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Back to the Ground (Literally) for Gawad Kalinga

October 3, 2014 By Tammy Leave a Comment

For the third time this year, volunteers coming from the kapitbahayan (the residents of the Gawad Kalinga villages) will be coming together to help in rebuilding, repairing and starting the ground work of the farm lots of families from a specific Gawad Kalinga community here in Camarines Sur. This October 4-6, the volunteers will head over […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Events, Gawad Kalinga Tagged With: Bicol, Enchanted Farm, Farm, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Volunteer

Farm Builds with Gawad Kalinga – Perspective of our French Volunteers

August 29, 2014 By Tammy Leave a Comment

For more than a month, a group of young French students spent their time with Gawad Kalinga and the Spiral Sun team discovering parts of Bicol and the communities as well. Read about the adventures of Selma, Loure, Nicky, Baptiste and Simon as they joined farm builds, rode ATVs and ate their way around Naga and the […]

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Filed Under: Agriculture, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Collaboration, Farming, Gawad Kalinga Tagged With: Agri Tourism, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Enchanted Farm, Farm Build, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Travel Documents

A is for Avenue Plaza Hotel

June 13, 2013 By Tammy Leave a Comment

A is for Avenue

If there is a place other than our home where J is comfortable rolling around the bed and hiding under the covers, it is the Avenue Plaza Hotel. This four-star hotel sits in the heart of the lifestyle hub of Naga City. Being one of the classiest hotels in the metro, you can expect excellent […]

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Filed Under: Bed and Breakfast, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, Hotels, Naga Tagged With: Avenue Plaza Hotel, bed and breakfast, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, GK, hotels, Naga, Naga X

Take a Trip to Gawad Kalinga’s Enchanted Farm

November 4, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Enchanted Farm

During J’s first few months, he was able to have his first McDonald’s visit, his first Bonchon trip, his first visit to SM Megamall and Trinoma. The rest of the time, we stayed at home – trying to learn the ropes of parenthood and multitasking. After taking him to nearby areas in the metropolis, we decided […]

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Food, Gawad Kalinga, Organic Farm, Social Enterprise Tagged With: Bayanihan Economics, Bulacan, Center for Social Innovation, CSI, Enchanted Farm, faith, family, food, Gawad Kalinga, GK, organic farm, Patriotic Parenting, social enterprise

Enchanted Farm Cafe: Brewing Innovation, Good Coffee and Tea

September 11, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Enchanted Farm Cafe

Looking for a new place to eat? Have coffee? And chat with friends? Here are our favourite finds in Quezon City.  Although I haven’t had the chance to travel with Tom as much as I wanted to since Spiral Sun started, I did have to leave Naga mid-June for Manila. I took an AirPhilExpress flight on […]

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Filed Under: Food, Gawad Kalinga, Organic Farm, Quezon City, Social Enterprise Tagged With: Bayanihan Economics, Center for Social Innovation, CSI, Enchanted Farm, Enchanted Farm Cafe, food, Gawad Kalinga, GK, organic farm, Quezon City, social enterprise

The Road to Siruma

June 1, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

The Road to Siruma

We would like to take this chance to thank everyone who has taken a trip with us! It has just been a few months since we’ve started our journey as Spiral Sun, but your trips with us have already made a big impact on several communities here in Camarines Sur – especially GK Taligra in […]

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Filed Under: Adventure Trip, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Events, Gawad Kalinga, Patriotic Tour Tagged With: Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Siruma

Volunteer to Save Siruma, Have an Adventure, Experience Nature

May 3, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

GK Siruma Build

Siruma is a 4th class municipality several hours from Naga. The sleepy, little coastal town is really not that far from Naga, but because the horrible conditions of the roads, it takes about four to five hours to get there. Quite an adventure already just to get there. In a place seemingly forgotten by the […]

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Filed Under: Adventure Trip, Beaches, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, Social Enterprise, Tourism Tagged With: beaches, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Siruma, Volunteer, Volunteerism

Patriotic Tour – Adventure Travel to Fall in Love with our Country

April 19, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

What exactly is a patriotic tour? The same way we questioned what a pilgrimage is, we had to figure out what a patriotic tour is too. On the offset, we know that it is an adventure trip that allows the traveller to fall head over heels in love with our country. It is an expedition […]

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Filed Under: Adventure Trip, Albay, Beaches, Bed and Breakfast, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Caramoan, Collaboration, Gawad Kalinga, Masbate, Patriotic Tour, Social Enterprise, Sorsogon, Tourism Tagged With: Albay, beaches, bed and breakfast, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Donsol, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Legazpi, Libmanan, Masbate, Metro Naga, Naga, Patriotic Tour, Sorsogon

Gawad Kalinga: Our Love Story

February 17, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Save GK Siruma

Gawad Kalinga is our love story. The team here in Camarines Sur is just like the many volunteers scattered across the country. We all start the same way, falling crazily head over heals with the chance to serve our God in the most noble of way. We fall in love with the communities we sought […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Culture, Gawad Kalinga Tagged With: Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, culture, Gawad Kalinga, GK

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