On Jan. 29, Habitat for Humanity Philippines formally launched “WeBuild” campaign at The Peninsula Manila Hotel to further strengthen partnerships with donors and partners in building homes and transforming lives.
Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Habitat for Humanity International’s Board Secretary and Habitat Philippines’ Capital Campaign Cabinet Chairman led the event. Alongside him were esteemed guests including Habitat Philippines’ Ambassadors; Alden Richards, Christian Bautista, Cristina Romualdez, Mateo Guidicelli, David Bonifacio, TonipetGaba and Habitat Youth Council Founder and Chairwoman, Alexandra Eduque
Envisioning a world where everyone has a decent place to live, these partners have paved a way in raising funds and awareness towards the issues of poverty housing facing the nation.
In the Philippines alone, there are almost four million families living in unsafe, unsanitary and unsustainable conditions (University of Asia and the Pacific, 2012). Through “WeBuild,” Habitat aims to reach 20 percent of this number by the year 2020: serving 800,000 families and mobilizing a million volunteers.
“We want to build not just a four-walled structure, but communities of transformed individuals who will be empowered to share that same love they’ve experienced to even more people,” Charlie Ayco, managing director and CEO of Habitat Philippines said. “It’s a practice that we, as a nation — as a family — should do and nurture.”
The event highlighted Filipino families nationwide whose lives were transformed for the better through decent housing. One of which was Habitat home partner, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Philippines Diliman, and now structural engineer, Christian Seso. He reminded fellow partners at the event, “There is a reason why you are blessed. You are blessed not just to be a blessing to your family, but to be a blessing to others, as well.”
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‘Knockout’ returns to GMA
Beginning yeaterday, GMA Astig Authority brought back the animated series Knockout, which is about high school student Ippo Makunochi.
He usually spends his free time helping his family business and seldom hangs out with other teenagers. This makes him out of place and results to after-school bullying.
One day while being attacked by fellow students, a boxer named Takamura comes in to save him. He is inspired to learn boxing and to become a professional boxer himself.
How far can he go to reach this dream? Follow his action-packed adventures Monday to Friday at 8:30am on GMA.
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UFC fighter Stephen Thompson visits Manila
UFC, the world’s largest mixed martial arts organization and Cignal TV, its official Philippine broadcast partner, have announced that Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompsonis in Manila until Feb. 28.
Currently the no.3 Ranked Welterweight fighter in the world, Thompson is a four time World Kickboxing Champion who is undefeated in his professional kickboxing career. A long time training partner of former UFC Welterweight and Middleweight Champions Georges St Pierre and Chris Weidman, Thompson entered the UFC in February 2012, quickly amassing an impressive 12-1 record with signature wins over Robert Whittaker, Jake Ellenberger and most recently former Welterweight Champion Johnny Hendricks. He currently holds the record for longest winning streak (6) in the UFC Welterweight division.
Thomson’s five-day tour, entitled On The Rise is presented by UFC and Cignal, supported by Smart Bro, and is part of a continuous effort to expand the brand and spread awareness of Mixed Martial Arts in the Philippines. The Fighter arrived in country on Sunday and will be staying in Manila until the 26th participating in a series of public and media engagements.
The trip will culminate with an open workout held at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on Feb.25 from 2:30to 5p.m. with Filipino Featherweight Mark Eddivaand Asia Octagon Girl Red dela Cruz.
Fan’s can follow the tour on social media via the following channels:UFC Asia’s Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/UFCAsia; UFC Instagram and Twitter@UFC/ @UFC_Asia,
Hashtags#UFCManila, #UFConCIGNAL.