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...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Volunteer
Ethel Luzario left ADB in 1981 and joined the United Nations Development Programme as an HR Specialist. After spending 15 years in New York her desire for another change took her to Phoenix, Arizona in late 1996. Wanting to have a flexible schedule so she could spend...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Volunteer
Raquel Cabiles (ADB 1971–1997) Sunday, 30 January. Ex-ADBer Ethel Luzario and the Phoenix, Arizona Lions’ Club held a medical mission to Kawit, Cavite from 30 January to 8 February 2011. Activities included performing cataract surgeries that restored vision and...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Volunteer
Peter Wallum (ADB 1982–2009) I have been a “roving” Lion for 30 years. Imagine my delight when I learned that my fellow members of the Morpeth (England) Lions Club and I had been awarded the Queen’s Award for voluntary service to the community. This is a new award...
by AFE-ADB | Mar 5, 2023 | Volunteer
Sawai Boonma (ADB 1975–1978) On 11–12 November 2011, thirty-three elementary schools in Banna District, Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand, staged their sixth reading competition. This annual event is the culmination of the reading-cum-education promotion activities...
