Feeding activity at The Philippines

On July 10th, 2021, after conducting the Senior Citizens Association of Barangay Bagong Buhay (SCA-BBB) Monthly Meeting, the SCA-BBB and Ibasho Philippines leaders join hands once again in facilitating a feeding activity for the less fortunate children of Barangay Bagong Buhay, as the country celebrates its 47th Annual Nutrition Month. The feeding activity was made possible through a generous donor (We sincerely thank you for your support). The activity was repeated on July 11th as they divided the children into 2 groups for better facilitation.

Windows installation of the Ibasho Philippines Building

The global pandemic that is COVID-19 either slowed down or stopped many things in its tracks. Including activities/progress for Ibasho Philippines. For a time, The Ibasho Philippines Building in Barangay Bagong Buhay of Ormoc City, served the purpose of being one of the quarantine facilities utilized by the city government. The elders of Ibasho Philippines should be proud that the building served such a purpose during these trying times. Cases still rise in the Philippines, but restrictions are no longer as strict. Lockdowns are no longer in place, but everyone is required to continue social distancing and wearing of masks, among other precautionary measures. The city government is no longer […]

Participants in Ibasho Philippines

According to the results from the 3rd dataset of the Ibasho’s impact evaluation conducted by the Ibasho in 2019, 154 of 296 respondents (57.2%) participated in Ibasho activities. Most elders have heard about the Ibasho, and more than half of the respondents have participated activities related to Ibasho project. The motivation of the participation derived from recommendations of friends and meetings from the senior citizen’s association. The most popular programs were recycling, bingo, and workshops. The core Ibasho Philippines group consists of 20 to 25 people. This group was most involved in the mobile café and community improvement. Are you aware of the “Ibasho” activity? Source: Endline Survey How did […]

How Ibasho building grows

We have created a short video clip that captures the efforts and talents of our elders in order to create their own Ibasho building. Dear Ibasho Philippines elders, we are so proud of you all. Thank you!

Recycling project

Ibasho Philippines elders have been collecting plastic bottles from their community last three years. We are so proud of their continuous effort! Can we mobilize elders as teachers to reduce plastic usage and to live with environmentally sustainable manner in other regions too?

Ibasho Philippines successfully organized the opening ceremony

Ibasho Philippines organized the opening ceremony for their “Ibasho” hub in the Barangay Bagong Buhay today. I am so proud of our elders to finally make this happen after few years of their hard work. My heartfelt thank you to all the people who helped this project in various occasions and capacities. We could not come to this point without your help. I do hope that you will provide continuous support for the elders in the Ibasho Philippines. Dear Ibasho Philippines elders, I am so looking forward to the positive impacts that you can bring as a role model to your community members of all ages. You are the best […]

On-site Peer to Peer knowledge exchange program Barangay Bagong Buhay, Ormoc, The Philippines

A group of 12 community members from Ibasho Nepal and Japan traveled to join the elders in Ormoc to participate in the Peer to Peer knowledge exchange program after the two days symposium at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines. The onsite program was organized mainly by the elders from Barangay Bagong Buhay, Ormoc on June 23-25, 2018 with the support of the World Bank, GFDRR. The participants were able to visit the Ibasho programs in Ormoc, and other local NGOs livelihood programs to learn about sustainable operation among the community members. In addition to the peer to peer knowledge exchange program, members of Ibasho Philippines invited all elders […]

Mobile Ibasho cafe trial: Philippines

A group of elders in Baragay Bagong Buhay organized a two weeks “mobile Ibasho cafe trial”. As we all expected, there were so many challenges and lessons to learn from this experience, however, they have generated profits and the trial was successful. Now, we know their strength and capacity as well as the limitation and challenges to improve. We are going ahead to move forward the Ibasho cafe idea together, so that elders will have a place where they can find opportunities to contribute to their community in Ormoc, Philippines. There are so much “talk” and “think” about integration of elders into society and multi-generational interactions. Working with elders in […]

Cross-cultural friendships among elders… continues!

“I have learned that we have something we can do to help people in the Philippines. I always thought that helping people in other countries was beyond what we could do. But we don’t have to be in United Nations or international organizations to make difference. We received so much help from others. It is our turn to do something for the people in the Philippines. There is a lot I want to do with them and to learn from them. I hope we can help each other for a long time.” – 74 year old man from Ofunato, Japan Upon learning that the Ibasho concept was being replicated in […]