Nov 9, 2012

Do You Want to Help AHON This Christmas?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! So in the true spirit of giving and realizing the reason for the season, why not extend a helping hand?

This Christmas, if you want to give more, AHON Foundation gives you two news ways to do so.

PARTICIPATE IN OUR BOOK WISH LISHT CHALLENGE!



Complete our book wish list and we'll include your name on one of the libraries we will be developing in the year 2013. To register, contact AHON Foundation at (02) 433-1440. Or email ahonfoundation@gmail.com

GIVE THE GIFT OF HOPE THROUGH OUR AHON CHRISTMAS CARDS!


Alternatively, you can also say Merry Christmas with our AHON Christmas cards! Proceeds of the sales will go to buying story books for the AHON Libraries developed in 2013. Place your orders by calling 433-1440, or emailing ahonfoundation@gmail.com.

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Nov 5, 2012

AHON Foundation's First "Thinking While Reading Seminar" Featured in the Manila Bulletin Over the Long Weekend:

By Tippy Kintanar

NEW METHODS – Teachers are introduced to new and creative reading strategies at the Thinking While Reading seminar organized by the AHON Foundation.

A week after World Teachers Day last Oct. 5, the Acts of Hope for the Nation (AHON) Foundation conducted its very first Thinking While Reading seminar in cooperation with Bagong Kulturang Pinoy Inc., (BKPI). This partnership was founded on its common mission to promote a culture of reading and learning among Filipino children.
The two-day teacher training was attended by more than 30 teachers from AHON’s partner public elementary schools around Metro Manila, who learned creative reading strategies that they could easily take to their own classrooms.

We Would like to thank our friends at Manila Bulletin for once again featuring AHON Foundation! Your support helps us get our message across- far and wide. We are as always, grateful. :-)

Oct 31, 2012

Undas and Days of the Dead Around the World

A typical scene at a cemetery during Undas
As we gear up for the long weekend that November 1 and 2 or Undas brings each year, we got around to asking each other at the office whether there are versions of this in other parts of the world. It's an interesting topic of conversation as taking two whole days to pay respect to our loved ones who have passed away, is not your typical national holiday.

We know that November 1 and 2 in the Philippines means spending a day at the cemetery with relatives to pay our respect to those who have gone on before us. Aside from prayers, fellowship, and the ever Pinoy kainan, Undas is a distinctly Filipino tradition that seems like no other in the world. But after some simple researching on Google, we found that in the other parts of the world there are similar celebrations that are meant to honor the dead as well.

From Los Dias de los Muertos in Mexico, to how Ecuadorian's celebrate November 1 and 2 seated near the graves of their dearly departed. It's interesting to see that the ways people all over the world celebrate their versions of Undas. This article from Huffington Post shows how "Day of the Dead" all over the world is celebrated. It was published last year, but if you're interested to find out more, the pictures are a bit scary, but very fascinating.

Wishing everyone a meaningful long weekend ahead!


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