5 x gold, 1 x silver
That our Papaya students love sports and are also very good, the table tennis players proved again this month. After coming out as the best teams at the competitions in 'our little town', they were allowed to advance to the provincial competition. And they did great there too! The boys [...]
Kalinga Gala dinner 2025
The Kalinga Gala Dinner brings together people who want to make a tangible contribution to a fair, more promising future for the poorest children in the Philippines. In doing so, we provide an unforgettable and fully catered evening with a delicious three-course dinner, drinks and numerous special performances by well-known and lesser-known artists. Book your place Want to [...]
Klapcot Benefit 2024
Due to the great success of the 2023 edition, Marcel Grooten, former owner of Breda's café 't Klapkot, will again organise the Klapcot Benefit on Saturday 14 December 2024. The evening, on which no fewer than eight bands will perform, will take place at Poppodium de Mezz, which is providing the space selflessly. The bands: Read more about [...]
Festival Do Something
For Kalinga, the last weekend of September was all about the biennial Festival Doe Iets, a great and small-scale festival at Camping Perkpolder in Walsoorden (Zeeland Flanders). During Festival Doe Iets, all kinds of bands or other musical groups perform on three stages alternately. There are also all kinds of activities food stalls, workshops, massages and more [...]
Kalinga wins Breda Peace Prize
What a great evening we had on 18 September at the Maczek Memorial Breda, because that's where the Breda Peace Prize was awarded that evening and we were not only one of the three nominated foundations, but ... also became the winner. In the video at the bottom of this article, you can see how the Mayor of Breda, Paul [...]
Kalinga nominated for Breda Peace Prize
What an honour: thanks to the fantastic efforts of our board members Miranda van Loon and Peter van Schijndel, Kalinga has been nominated for the Breda Peace Prize. Breda mayor Paul Depla will present the prize on 18 September at the Maczek Memorial Breda. This year, for the first time, the prize will be awarded to an organisation and the [...]
Pupils for pupils
For quite a few years, the bridge class pupils of Mencia de Mendoza (Breda) and Mencia Sandrode (Zundert) have been dedicating themselves to their peers in the Philippines. This was also the case in late spring 2024. A charity run was held in Breda, and a sponsor obstacle run in Zundert. Prior to these sporting and fundraising activities, the [...]
Graduation Day
It turned out to be a festive day, the Graduation Day at Papaya School. 30 students experienced their last day at the school; a festive and also emotional day where the students gave a special performance for their parents, guardians and others present. The pupils sang 'This is me' by Keala Settle. How beautiful it was! "I'm [...]
Kalinga Gala dinner 2024
On Saturday 25 May, the Kalinga Gala Dinner in the Utrecht Jaarbeurs took place and it was a very special, convivial and varied evening. Of course, we could post a whole report here, but we believe that the beautiful photos taken by Aad van Vliet sum up the evening very well.
Reunion 't Klapcot
On Saturday 2 December in Breda, during a reunion of the legendary café t' Klapcot, a whopping 10,000 euros was raised for Stichting Kalinga! A memorable evening with several legendary performances and all proceeds from the tickets benefited the Kalinga foundation , see the photos here and read more!
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