Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh, Inc.

FAAP 3rd Film Festival

When:	September 9, 2007 - Sunday
Where:	SouthSide Works Cinema Pittsburgh, PA (South Side) Tel. 412-481-1750
Featuring:	Paraiso, the Gawad Kalinga film, with English subtitle Screenings - 5:15pm and 8:45pm
Special Guests:	4:30pm - Mr. Cito Lorenzo, former Philippine Secretary of Agriculture, Open Forum on Gawad Kalinga 7:30pm - Dr. Julian Bailes speaks on Omega 3 and the use of steroid and supplements
Tickets:	$10 General Admission Proceeds go to the PNR Building Project
Sponsorship:	Gawad Kalinga ad sponsorship: $200, inlcudes 2 VIP seats
Contact:	Tina Purpura justinapurpura@aol.com Tel. 412-344-6041

Paraiso is a movie trilogy, which features three powerful stories of heroism, bringing to center stage the mission and vision of Gawad Kalinga (GK) in reshaping the image of the new Filipino; cultivating, transforming, tilling the centuries-old mindset of the Filipino; and finally calling and challenging everyone to reach out, to a higher cause, a nobler calling of rebuilding a nation by rebuilding each other. Hence the GK battlecries of "Less for Self, More for Others, Enough for All", "No more Poverty, No more Slums, No more Violence" and "No One Left Behind."

The movie is the first of its kind whose making in itself captures the very essence of Gawad Kalinga, the bayanihan spirit or being heroes for one another. Mainstream movie producers (the likes of Butch Jimenez, Tony Gloria and Tony Tuveria), actors (the likes of Maricel Soriano, Cesar Montano and Eddie Garcia), and entertainment executives (the likes of Bobby Barreiro), all waived their fees for GK. The production people and vendors likewise sacrificed and did their own share of GK padugo in getting this movie made.

All proceeds will be designated for the construction of the Gawad Kalinga FAAP Village and the Philippine Nationality Room.

For more information, please visit the Film Festival Programs page or contact the FAAP's Film Festival Committee at filmfest@theFAAP.org.

09.08.2007

About Gawad Kalinga (GK)

Gawad Kalinga, translated in English means "to give care", is an integrated, sustainable, holistic program, which aims to address poverty in the Philippines by transforming and empowering poor communities through its various programs. GK's vision for the Philippines is a slum-free, squatter-free nation through a simple strategy of providing land for the landless, homes for the homeless, food for the hungry and as a result providing dignity and peace for every Filipino.

What started in 1995 as a daring initiative by Couples for Christ to rehabilitate juvenile gang members and help out-of-school youth in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City, then the biggest squatters' relocation area in the Philippines, has now evolved into a movement for nation-building. Together with its partners, Gawad Kalinga is now in the process of transforming poverty stricken areas with the goal of building 700,000 homes in 7,000 in 7 years (2003-2010). To date Gawad Kalinga is in over 900 communities all over the Philippines and in other developing countries.

Gawad Kalinga is more than about building houses for the poorest of the poor. Providing a decent home is just the beginning of the transformation of the people and the community.

For more information about Gawad Kalinga, visit its website at www.gawadkalinga.org.

02.23.2007

About ANCOP (Answering the Cry of the Poor)

ANCOP is the network of international organizations that supports the work of Gawad Kalinga in the Philippines and other Third World countries. ANCOP offices have been set up in 20 donor areas abroad as the official international representatives of Gawad Kalinga.

ANCOP Foundation (USA), Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that serves to generate awareness and mobilize resources for Gawad Kalinga, through partnerships with generous individuals, groups, institutions, government, and corporations, and accounts for the generated resources for transparency. For more information about ANCOP USA, visit its website at www.ancopusa.org.

02.23.2007