Community Outreach

The Quezon City government recognized six individuals and six organizations as winners of the 19th Manuel L. Quezon Gawad Parangal.

Here’s a sobering statistic: according to the World Bank, 2.7 million more Filipinos will sink into poverty because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the community pantry movement that went viral last April has helped a lot of Filipinos cope with the challenges of the pandemic, this is only a bandage solution for a long term […]

POPCOM, or the Commission on Population and Development, has advised community pantry organizers that it would be wise to include contraceptives on their table of goods. These contraceptives can include condoms and pills like birth control. POPCOM Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez released a statement on Monday that encouraged the distribution of family planning items that […]

Since the first community pantry popped up at Maginhawa Street in Quezon City, a lot of other people have followed suit nationwide, setting up their own mini food drive or community pantry in their areas. The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) even set up a community paw-ntry for animals, proving that the spirit of bayanihan […]

On April 25, the University of the Philippines announced that its Executive Vice President, Teodoro Herbosa, also a special adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, had resigned due to “personal reasons.” The resignation came after the adviser made a distasteful remark about community pantries. Following Angel Locsin’s birthday community pantry in Quezon City, […]