GIBAC Foundation

Gunting at Suklay✂️🪮

Labingwalong (18) kalalakihan sa Isla ng Palumbanes ang naging bahagi ng Gunting at Suklay Skills Training na inorganisa ng GIBAC Foundation, isang hakbang tungo sa dagdag kaalaman at oportunidad para sa kanilang pamilya.💇‍♂️

Bilang panimula, tumanggap sila ng gunting, suklay, at razor, mga simpleng gamit na nagiging simbolo ng bagong kakayahan at posibilidad na pagkakakitaan.🫶

Maraming salamat sa aming mga partners, PLGU, TESDA Catanduanes, DOLE Catanduanes, Brgy Council and SK Palumbanes.💚

We rise by lifting others🫶

Honored to witness the groundbreaking ceremony of Cement Bamboo Frame Classrooms of All Hands and Hearts in Barangay Salvacion, Caramoran, a meaningful step toward building safer spaces and stronger communities.🪏

Grateful for the opportunity to stand as partners in service, united by a shared mission of hope, resilience, and community transformation.🤝

Our second coordination meeting with All Hands and Hearts Foundation, strengthening our shared commitment to community collaboration and sustainable impact.🌱

Together, we continue to explore partnerships that empower communities, build resilience, and create solutions that last beyond today.🤝

Grateful for another meaningful engagement with All Hands and Hearts.💚

Laying the groundwork for partnership💚

We had a meaningful meeting with Mrs. Jane Rose Azanza, Director of the Office of Student Affairs and Development Services (OSAD) of Catanduanes State University, to discuss a potential collaboration under the EDUKAIN Program.

The meeting focused on strengthening student welfare through community partnership, including nutrition support initiatives where Juana Rise women will prepare soya-based meals for students.

We extend our sincere thanks to the Office of Student Affairs and Development Services of CatSU for the meaningful discussion and shared commitment to the welfare of students.🤝

We held a coordination meeting with All Hands and Hearts Foundation to explore areas of collaboration and potential partnership for future community-based programs.

The discussion focused on identifying shared priorities, and partnership opportunities in support of community development initiatives.

Thank you, All Hands and Hearts Foundation, for a fruitful meeting and the opportunity to explore a partnership for positive change.💚🤝

Sa pamamagitan ng bayanihan at pakikipagtulungan ng LGU, TESDA, at komunidad, patuloy nating tinutugunan ang pangangailangan sa sanitasyon ng ating mga kababayan.

Maraming salamat sa lahat ng naging katuwang.💚

Meet Felicidad ‘Lola Piling’ Agunday of Gogon, Virac,105 years strong, carrying a presence that speaks of courage and a lifetime of resilience. Today, we met her, and providing a wheelchair felt like restoring dignity, mobility, and the comfort she truly deserves.

Grateful to LGU Virac led by Mayor Sinforoso Sarmiento for partnering with us in ensuring our elders continue to be seen, valued, and supported.

Because when we uplift one life, we strengthen the heart of the whole community.❤️

Empowerment becomes real when communities build for themselves. 🌍

Through Project Kubita, nineteen (19) Masonry trainees worked hand in hand to construct 5 new comfort rooms in San Vicente, Virac, turning skills training into meaningful service for their own community.

Our heartfelt thanks to LGU Virac, GIBAC Foundation Inc. Training Center, Provincial Government of Catanduanes and the Office of the Congressional District of Catanduanes for making this collaboration possible.

What began as skills training became a story of unity, neighbors helping neighbors, and a community rising together with dignity and purpose.❤️

In every community, there are stories of quiet strength and stories that deserve to move forward.
Yesterday, two of those stories found new momentum.

Francisco V. Tabirara, 54, of Brgy. San Juan, has faced mobility challenges that made even the simplest daily tasks difficult.

Lourdes Tugano Quintanilla, 86, from West Garden Subd. Phase 3 in Bigaa, carries decades of wisdom but has struggled physically in recent years.

Through the partnership of LGU-Virac and GIBAC Foundation, both were given wheelchairs, simple tools that unlock freedom, restore dignity, and reaffirm that they are seen, valued, and supported by their community.

Big thanks to LGU - Virac headed by Mayor Sinforoso Sarmiento for this meaningful partnership.Together, we keep moving lives forward, one meaningful story at a time.

Congratulations Masonry NC1 graduates!💪