RAFI to award winners, finalists of Triennial Awards
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Vernon Joseph Go
After three years of nomination, extensive screening, and
validation, two winners out of 10 finalists will be honored during the 5th
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Triennial Awards on Mar. 22 at Marco Polo
Plaza.
The winners will receive a trophy, cash prize of not less
than P400,000, and the opportunity to travel in the Visayas and Mindanao to
share expertise to various groups.
The RAFI Triennial Awards is the premier service and
humanitarian award in the Visayas and Mindanao, which recognize the
philanthropic, humanitarian, and holistic efforts of individuals and
institutions in enhancing the quality of life of various groups and
communities.
Five finalists vied for each of the awards category—the
Ramon Aboitiz Award for Exemplary Individual and Eduardo Aboitiz Award for
Outstanding Institution. They are Fr. Angelo Buenavides, Prof. Estrella
Cantallopez, Apolinario Leyson Sr., Fr. Dennis Tamayo, and Rene Vendiola for
the individual cateogory, and Agri-Aqua Development Coalition Mindanao Inc.,
Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation Inc., Negros Women for Tomorrow
Foundation Inc., SOS Children’s Villages Philippines, and The Great Physician
Rehabilitation Foundation for the institution category.
These finalists were selected by an independent search
committee composed of distinguished representatives from the academe, private
sector, and civil society. They are Island
Souvenirs President Jonathan Jay Aldeguer, The
Freeman and The Philippine Star
Columnist and “Straight from the Sky” Host Valeriano “Bobit” Avila, Marcellin
Foundation Inc. Founder Brother Crispin P. Betita, University of the
Philippines-Tacloban College Dean and Guiuan Development Foundation Inc.
Founder and Executive Director Margarita dela Cruz, and Mag-uugmad Foundation
Inc. Executive Director Leonardo Moneva.
The Search Committee is chaired
by dela Cruz who was an individual category finalist for the 3rd
RAFI Triennial Awards and a member of the 4th RAFI Triennial Awards
Search Committee.
The selection process starts when individuals and
institutions are nominated for the RAFI Triennial Awards. The search committee
validates each nominee in the Visayas and Mindanao before the short-listed
nominees are screened by the RAFI Board of Trustees to determine the final
awardees.
The RAFI Triennial Awards was launched in Dec. 6, 1996
during the 39th anniversary of the foundation to commemorate the philanthropic,
humanitarian, and holistic ideals of RAFI founders Don Ramon Aboitiz and his
son Don Eduardo Aboitiz. It is now on its 15th year this year, which is also
the 45th year of RAFI.
It is one of the
awards capabilities of RAFI, recognizing individuals and institutions that go
the extra mile in bringing about change and in uplifting the quality of life of
communities.
For more
information about the RAFI Triennial Awards, please contact (032) 418-7234 loc.
105 and look for Cathy Margate, or visit www.rafi.org.ph
or www.facebook.com/rafi.org.ph.
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