Photo credits: Dulce Amor Fortunado Is the Culture of Poverty present in the Philippines? The Culture of Poverty as a concept was put forth by a number of scholars from the late 1950’s. It suggests that poverty is a result of people’s values or cultural norms. According to this concept people who were […]
Leaders Behind ENFiD
Petmyla Arceno – United Kingdom “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.” This song plays in my mind each time I connect with Myla. As member of UK’s Board of Trustees since 2016, she has been instrumental in leveraging a unified and enthusiastic ENFID. This has led to positive and efficient group dynamics, surely […]
“DIWANG PILIPINO, TATAK EURO-PINOY”
“DIWANG PILIPINO, TATAK EURO-PINOY” Rohlee de Guzman, Executive Director A Conference on the Exploration of Filipino Values as Tools for Understanding and Supporting the Global Agenda to End Poverty and to Protect the Environment 2018 European Conference of Filipino Diaspora organized by ENFiD Background The Tagalog proverb ‘ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi […]
ENFiD-EU Chair meets Philippine Tourism Secretary
ENFiD-EU Chair meets Philippine Tourism Secretary 2 August 2018, Manila Betsy von Atzigen, Chair ENFiD-Europe Philippine Tourism Secretary Ms Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was most gracious to accept under very short notice my request for a brief meeting. I was advised of her extremely tight schedule including island travels and therefore didn’t expect to be given time. […]
Welcoming Ambassador Denis Lepatan to Switzerland
Welcoming Ambassador Denis Lepatan to Switzerland Betsy von Atzigen, Switzerland His Excellency, Denis Yap Lepatan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Switzerland with concurrent jurisdiction over the Principality of Liechtenstein is no stranger to Switzerland. For 13 years, he was posted in Geneva as Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations. In […]
EMPOWERED ENFID-SWISS
EFFECTIVE PINOY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR FILIPINO-SWISS COMMUNITY LEADERS A little over two dozen Filipino-Swiss frontrunners representing YENFiD (the youth) and ENFiD made history in a remarkable get-together on the 17th of February 2018 in Zürich to learn and empower good governance across Filipino communities in Switzerland. The Effective Filipino Leadership program is an initiative of […]