Rotary Club of Antipolo City

A community needs assessment at Tanza Elementary School in June of 2025 revealed a sobering reality. What was meant to be a modern ICT lab was instead a non-functional room for years, where monitors were stacked on the floor and essential equipment sat in plastic boxes. With broken tables and a crushing ratio of one computer for every fifty students, a digital future for these children seemed utterly out of reach. The crisis extended to the school library—the foundational heart of knowledge....

As a member of the Rotary Club of Antipolo City in the Philippines serving as the President-Elect / Vice President, I have always believed that the heart of Rotary is its ability to connect people across oceans. Today, January 23, 2026, I had the privilege of seeing this global connection in action during my vacation to Australia. I was honored to be invited by the Rotary Club of Burwood to celebrate and support a significant local milestone: the Australian Citizenship Ceremony. This event,...

According to recent national data, 18.6% of Filipinos aged 5–24 years old are not attending school, representing nearly 11 million out-of-school youth. Poverty remains one of the strongest determinants of whether a child stays in school. When families struggle to meet daily expenses, children are often forced to seek work, miss classes, or lose motivation altogether. Across the Philippines, thousands of children continue to face the risk of dropping out of school due to financial hardship....