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CLUB: ZONTA CLUB OF MAKATI & ENVIRONS FOUNDATION, INC. District 17 Area 5

About Zonta

Founded in 1919, Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. With more than 30,000 members belonging to more than 1,200 Zonta Clubs in 67 countries and geographic areas, Zontians all over the world volunteer their time, talents and support to local and international service projects, as well as scholarship programs aimed at fulfilling Zonta’s mission and objectives. Zonta International Objectives:

To improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women at the global and local level through service and advocacy

To work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of members

To promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms To be united internationally to foster high ethical standards, to implement service programs, and to

provide mutual support and fellowship for members who serve their communities, their nations and the world

Note: Zonta International, its districts and its clubs are nonsectarian and nonpartisan.

Zonta District 17 Goals 2016 - 2018

One vision, one mission, one voice, one movement. A season of weaving D.R.E.AM.S. D = Direction for a better future R = Resources E = Empowerment through educational opportunities A = Advocacy M = Membership S = Service

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Our Club Vision & Mission 2016 – 2018 To empower women through the club’s service and educational programs and its continuing advocacy for women’s rights and a level playing field. Goal 1) To work for the recruitment and retention of members through its meetings and projects that engage, inspire, and motivate. Goal 2) To strengthen its advocacy for the elimination of violence against women and girls through its Marillac Hills project for the psychological rehabilitation of sexually abused girls, and through education programs against early marriage and teen pregnancies. Goal 3) To continue its program for the economic empowerment of disadvantaged women by giving them livelihood skills and start-up capital for their respective micro-business enterprises.

Our Club History The Zonta Club of Makati was chartered with 22 members on April 26, 1971 by then International President Leota

Pekrul. Today there are over 50 members representing diverse classifications. The club is a member of Zonta

International, a worldwide organization of professionals and executives working together to advance the status of

women through service and advocacy. The club was incorporated as a nonstock, nonprofit foundation in June 1983,

and received its accreditation as a Donee Institution from the Philippine Council for NGO Certification on October

4, 2004 following its compliance with the latter's stringent requirements. This means that donors can deduct in full

their contributions to the club from their taxable income.

Serving poor communities in Makati Over the years the Zonta Club of Makati and Environs had served the

depressed communities of barrios Carmona, Pitogo, Pinagkaisahan, Guadalupe Nuevo, and East Rembo, all in

Makati. For almost 20 years (from 1979 to 1998) the Club operated a Multi-purpose Community Center in Pitogo

where it conducted free medical and dental services rendered by volunteer doctors and nurses. In addition, there

was a pre-school for malnourished children aged four to six, where they were fed nutritious meals. A variety of

services for disadvantaged women, such as food vending for livelihood, family-planning, free legal advice, adult

literacy programs, including projects for the elderly, were conducted in the Club's Community Center in Pitogo. At

one time there was even a Lying-in facility where pregnant mothers could deliver their babies, gratis, although this

was only for normal deliveries. A public laundry facility for the women in the community was likewise available

with free water supply.

At East Rembo The Club's second center in East Rembo was dedicated to skills training in high-speed sewing and

embroidery machines as a livelihood project for the disadvantaged women in the community. The Club also

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undertook a literacy project for out-of-school youth in East Rembo, which gained the recognition of the Department

of Education.

A new center in Taguig The club had to abandon its facility in Pitogo to make way for an overpass to ease traffic.

Many of the above-mentioned services, particularly the medical-dental program, and the preschool for children, are

now being undertaken in the Club's "Center for Women Empowerment," a two-story building the club built and

opened in 2000 at the Centennial Village of Fort Bonifacio in Taguig that houses over 700 poor families. The

Center has been the venue of breast-cancer awareness seminars with free breast examinations for women by

specialists led by well-known breast surgeon Dr. Diana Cua and staff of the East Avenue Medical Center. This

service was likewise offered in a medical mission in San Pablo City in Laguna, and in other medical missions

outside of Metro Manila.

Skills training for women's economic empowerment A skills-training program for 26 unemployed women of

Centennial Village, to help them become cosmetologists, was held at the Center in cooperation with the Splash

Foundation. Further, a livelihood program in the Center also trained women to sew maids' uniforms, pillowcases,

kneeler pillows, and tissue holders. Other livelihood-training seminars such as on Reflexology, food preservation

and processing, have likewise been conducted to give the disadvantaged women in the community an opportunity

to have their own microbusiness. To this end, a micro-credit program was established and is supported by TESDA

alumnae. The women in the program have banded themselves into the "Kababaihan" organization that gives them

both financial and moral support.

