The Calvin Ayre Foundation is celebrating the rebirth of a family-run small business in the Philippines following a devastating fire. Roland Tatel is a 52-year-old resident of Manila who for years had run a convenience store with the help of his wife Florence. The pair have six kids of their own – three in college, […]
Locations: Philippines
RENOVATING A FILIPINO GRANDMOTHER’S HOME
The Calvin Ayre Foundation (CAF) is pleased to have made a real difference in the life of a Filipino grandmother by renovating her home. In 2019, Calvin Ayre was approached by a Philippine resident seeking help for her grandmother, who was living in a dilapidated shack in the province of Cavite. The elderly woman suffered […]
INSPIRING STUDENTS, REBUILDING A COMMUNITY
All inspiring stories start with a solid foundation. The Calvin Ayre Foundation has been helping re-build a community in the Philippines by teaching children how to become students again through its $8000 worth of renovation project of typhoon-damaged classrooms. The foundation representatives graced the turn over ceremony at the Mondragon I Central School, located in […]
BUILDING HOMES, BUILDING DREAMS
The Calvin Ayre Foundation recently paid another visit to the residents of Barangay Chitongco, a town in the municipality of Mondragon in the Philippine province of Northern Samar. The town is battered by an average of three major typhoons annually, damaging homes and livelihood. The team was a witness to this devastation when it visited […]
LIFTING THE SPIRIT OF A TYPHOON-BATTERED SAMAR VILLAGE
The Calvin Ayre Foundation recently undertook a project to lighten the load and brighten the spirits of the 3,600 residents of Barangay Chitongco, a town in the municipality of Mondragon in the Philippine province of Northern Samar. The town is battered by an average of three major typhoons per year, including December 2015’s Typhoon Nona, […]
ADOPTING VILLAGES IN NEED
They say that it takes a village to raise a child but it takes a team to give the children and other victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda a reason to smile again. Last November 21 and 22, the Sitio San Vicente in Barangay Lo-ong, Concepcion, Iloilo City became the center of medical mission and massive […]
LAUGHTER AND SPORTS ARE UNIVERSAL WAYS TO SPREAD JOY
The Calvin Ayre Foundation works to provide sports and entertainment to 50 children from Quezon City. In collaboration with Calvin Ayre Foundation and Gawad Kalinga, 50 kids from Brgy. Escopa Quezon City enjoyed a day filled with sports and entertainment at the first ever Bodog Nation Sportsfest. Ynares Center was filled with the laughter of […]
GIVING BACK TO THE PHILIPINES IN A BIG WAY
The Calvin Ayre Foundation raises $240,000 to support The Philippines after Typhoon Maring and the fire in Baragay Escopa. Calvin Ayre’s on-going charity foundation over the last five years has helped people all over the world most notably Haiti, Antigua and most recently the Philippines. With the help of the online gaming industry and Calvin’s […]
A PHILIPPINES SUCCESS STORY
The Calvin Ayre Foundation celebrates the story of a young girl with inborn acute pancreatitis in the Philippines. Sharry is a little girl in the Philippines who has inborn acute pancreatitis. When her mother contacted us, Sharry was not expected to live much longer. For around a thousand dollars Sharry was able be taken to […]