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
A Message from The Philippines Embassy in Washington, D.C
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
60th Anniversary RPCV Reflections
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
PCAFPD Human Development Grant in Action
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.
PCAFPD Announces Inaugural Grant Awardees
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 2018-2021 Scholar Introductions!
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
PC 60th Anniversary Spring 2021 Balitaan
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
FROM OUR ITULOY TEAM – SPRING 2019
Being a taciturn and introvert student in college, I was always shy to attend PCAFPD alumni and scholars meet-up events or assemblies. The first (and last while I was a student) that I participated in was in 2014, a year
PCAFPD SPRING 2019 SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT
Scholar Alum Rico Ancog wins the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST, PHL) 2019 Outstanding Young Scientist Award in the field of Environmental Economics. PCAFPD supported Rico’s undergraduate and graduate studies. He gradu-ated in 2004 and 2006, and
Being Mary Poppins
This semester was a great experience for me be-cause it shaped me to whom I am today. It helps me to discover myself, I learn new things every day. This semester I found myself busy with so many activities. I