UN Links Ever mindful of Zonta's links with the United Nations, various club presidents have linked up with the

UN's country team in the Philippines led by the UNDP, which would present the UN's various programs in the

country-- the UNICEF, UN Food Program, and the UNIDO. The Club had likewise aligned its projects with the

UN's Millenium Development Goals.

Implementing ZISVAW in Marillac Hills To address ZISVAW (Zonta International Strategies Against Violence

Against Women), the Club has been working with the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the last

sixeen years at the latter's rehabilitation center in Marillac Hills, Muntinlupa, where traumatized girls aged six to

seventeen are housed and given psychotherapy sessions for as long as they need it. Almost all the girls have been

sexually abused. Others had been physically battered. Some Zontians and their friends volunteer their time and

talents giving the Marillac girls art and dance therapy sessions to help heal their trauma.

Some of the club's past presidents had been at the forefront pushing for the passage of legislation against the

trafficking of persons, resulting in R.A. 9202, as well as the Anti-Violence Against Women & their Children law

(R.A. 9262).

Z & Golden Z Not to forget the youth, the Club has organized a total of six Z and Golden Z clubs. The Club

received Honorable Mention in the ZI Emma Conlon Awards of 1994 for its Z Club's outstanding summer project

for the youth in a depressed community (Pitogo) of Makati.

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Helping house the poor Because women bear the brunt of poverty, the club partnered with Gawad Kalinga for the

construction of 40 low-cost houses in Taguig. It also partnered with the ABS-CBN Foundation under its

BayaniJuan project, to relocate families living under the bridges of Metro Manila by the Pasig River, to Calauan,

Laguna.

EWSP From 2009 to date, the club has partnered with Unilever Corp., the Dept. of Social Welfare & Development

(DSWD), Woman Today, and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in providing scholarships for

young women in various engineering courses at the PUP. Called "Empowering Women Scholarship Program," all

its scholars subsequently passed the Board examinations and are today gainfully employed.

Outstanding Club For the club's outstanding performance in achieving the Governor's biennium goals, which

included chartering a new club and two Golden Z clubs, it was named Most Outstanding Club of District 17 at the

District Conference in Aug. 2011. This was in addition to its being named outstanding club for its 20% increase in

members from 2010-2011. Then president Carol Llanillo received a harvest of awards. Past club president Angelina

"Chona" Lopez, who was Area 5 Director in 2010-2012, was recognized for her leadership of Area 5 by its being

named "Most Outstanding Area."

At the District Conference in Hong Kong in Sept. 2013, the club, under the leadership of pres. Cora J. Tan, was also

named "Most Outstanding Club" for its service projects and for its Web site.

The Zonta Club of Makati and Environs Foundation, Inc. is justifiably proud of its members who have gone up the

leadership ladder of Zonta International-Olivia A. Ferry, International President (2006-2008), and International

Nominating Committee Chair (2008-2010); Erlinda T. Villanueva, Vice-president (1984-86), ZI Foundation

Director (1986-88), and Member of the International Nominating Committee (1992-94); Erlinda E. Panlilio,

International PR & Communications Chair (2006-2008); Georgitta P. Puyat, District 17 Governor (2010-2012).

Last but not the least, the Club is likewise proud of its one-time Zonta-Makati Chorale, installed in Area 5's Hall of

Fame for its consistent outstanding performance at Zonta events, culminating in its being the featured performer at

the Memorial service of the ZI Convention in Hong Kong in 2000. This choir was likewise the featured performer

of the Philippine Embassy in its celebration of Philippine Independence Day in Madrid, Spain in 1995.

At the beginning of biennium 2012-2014, president Corazon J. Tan revisited the core mission of Zonta--the

empowerment of women. She had lined up projects to train women for livelihood skills, to instill awareness of their

rights, and to make them a force that will improve the status of women in the community. The incoming president,

Rosie Go (2014-2016) continued the programs of her achieving predecessors.

The highlight of her biennium was the District Conference in Bangkok, where our club received 6 awards, as

follows:

HALL OF FAME presented to Zonta Club of Makati & Environs for its KABABAIHAN (women)

Empowerment Service Project (Kudos to Mita Rufino!)

SPECIAL OUTSTANDING AWARD to Zonta Club of Makati & Environs for the great commitment

of the Club and its members, who were the first to submit District Dues (2015-2016) in its Area.

