks to the Ituloy team for getting this together, and to our talented scholars Rubuen Mayang and Donna Jalipa for
It’s the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps! This issue (click link for the full PDF) celebrates the occasion by showing differences in Peace Corps service from an RPCV in the very first Peace Corps Philippines batch and the accounts