What is Wellness Pilipinas?
The Philippines' response to the call of World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 to lessen the augment of Lifestyle Diseases of stroke, cancer, diabetes, etc, and the country's compliance to United Nations Climate Change Peace Building Campaign in 2007. Wellness Pilipinas! was conceived by "Wellness for Peace" Author, Public Speaker & former Peace Ambassador Zara Jane Juan. It consists of pep talks, workshops, symposiums & fora meant to achieve wellness in mind, body, spirit & economics as tools for peace & nation-building. Wellness Pilipinas aired as a live TV show at GNN via G-SAT Asia from 2009-2010 supported by private and public corporations
WELLNESS IN ENVIRONMENT: GMA Network joins water pollution reduction program. GMA Network recently inked a Memorandum of Agreement with Sagip Ilog Pilipinas Movement (SIPM), Philippine Biochar Association (PBiA) and Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA) to undertake a water pollution reduction and livelihood program dubbed the Clean River Zone Biochar Community Project. Through its Kapuso ng Kalikasan, an environment-focused CSR platform, GMA is set to support the program by organizing community engagement activities with its corps of employee volunteers, the GMA GIVES. The Clean River Zone Biochar Community Project involves the use of Bokashi balls to reduce the pollution of the estero in Block 5, Daang Tubo, Diliman, Quezon City and create an alternative livelihood for the residents in the said community. The collaboration was formalized in a simple signing ceremony at GMA Network’s Quezon City headquarters with (seated, L-R) PMSEA President Engr. Luis R. Sarmiento, GMA Network AVP for Corporate Affairs Teresa L. Pacis, PBiA CEO Philip G. Camara, and SIPM Chairperson Severino M. Galindo, (standing, L-R) PMSEA volunteer Gia Veloso, GMA Network Manager for Corporate Relations Unis M. Loleng, PBiA CSR Consultant Christine G. Cenal and SIPM Executive Director Myrna J. H. Jimenez. | Community Bulletin Board | GMA News Online