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CLUB OUTSTANDING ADVOCACY AWARD (2nd Place) to Zonta Club of Makati & Environs for

activities on gender equality and the elimination of discrimination agaisnt women and girls.

CLUB OUTSTANDING WEBSITE AWARD (1st Place) to Zonta Club of Makati & Environs for

developing an informative, creative and captivating website (Thank you, Patria David).

OUTSTANDING CLUB ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP AWARD (1st Place) to Zonta Club

of Makati & Environs for Club overall achievement and leadership performance

CLUB OUTSTANDING ADVOCACY AWARD (1st Place) to Zonta Club of Makati & Environs for

activities that support "Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women and Girls."

On January 11, 2016, the Simula Enrichment Program for preschool children began at the Center. The program

aims to strengthen the education public school children in the areas of literacy and Mathematics through

progressive education.

On March 17-18, 2016, we conducted a joint healing-cum-medical mission in Isabela. Our club distributed over

400 Birthing kits.

HEALTH NUTRITION AND HYGIENE PROGRAM (HNH)

Zonta Makati has taken big leaps by using an empowering-women initiative to join the fight against malnutrition.

The club’s vehicle for such a move is its Health, Nutrition and Hygiene Program or HNH. It is structured and

aligned to a nationwide feeding program implemented in marginalized communities in many provinces and in all

regions of our country beginning with the communities the club serves, Makati and Taguig. HNH is a multi-sectoral

partnership of the private sector with government. Its center of activity for the distribution of donated resources is

the Zonta Center for Women empowerment building in Taguig. Receiving of donations, warehousing, inventory,

packing and distribution of goods to near and far-flung areas are some of the activities done at the center.

ZCME wins ZI Service Recognition Award

ZCME won 3rd place for its Marillac Hills Psychological Center at the Zonta International Service Recognition

Awards, given at the ZI Convention in Nice, France in July 2016.

The club’s Marillac Hills Psychological Center for Sexually Abused Girls has been headed by Joanne Zapanta

Andrada for the last 18 years. Joanne credits past president Beng Puyat for “championing the project and molding it

from a concept to a reality.” Established in 1997 (18 years ago), the Psychological Center has provided continuous

psychological care for raped, sexually abused, and trafficked girls. To date, the Center has helped over 4,500

children. In recognition of its services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has awarded the Zonta

Club of Makati & Environs national citations for the past 18 years, recognizing its special advocacy as the longest-

running NGO-based project in the institution.

“The Zonta Service Recognition Awards were established to recognize outstanding service projects undertaken by

Zonta clubs and districts which benefit women in the local community. Service projects can be those that empower

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women and girls in general to achieve equal rights and to secure their access to all legal, political, economic,

educational, health and professional resources or those projects focusing on prevention of the root causes of

violence against women and girls through education.”

Our Club Officers and Board of Directors 2016 – 2018

President Armita B. Rufino Vice President Rosario C. Abaya Secretary Jennifer D. Leviste Assistant Secretary Melissa S. Romualdez Treasurer Vivian T. Uy Directors Dr. Lourdes Ann D. Co Alice T. Guerrero Victorina I. Magadia Maritess M. Pineda Ma. Teresa C. Tan Ex-Officio Rosie D. Go

Our Committee Chairs 2016 - 2018

STANDING COMMITTEES (Mandatory) Membership Jennifer Leviste / Vivian Uy Service Alice Guerrero / Jeannie Abaya Advocacy Victorina Magadia Z Club / Golden Z Club Teresa Tan / Lourdes Ann Co Leadership Melissa Romualdez

OTHER COMMITTEES Scholarship Awards Carina Lebron Amelia Earhart Teresa Tan Jane Klausman Carina Lebron YWPA Lydia David PR Maritess Pineda United Nations Olga Martel Archives Erlinda Panlilio Parliamentarian Olivia Ferry Finance Vivian Uy

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By Laws Carolina Llanillo Project Simula Angelina Lopez ZISVAW Victorina Magadia Marillac Joanne Andrada EWSP Ada Mabilangan Z and Golden Z Club Melanie de Leon ZI / ZIF Rosie Go Medical Lourdes Ann Co Newsletter Erlinda Panlilio FilipinaZ Maritess Pineda Kababaihan / Microlending Jeannie Abaya Health, Nutrition & Hygiene Victoria Wieneke Legacy Fund Maritess Pineda Fellowship / Sunshine Melissa Romualdez ZCME Center Carolina Llanillo BRAVO Olivia Ferry / Angelina Lopez Information Technology Martina Marian Santos

