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| Ongoing relief and seed distribution for food security will continue. We remain the "little engine that could." Thanks to the dedication and big hearts of our AAI team and allies, including many private donors and Filipino soldiers who transport our teams to areas that were previously unreachable. | AAI inter-faith youth volunteers and Filipino soldiers in the Iligan area, Manila and Virginia spent Christmas-New Year holidays conducting ongoing emergency flood relief in remote areas in Mindanao where the people's needs are great, including areas of conflict. |
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| AAI's Inter-Faith Trauma Healing in war torn Mindanao; conducted by Asia America Initiative, Muslim and Christian clergy, Province Government , AAI's Catalyst for Peace youth volunteers and Christian Operation Blessing social harmony professionals and Philippine armed forces. | AAI Peace Caravan: at Maharlika Elementary School in Muslim neighborhood in Manila with students and mentors from Catholic Assumption faculty and Muslim school teachers and artists, and AAI's Catalysts for Peace youth volunteers. |
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| Jovellee Dionglay, 9 years old and an orphan. She had lost her parents at a very young age. She was brought to the urgent attention of Asia America Initiative in October 2011 by our colleagues at Kythe Foundation in Manila to be included in our “Cancer Treatment for the Poor” or “The Art of Hope and Healing” program. Jovellee’s young body and mind had been fighting cancer for almost three years. She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007, when she was just 6 years old. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT JOVELLEE. CLICK HERE cancer-treatment-for-20-children-and-30-women |
AAI Philippines Director Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman and Marlon Jinon unveil the cover of the AAI story book supported of the Manila Jaycees, the Office of the President for the Peace Process, AAI Catalyst for Peace youth volunteers and the Philippines Armed Forces. A preview perfomance was staged with life sized puppets, attended by 100 Christian, Muslim, Mountain Tribe and Buddhist children. |
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| Inter-Faith Members of Asia America Initiative Catalysts for Peace, the various mentors, volunteers, and their colleagues from the Philippine Army's Civil Military Affairs unit and Jaycees prepare for Christian - Muslim and Buddhist children's peace march at historic Edsa Shrine in Manila. The march to Armed Forces Headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo made "a joyful noise" with cars, trucks and taxis "honking their horns three-times" in support of peace. | Rumi Forum presents "Building Peace across Cultures and Faiths: The Muslim Mindanao Experience", with Albert Santoli, President and Founder, Asia America Initiative. CLICK HERE |
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| Droughts across China and floods across Southeast Asia are wreaking havoc on regional food supplies and prices. Click Here to read China In Focus | The Jolo Emergency Response Team, supported the Dept. of Social Welfare prepare water purification sachets, distributed by AAI, manufactured by Procter & Gamble through Americares humanitarian organization CLICK HERE TO SEE THE AAI EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
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| Emerald Planet video on AAI. Click Here to See the video | Asia America Initiative’s 2010 Peace Caravans brought together close to 500 children and youths. They are a shining example of how peace can be built “One Child and One School” at a time. CLICK HERE TO SEE PEACE ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME PHOTO GALLERY |
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| We need your help. Click Here to find out more! | Maharlika Peace Caravan: Interfaith Friendship. |