Live+Loud 2009: 'Change your Frequency!' From the first Live+Loud concert which GK Youth YGAT (GKYGAT) fundraiser last year managed to raise over $1600! The next one is coming to you, on August 15...Read more
GK YGAT 2010 Underway - Breakfast Forum #1 This year's first breakfast forum was held on Saturday, 20th June at St. Patrick's Parish Hall, Parramatta. The GKYGAT team was amped up and ready to take on the challenge and tell all who came about GKYGAT to both locations. ...Read more
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Ride to Riverstone Festival On Saturday 16th of May, the Riverstone and District Lions Club, Camwest and GK Youth ran a group bike ride called, "Ride to Riverstone"...Read more
Tony Meloto at the Legislative Assembly On Tuesday 5th of May whilst on his visit to Australia, Tony Meloto attended a legislative assembly in Canberra where he was received by...Read more
Bayani Challenge and Cambodia GKYGAT 2009 On Monday 13th of April, nine Australian delegates set out on a great adventure that is on a whole other level: Bayani Challenge. Never before...Read more
The GKYGAT Leaders for 2010 For 2009, a quarter of the year is already gone. It is now time to start preparing for the next GATs (Great Adventure Tours) for 2010. For...Read more
Basketball - GK vs GK Last August, GK Youth entered the basketball team "GK1MB" into the CFC Sportsfest Competition, which was held at Emerton Leisure...Read more
GK1MB Empowerment Day 2009 The first official GK Orientation for GK1MB members was held last Sunday, 5 April at St Patrick's Cathedral Hall, Parramatta. Participants...Read more
GK Summit 2009 - "Making Dreams Real" The next big GK event of the year is coming up on May 9 - GK Summit 2009. This event is a chance for current and prospective partners of GK to get...Read more
GK Leadership Training Within GK Youth, all members are here for the common cause - to fight and to raise awareness of poverty...Read more
GK Harvest 2009 - "Changing Each Other, Changing the World" A journey, just like a Gawad Kalinga Great Adventure Tour (GK GAT) yields a harvest of wonderful memories. This year's GK Harvest centered...Read more
GK1mB Bayani Challenge The theme for this year is "Only for the Brave". This year's Bayani Challenge will be held in Zamboanga City and Sulu, Philippines...Read more
Introducing our GKOM 2009 Leaders James Palomo and Cheryl Davidson are the new overall Heads of GKOM in 2009. The structure of GKOM Australia is split into 5 main teams...Read more
GK1mB Empowerment Day Only 1 month to go until the much-awaited GK1mB Empowerment Day, on Sunday 5th April at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall, Parramatta, 1-4pm...Read more
RADICAL for GK in 2009 The GK1mB Admin Committee has contrived on expanding the existing programs and GK projects here in Australia to cater for the increasing number of volunteers...Read more
GKoncepts GK Koncepts is a range of products from Gawad Kalinga communities that showcases the heroism, creativity and excellence of the poor and the caretaker teams...Read more
GK YGAT 2009 Leaders Q & A Get to know more about our GK YGAT 2009 Leaders Austin Musa, Christine Stanley, Jam Quisumbing and James Palomo...Read more
Miss GK Australia Coronation 2008 Guest speaker Mari Oquinena delivered an inspirational speech framing the evening with the theme of Miss GK 2008, ‘Building a Legacy’... Read more
GK YGAT Papua New Guinea 2008 Inspired by WYD, 7 young adults from Sydney travelled to PNG to participate in the 3rd Gawad Kalinga Youth Great Adventure Tour...Read more Aquinas Day Aquinas College, Menai raised over $3000 for Gawad Kalinga during their 'feast day' in which they dedicated all their hard work of fundraising towards GK...Read more Post Live & Loud and Upcoming GK YGAT Trivia Night A lot of hard work was involved in getting the event up and running, and everyone gave their 110%!... Read more Countdown to C2S - Support the GK ANCOP Team! Support our 2008 GK ANCOP team! Here is the full list of our GK runners and their individual fundraising