5th Year Anniversary Programs and Activities
January 20, 2010
TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH – water gives freshness and life to the earth. Sagip Ka 2000 Foundation has the DENR.LGU’s.NGO’s etc. to adopt rivers, streams and tributaries to protect the waterways from garbage and other pollutants.TAPAT Ko, LINIS Ko -The Foundation has initiated programs on Solid Waste Management through waste segregation, composting, recycling etc. Individuals, households, communities are encouraged to observe “Tapat Ko, Linis Ko”. 
DIGNITY OF WORK – Volunteers are ordinary office workers, entrepreneurs, farmers, laborers, drivers, medical practitioners, who do honest labor in order to live decent lives.
FAITH – Food Always In The Home. Backyard gardening and livestock raising such as goats, pigs, cattle, poultry are ways to augment member-volunteers ‘ meager income during economic difficulties.
CARE OF THE CHILDREN – The Foundation-extends assistance to the Marcellin Foundation (Gen. Santos City) and Kuya Center (Cubao, Q.C.) where street children are given food,shelter, ealthcare,counselling, education, and other needs. It also provides scholarship assistance for poor but deserving college students.
TREE-PLANTING ACTIVITIES – Volunteers are encouraged to plant trees in order to save the forests and watersheds. Mangroves are planted along the shores to serve as fish sanctuaries.
ALKANSYA SAVINGS - Members are encouraged to save for the future. They can either save through the cooperatives, banks, mutual funds, or simply keeping an ALKANSYA.
“DUGTONG -BlIHAY” HEALTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – Sagip Ka Volunteers, during times of emergencies, sickness or death, are extended ambulance services, daily hospitalization allowance and medical assistance.In case of death, assistance is likewise made available to the bereaved family to give a volunteer decent burial.
BROADCAST MEDIA – Angela Palmones of DZMM is a KBP Golden Dove Awardeefor advocating highest sense of professionalism and community service in broadcast media. Among the projects he has initiated are Takbo Para sa Kalikasan “, Emergency Expo, Invent School, Science Summers Camp for Teachers and Students, Job Fair, and a Radio Program – Bago ‘Yan Ah!.
VOLUNTEERISM – A Sagip Ka Volunteer, who teaches the children of the Dumagats in the mountains of Siera Madre,is a receipient of the Bayaning Filipino Award given by the Gawad Genny Lopez Foundation of ABS-CBN.
