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...
The Kawit Medical Mission with Ethel Luzario
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...
Lion at Large
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...
Sixth Annual Reading Competition in Banna
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...
Sharing Laughter at St. James Academy
Elvie Punzalan-Estavillo (ADB 1969–1973) When I arrived at St. James Academy in Malabon on 21 October 2011, it was already full with 370 students, teachers, and school officials, including a few...
Developing Cities: Hans-On
Jill Gale de Villa The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in its State of the World Population 1996, noted that Asia then had about 1.2 billion urban residents, and that this number was...
Letter from the Roof of the World
Shahida Jaffrey Up to the Roof. 21 years ago, on 8 December 1989, I was on the Aga Khan Foundation Helicopter accompanying Shoaib Sultan Khan, General Manager of an innovative rural development...
The Eyes and the Aetas
Raquel Cabiles (ADB 1971–1997) All Eyes on Antipolo. On Monday, 23 April 2012, six AFE–ADB volunteers—Ben Hombre, Midi Diel Kawashima, Aida Lizarondo, Oskee Nunez, Nini Tibay, and I—plus one ADB...