Those blessed with great fortune are also those most capable of giving back. PeopleAsia puts the spotlight on individuals and groups that have taken the opportunity to do good for fellow Filipinos through their art, passions and influence.
Save a Seat
Kenneth Cobonpue designed six limited-edition chairs used during APEC’s 2015 Economic Leaders’ welcome dinner. The “Yoda” chairs were included in the UNICEF Auction for Action, an auction considered the most successful organized by UNICEF Special Advocate for Children Daphne Oseña-Paez, earning a whopping P8,810,000 in just one night. The proceeds will be used to help save lives of children and mothers in far-flung communities.
(The APEC chairs for auction)
(UNICEF’S Lotta Sylwander and Daphne Oseña-Paez)
(Kenneth Cobonpue)
Club with a causeÂ
Club Bulakeño celebrated its 27th anniversary at the Makati Shangri-La. The black tie event was meant to raise funds for needy Bulakenyos. Previously, funds were used for the restoration of historical buildings in Malolos, relief goods to be given to flood victims and the support of educational initiatives in the region. Awards were also given to outstanding Bulakenyos: Cheche Lazaro (media), Robert Pagdanganan (public service), Ramon Felipe Reyes (accounting), Jessie Sincioco (culinary arts) and Donnie Tantoco III (entrepreneurship).
(Club Bulakeno lady president Shelly Lazaro and PeopleAsia columnist Ito Curata)
(Chef Jessie Sincioco)
(David Lim, Mayenne Carmona and Francis de Leon)
(Becky Garcia and George Sarakinis)
FITE to the finish
International designers showed mall-goers patrimony, tradition, heritage and their art all came together in the Festival Internationale des Textiles Extra Ordinaires (FITE) at SM Aura Premier, BGC, Taguig together with Max Factor and SM Store’s Beauty Section. The festival aimed to bring together textile and fashion designers, weavers, artists, decorators and the general public across all walks of life to show them the human, economic and ecological challenges inherent in extraordinary textiles.
(Mexico’s Carmen Rion)
(Former Cebu Rep. Cutie del Mar with Carissa Cruz Evangelista)
(Fanyu  Tsang is a finalist of the 2015  Hong Kong Young Designers’ Contest in the Contemporary Day-Wear group)
(Patis Tesoro, Augusto Villalon, French Embassy cultural attache George Natier, honorary consul of Monaco to the Philippines Fortune Aleta Ledesma, SM SVP for marketing and communications Millie Dizon, Metropolitan Museum of Manila president Tina Colayco and FITE curator Christine Athenor)
A celebration of fashion and life
Marie France and the ICanServe Foundation, an advocacy group whose goal is to provide assistance to women at risk for or are battling breast cancer, partnered up last year to host an auction that raised over a million pesos for the cause. The event which was held at the Raffles hotel grand ballroom included a segment that featured designers Rhett Eala, Rajo Laurel, Lulu Tan Gan, Maureen Disini, Kristen Yulo and Eric de los Santos whose creations were worn and modeled by celebrities, models and cancer survivors.
(Dawn Zulueta Lagdameo)
(Margie Moran Floirendo and Monica Floirendo Ugarte)
(Tessa Prieto Valdes)
(Bettina Aboitiz and Kit Silverio)
(Rosanna Ocampo Rodriguez and Marco Rodriguez)
