User:Bayani nacion/FAR EAST TRIBUNE FOUNDATION, INC.

Purpose or purposes:

1. To provide training opportunities for skilled Filipinos by affiliating with manufacturing and industrial companies abroad which employ new and advanced methods of production and technology application;

2. To assist local companies through technology and further training for their workers and employees;

3. To seek accreditation with concerned government agencies involved in skills training and the dispatch of technical trainees abroad;

4. To work with licensed and accredited accepting organizations in Japan for the sponsorship of pre-qualified trainees;

5. To provide foreign language training as a way of promoting inter-cultural exchange;

6. To solicit and accept donations and contributions from organizations and individuals for the attainment of objectives of the Foundation.

Far East Tribune Foundation, humanitarian organization dedicated to reducing inequities and improving lives around the world based on the belief that every life has equal value.

Bayani O. Nacion and Flordeliza N. Francisco, created the foundation. This foundation is focus on humanitarian projects, education and health issues.

A major goal of the foundation is to bring medical advances and information technology to people living in poverty. Help bring vaccines to the developing world and support ways to stop the transmission of diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis.

The AIDS epidemic has received special attention. Far East Tribune foundation is supporting research into development of a vaccine against HIV. To date, attempts to develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine have been unsuccessful. The humanitarian projects are aim at fostering innovation and cooperation among different groups of researchers.

Far East Tribune Foundation supports worldwide research for treatment and prevention of malaria.

The foundation’s education programs, which were launched a few years ago, committed humanitarian efforts to three areas: development of model schools and school districts, professional development for educators, and higher education scholarships, especially for talented low-income students. The foundation’s education efforts address inequities in underserved school districts and communities. The foundation promotes the idea of creating high schools with small student bodies and personalized learning as an important education reform. The foundation also seeks to bring Internet access to all public libraries serving low-income communities in the Philippines.

The foundation, which is based in Bacoor, Cavite, is led by Chairman of the Board President and CEO Bayani O. Nacion and Co-chairperson Vice-President and COO Flordeliza N. Francisco.