Gawad Kalinga

Gawad Kalinga began with a simple desire to give care and leave no one behind.

Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation, Inc. (GK) was formally established in 2003, but the work began as early as 1994 in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City, the biggest squatters relocation site in Metro Manila. Since then it has expanded its work to over 2,000 organized communities and has been adopted in other developing nations like Cambodia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It is also in the forefront of peace-building work in conflict areas in Mindanao and reconstruction work in post-disaster communities.

TENETS

Padugo, Tataya Ako
I commit to bleed for the mission.

Una sa Serbisyo, Huli sa Benepisyo
I commit to serve rather than to be served.

Para sa Diyos at Para sa Bayan
I commit to love God and my country.

Bayanihan
I commit to challenge the impossible in solidarity with others.

Walang Iwanan
I commit to leave no one behind.