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From Tragedy to Triumph
Elsie Nacilam has been living with her husband and three children at a creek-side, flood-prone area in Barangay Tumana, Marikina for 21 years. In 2018, she was “knighted” as an Earth Warrior, a member of a volunteer group formed by Bantay Kalikasan to help maintain...
Australia Supports Child Rights Campaign of Bantay Bata 163
Today, we celebrate the bond between two countries working together for peace, unity, education, and development. As we commemorate the Philippines-Australia Friendship Day, Bantay Bata 163, a program of ABS-CBN Foundation, would also like to show its gratitude to the...
From Heroes to Heroes!
It all started on May 4 when the Municipality of Tublay, Benguet asked for the assistance of Bantay Kalikasan (BK) to connect them to buyers and move their vegetable and flower products to Manila. The agricultural industry took a bad hit due to the COVID-19 crisis....
Paradise Closed
Imagine being in a 330,300-hectare nature park - home to 215 bird species, 38 mammal species, 51 reptile and amphibian species, and over 1,000 species of plants – overlooking thick tropical forests and inhaling the freshest of air at the height of the summer...
Riding the Waves of Uncertainty
One million. That was the expected income this summer of Sabang Daguitan Surf Camp, an ecotourism site in Leyte. "Kasi ‘pag summer, it’s peak season talaga,” explained Ailyn Caballero, Site Specialist of Bantay Kalikasan. "Kasi kung i-compare mo siya last year, for...
BK reaches out to 27 partner communities amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected global industries, hitting tourism and agriculture the hardest. Cognizant to their partner communities’ plight, ABS-CBN Foundation - Bantay Kalikasan (BK) extends assistance to different people’s organizations. BK partners...
Mga Paraan sa Mainam at Malinis na Pagkonsumo ng Pagkain
Isa sa mga naging aksyon ng pamahalaan upang malabanan ang COVID-19 ay ang pagpapatupad ng Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) sa buong Luzon. Ngayong tayo ay nasa ika-apat na linggo ng ECQ, isa sa mga suliranin na patuloy na hinaharap ng karamihan ay ang mainam na...
Helping More than Earning
“Kasama po kami sa Enhanced Community Quarantine. Wala po kaming turista. As in wala ngayon. Marami sanang tao ngayong Holy Week.” said Noli Mercader, President of Gubatnons for Adventurism Inc. (GFAI), the organization that manages Lola Sayong Eco Surf Camp located...
Ang Mga Superheroes ni Liel
Sa murang gulang na isang taon, nagpakita na ng interes sa pagguhit si Lirah Aezobel “Liel” Ibañez, na kasalukuyang nakatira sa Tagaytay kasama ng kanyang pamilya. Sa gabay ng kanyang mga magulang na parehong may hilig din sa pagguhit, mas nagkaroon ng interes si...
Pantawid ng Pag-Ibig” campaign launched to help families affected by COVID-19
As of this writing, the government imposed a Luzon-wide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), described by the World Health Organization as a pandemic after it killed nearly 8,000 and infected 197,000 worldwide. I response to this...