pages... Read more On the way to GK YGAT '09 On Saturday May 31st and August 2nd, the first & second GKYGAT 2009 Breakfast Forum was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Parish Hall, Parramatta...Read more GK1mB Concert Rally (Sydney) - A future full of hope for everyone Engulfed by the sheer enormity that was GK1MB Australia, where not even the cold could deter the crowd from gathering for this most memorable event...Read more ANCOP Australia take part in APPC’s 4th Biannual Conference in Vietnam APPC is a network of grant making philanthropic organizations that support the growth and development of philanthropy in the Asia Pacific region...Read more Dreamtime Australia On ANZAC Day, I joined a mixed team of youth and adults on a journey to Rockhampton; to instigate the latest project of GK, Dreamtime Australia...Read more GK1mB Australia... is here! A new and exciting program has arrived in Australia... Gawad Kalinga One Million Builders! All things were revealed last Sunday 20 April during the GK1mB O-Day!... Read more In the Shoes of Another - Cambodia 8-14 March 2008 When I heard that there were two GK villages established in Cambodia I knew people had to go and visit. So Kris Alegrid and I went for a seven-day visit of Cambodia... Read more GK Harvest 2008: Breaking Boundaries, Crossing Borders The event aimed at communicating the stories of several groups who had recently visited the Philippines to experience GK...Read more Engineering A Better World As engineers, I believe we should not always think of the fastest, cheapest, most economical way to do things, but to think of the interest of PEOPLE first...Read more Highway of Hope USA Update, March 13 Nathan Mari started the first Australian GK YGAT (2004) and is now the GK1mB USA National Coordinator. He joins Dylan Wilk in the USA Highway of Hope...Read more GK YGAT 2008 Luzon Visayas Mindanao Mission Possible In January and February, 62 young people took up a unique challenge. The Mission: to build simultaneously in the three main regions of the Philippines...Read more REVERSE GK Youth Great Adventure Tour during World Youth Day 2008 GK Youth Australia will once again create a milestone event in the history of Gawad Kalinga as it launches its new program, the REVERSE GK YGAT during WYD08...Read more GK Club Indonesia Update The GK Club go to the GK sites (Kampung Dumpit, Joglo or Klender) on a monthly basis, and basically spend time with GK kids...Read more Lea Salonga sings to thousands in Bacolod, GK benefit concert "There are people who are more blessed, so sharing blessings is never ever a bad thing with those who don't have that much," Salonga said...Read more Groovy Kool Bayanis celebrate Christmas Down Under GK Youth and ANCOP Australia celebrated its end-of-year party last Saturday, 22nd December 2007 at St Patrick's Hall, Parramatta...Read more APO Australia Young Ambassador Project 2007 12 young heroes participated in this years event and altogether raised the remaining funds needed to build the first Multinational APO Australia GK Village...Read more Message from GK Executive Director Luis Oquinena Gawad Kalinga is a journey. 2007 has been a wonderful year for GK. With our love for God, we will overcome...Read more GK Young Ambassador Project Awards Ceremony The GK Young Ambassador Project Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, 16th December at Quakers Hill Community Centre, 3pm...Read more GK Yo!GAT 07 I just got back from a successful GK Yo!GAT (Young Once - yeah those who are 61 and not 16, 50 and not 15, 52 and not 25 - Great Adventure Tour)...Read more GK YGAT'08 IBM Training and Visa Requirements Hello GK YGATers 2008!!! 