The LINKAPIL Program provides Filipinos and other donors overseas with opportunities to reach out and make a difference in the lives of those in need.

EDUCATION

Overseas donors may consider supporting the education of Filipino children and youth interested to go to school but are hindered by poverty. Assistance to education projects may be through the following:

1. Establishment or scholarship fund or grant under the LINKAPIL Program's "Adopt-A-Scholar" project. A mechanism is available for associations or individuals abroad to establish scholarship grants in identified public schools or colleges or to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged but scholastically qualified students.
2. Donation of books and other educational materials, such as computers and science laboratory equipment, to public schools.

Donations may be channeled to state colleges and universities in the Philippines or accredited and licensed non-government organizations. CFO will coordinate, on behalf of the overseas donor, with the identified school or non-government organization which will serve as the fund manager for the scholarship grant.

The cost of scholarship is as follows:

MICRO-ENTERPRISES/LIVELIHOOD

This program area seeks to assist in improving socio-economic conditions in the countryside by encouraging the establishment of small-scale or alternative income generating activities, and fostering the concept of self-help among members of the community. Assistance to livelihood projects may be through any of the following:

1. Grant of capital fund or capitalization to a specified beneficiary.
2. Donations of equipment or resources needed to start or sustain livelihood projects or to improve productivity and income.
3. Provision of low-interest bearing loans to registered cooperatives and organizations. Repayment schemes for the loans would be arranged in cooperation with a local bank.

Donations may be directed to local communities and barangays, non-government organizations, and cooperatives. A list of projects for funding is available upon request at the CFO through its Philippine Sectoral Development and Needs Profiling System.

With $200.00 you can help start a small livelihood program for a deserving community.

SMALL SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE

Filipinos and other donors overseas may direct resources for the construction of facilities needed for the improvement of day to day life. Assistance to underserved areas may be through any of the following:

1. Provision of funds for the construction of water facilities (i.e., deepwells, manual or electric pumps, water tanks), health centers, latrines, and classrooms among others.
2. Donation or purchase of materials for the construction of small-scale infrastructure projects.

Beneficiaries may include schools, barangays, and other institutional populations who have little or no access to funding from national or local sources.

With $1,000.00 your organization can help provide potable water to underserved areas.

HEALTH AND WELFARE

This program area involves the promotion of health care among Filipinos especially in rural and economically disadvantaged areas. The program enables indigent groups, i.e., orphans, street children, elderly, disabled, to have greater access to health services and social benefits. Assistance may be in the following forms:

• Conduct of medical or surgical missions to provide free services and medicines to patients.
• Donations of medical supplies and equipment to government and private primary and secondary hospitals, which are accredited by the Department of Health (DOH).
• Provision of relief assistance to calamity areas in the form of cash donatons, food and other basic necessities in cooperation with humanitarian agencies and non-government organization licensed/accredited by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

TRANSFER OF SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND TECHNOLOGY

This project facilitates the transfer of skills and knowledge to government agencies, local academe and communities through the volunteer services of overseas Filipino experts in science and technology, education, agriculture and other fields crucial to development. Interested parties can inquire from the CFO about assistance in any of the following areas:

1. Conduct of training/seminar-workshops in various fields of expertise.
2. Extension of volunteer service in goverment and non-goverment agencies, or rural communities.