by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Work and Play
The jump from ADB lead education specialist to amateur wildlife photographer is not as big a leap as one might think. True, my 35-year career, which I enjoyed tremendously, was built around education development in countries ranging from Somalia and Guyana to...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Work and Play
Three AFE–ADB members—Julia Holz, Pablo Trillana, and Robert May—serve ADB and ADB staff as intermediaries in complaints processes. I recently asked them: “What’s in it for you, and what’s in it for ADB?” Finding Solutions. Pablo Trillana responded that, as a lawyer,...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Work and Play
Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods caused by typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) in Metro Manila on 26 September 2009, AFE members responded generously to AFE’s appeal for funds to alleviate the suffering, donating a total of P527,248 (about $11,400). AFE passed...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Work and Play
David Parker (ADB 1976–2004) The money that was provided through the SCF was given to two well-organized channels, the Virlanie Foundation, Inc. in Quiapo (P55,000) and the New Faith Family Children’s Home in Cainta, Metro Manila (P275,915), for assisting many poor...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Work and Play
Gam de Armas Friday, 25 September—the rains start, then increase in intensity Saturday morning. Reports of flooding fill the airwaves as the waters reach waist- and then neck-deep even in areas not normally prone to flooding. Sunday, 27 Sept, 11:00—I text all 15 group...