2 months to go before our adventure begins! Just some updates and announcements for y'all.Read more Thousands gather for GK 1 WORLD Expo 2007 GK volunteers, partners, businesses and Government officials gathered together for the GK1 World Expo last weekend to celebrate the 4th anniversary... Read more Thank you for making GK1Day a success Despite the heat and the very long day, everyone worked tirelessly so that the day would be a great success for GK...Read more GK YGAT Trivia Night The question rounds ranged from sport to entertainment, to science and general knowledge, and even a spelling round! A hark back to primary school days...Read more Spring Cycle 4 GK The Spring Cycle NSW is coming up and you're invited to "Break Poverty Cycle" by participating in this years Spring Cycle 4 GK! Steps on How to Register... Read more First GK PNG Congress GK PNG has built 20 complete houses and GK-ANCOP Australia has funded 42 children plus a water pump for the GK village Gerehu Stage 6...Read more Five top tips for 2008 GK YGATers For those of you with a meticulous urge to plan and prepare for next year’s trip, here are 5 top tips to ensure you get the most out of what the tour has to offer... Read more One Step at a Time...One Home at a Time...One Life at a Time...GK777 GK ANCOP was named as the top fund raising group of the 160 charities registered in the 2007 City 2 Surf... Read more GK YGAT Papua New Guinea 2007 Once again GK Youth from Australia visited the GK village in Port Moresby, PNG for two weeks this year to show their support to our smaller sister country...Read more Say "G'day!" to our new GK-ANCOP Australia Representative in the Philippines Having been involved with GK in Australia for three years now, to be able to serve from the Philippines is a dream come true!...Read more Miss GK Australia 2007 raised a village for Marinduque! Bianca Lucas (Miss GK NSW) was crowned Miss GK Australia 2007 in a well-attended celebration held in Melbourne, Victoria...Read more C2S4GK Frequently Asked Questions, Reminders & How To Enter Attention GK runners! Are you counting down yet? Where do we meet? Where can I get my C2S4GK T-shirt? Can I still register even if online entries are now closed?...Read more GK1MB Rally 2007 Thousands of people gathered last Thursday, 21st June 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum, Philippines, where the 3rd annual celebration for GK1MB was held. Read more City2Surf - Register and be part of the GK-ANCOP team! If you would like to participate during C2S and raise funds for Gawad Kalinga, please follow our 3 easy steps. Participants will receive a FREE C2S4GK t-shirt!!!...Read more GK CYD Olympics Children from the GK Villages Metropolitan Region competed in this year's GK CYD Olympics held for two consecutive weekends at the Marikina Sports Center...Read more GK@IBM Program Recognition Day The Bagong Silang GK ANCOP Office was filled with excitement as students, parents and teachers, gathered to celebrate the Recognition Day of GK@IBM...Read more Reaping The Rewards Of A Fruitful Harvest GK Harvest 2007 was a pivotal day for the voices of passionate and spirited supporters of Gawad Kalinga to be heard... Read more GK YGAT 07 - A Journey for Life The 77 young Australians began their journey on Sunday night, the 21st ofJanuary. They had come from different parts of Australia...Read more To Bring Green Back In The Pastures Three young heroes from Sydney have selected GK as theCommunity DevelopmentProgram to work with incompleting their tertiary studies...Read more Miss GK Australia 2007 - Could It Be You? The search has begun for this year's Miss GK Australia...Read more
GKOM Training The GKOM workshop was able toinstil a sense of duty within eachparticipant to work selflessly and touse their talents with the endobjective of restoring...Read more "Christmas in GK" - The GK Youth and ANCOP Christmas Party 2006 GK Youth and ANCOP Australia celebrated its "Christmas in GK" end-of-year party last Friday, 15th December at Campbelltown Youth Hall!...Read more ACE4GK - A Fundraiser Concert for GK YGAT Volunteers The night was made a success by the performers, and they included Jose’s band - Tai Mai Shu Lei, El Shaddai band - Out of Tune, Portico 77, Faith Love and Hope...Read more 'One Day Counts' Celebrate GK! 12 hours of fun activities, food stalls and plenty of surprises as the youth celebrated GK777's 3rd year anniversary last October 2006...Read more > > > BACK TO HOME