Drinks, pizza and clean toilets
For many years, the Utrecht housing group WWG has been dedicating itself to Stichting Kalinga on King's Night and Day. A large bandstand, bar and toilet facilities are built on the square close to the housing group. Furthermore, they share part of the square with Fratelli's Pizza, which in return donates part of their sales [...]
Welcome teacher Marvin!
At the start of the 2025-2026 school year, we were pleased to welcome a new teacher: Marvin. We are extremely happy with this incredibly friendly and very driven new teacher and asked him to introduce himself. Below is his story. "Good day. I am Marvin, the youngest of five siblings. My life took a difficult turn very early [...]
Twinning is winning
Nathalia and Nathalie are sisters; twins. The cheerful six-year-old girls both attend Papaya School and are in grade 1 (like group 3 in the Netherlands). They have a great time there and have lots of friends and girlfriends they [...] during breaks and after school (when they wait for the school bus).
Summer activities
In April and May, the hottest months in the Philippines, schools are closed. This also applies to the Papaya School. However, Papaya students do not go on holidays, have no air-conditioning and usually no fan at home, and there is no money for sports clubs or other activities. Moreover, the space in their houses is [...]
Jordan smiles for Kalinga
Second graders at Jordan Montessori Lyceum in Zeist made the tastiest things for a week in February to raise money for the children at Papaya School. Cakes and biscuits were baked. Hot waffles, frikadel sandwiches, brownies, popcorn and cakepops were also made and sold. It was a very sociable [...]
252 kilometres through the desert
Bram van den Bergh works in youth welfare, is an avid sportsman and has been a triathlete for 25 years. Bram loves nothing more than constantly pushing his limits. Not for nothing is his favourite distance the Ironman (3.8km swimming, 180km cycling and a marathon run). Bram: "This distance offers me mental and physical challenges: pain in [...]
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 [...]
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