Our Projects
SIPAG BUBUYOG ACADEMY
'Bubuyog', meaning 'bees' in English, has been launched in 2024 for 60 kids from U7 to U13 coming from underserved communities of Metro Manila.
This initiative offers rigorous training sessions aimed at enhancing the skills of these 60 young players. Each session is purposefully designed to be goal oriented, and to hones them into competitive athletes while providing values formation, education and essential life skills.
Links:
The project released on spin.ph
Bubuyog's Facebook page
Liga GK
Liga GK is a community development street futsal league where officials, organizers, and coaches are GK youth who are given responsibilities to manage and lead the competition and their community teams.
Liga GK has a these key objectives - girls must be fielded in all games and teams must perform regular community service.
Teams who conduct activities that bring about a social good and benefit to their communities such as recycling, feeding, life skills seminars, and academic tutorials are given extra points in the league.
Founded in 2018, PÁG-ON is a social enterprise that aims to make sporting equipment such as shinguards out of sustainable material like bamboo and up-cycled rubber. PÁG-ON was initiated to help provide funding support and livelihood opportunities to not only members of the SipaG program, but to other groups who are using sports for social impact. The social enterprise aims to strengthen communities through sports, livelihood/enterprise development, and environmental protection. PÁG-ON will be headquartered at the upcoming SipaG Academy.
SipaG-ASA
SipaG-ASA is our program for addressing peace, conflict, and other social issues prevalent in conflict areas on the island region of Mindanao. We use football as a tool to bridge understanding between the children and parents of rival groups in the region, as well as provide opportunities for girls to play and develop through sports.
Beyond Borders Journeys
Since 2017, GK sends outstanding youth leaders who exhibit high potential both on and off the pitch, to immersion trips in Europe and US to experience different cultures and football programs. Past trips have seen the children visit the FIFA Headquarters in Switzerland, FC Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France, and several other cities across France to visit local schools, exchange ideas and compete in local and international football tournaments.
These childrens return to the Philippines with a wider appreciation and understanding of the world outside of their communities.
GK Field of Dreams
The GK Field of Dreams is a project initiated in GK Paradise Heights where Gawad Kalinga together with JCI Manila developed a sports centre out from a garbage dumpsite. The centre has a football and baseball field that runs sports programs for the less fortunate youth in the area, many of whom are scavengers who were either drug users, gang members or out of school youth. The Field of Dreams also has a livelihood program where mothers of the players make bags and giveaways out of recycled materials.
Liga Eskwela