Our Club Members: Name Classification

1. Abaya, Rosario “Jeannie” C. 3293 – Estate Agent (Real Estate) 2. Anastacio, Iva C. 2312 – Public Health Physician 3. Andrada, Joanne Z. 2534 – Columnist 4. Angeles, Celia O. 1122 – Managing Director 5. Aveo, Monica R. 1299 – Executive Officer 6. Baldemor, Charming 2531 - Artist 7. Banlaoi, Pamela Rose 2211 – Account Manager 8. Blanco, Stephania B. 1112 – Working Proprietor 9. Bartolome, Michelle 1122 – Managing Director 10. Bautista, Christina 11. Benitez, Charlotte 12. Benitez, Nikki 13. Bunye, Patricia 2521 – Lawyer 14. Cabal, Amy 15. Calma, Ma. Isabel 2299 – Business Professional 16. Chua, Ma. Fatima 3212 – Project Administrator / Manager 17. Co. Lourdes Ann 2312 – Pediatrician 18. David, Lydia 1112 – Managing Director

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19. David, Patria 1243 – Manager (Information Technology Security) 20. De Leon, Melanie 1299 - Executive Officer 21. Espino, Maribelle 2531 – Visual Arts & Crafts Professionals nec 22. Espiritu, Cynthia 2299 – Business Professional 23. Esteban, Carmencita N. 1299 – Research & Development Manager 24. Fernandez, Socorro 2536 – Radio or Stage Film Director 25. Fernando, Elizabeth 3323 – Hotelier 26. Ferry, Olivia A. 1112 – Chief Executive 27. Florendo, Lucia G. 2533 – Fashion Designer 28. Go, Rosie 1112 – Business Owner 29. Goolsby, Maria 1112 – Business Owner 30. Golez, Gloria 1112 – Business Owner 31. Guerrero, Alice T. 2299 – Business Professional 32. Lane, Virginia 2299 – Business Professional 33. Lebron, Carina 1293 – School Director 34. Ledesma, Fortune A. 1111 – Diplomat (Head of Mission) 35. Leviste, Jennifer D. 2531 – Artist 36. Llanillo, Llanillo O. 2531 – Artist 37. Lopez, Angelina M. 3213 – Financial Advisor 38. Mabilangan, Ada L. 2299 – Business Professional 39. Magadia Victorina I. 2299 – Business Professional 40. Martel, Olga S. 1313 – Sugar Cane Plantation Owner 41. Marty, Casey 1112 – Business Owner 42. Mendoza, Zenaida A. 1192 – Importer / Exporter 43. Panlilio, Erlinda E. 2535 – Author 44. Pineda, Maritess M. 2299 – Business Professional 45. Puyat, Georgitta P. 1299 – Executive Officer 46. Romualdez, Melissa S. 3213 – Financial Advisor 47. Rufino, Armita B. 1112 – Business Owner 48. Rufino, Victoria 1112 – Business Owner 49. Santos, Marian 2244 – Business Consultant 50. Sebastian, Mara 2249 – Business Professional 51. Tan, Corazon DJ. 3321 – Restaurateur 52. Tan, Ma. Teresa 3322 – Chef 53. Tan, Nenita L. 1211 – Treasurer (except government) 54. Tordesillas, Maritoni 2491 - Ballet Teacher 55. Tumangan, Teresita N. 2382 – Pharmacist 56. Uy, Vivian T. 1191 – Construction / Project Manager 57. Vera, Leonida L. 1111 – Ambassador 58. Villanueva, Erlinda T. 2294 – Management Consultant

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59. Villafuerte, Olivia 60. Wieneke, Victoria V. 2511 – Social Worker 61. Zabarte, Josephine K. 1293 – School Director

Service Projects:

1) Project Simula Enhancement Program

2) Healthcare: Pap smear

3) Health, Nutrition & Hygiene: Feeding Program

4) Fellowship

5) Marillac Psychological Center

6) Medical Mission on Breast Cancer Awareness

2) Current Services Projects

a) Livelihood Training: Silk Flower Making

b) Project Simula Enhancement Program

c) Healthcare: Pap smear

d) Health, Nutrition & Hygiene: Feeding Program

e) Fellowship

f) Installation: Mini Concert

g) Marillac Psychological Center

h) Medical Mission on Breast Cancer Awareness

Advocacy Projects:

1) Past Advocacy Projects Conducted

Seminar on Family Code

Forum on Magna Carta of Women's Rights

Advocacy in Schools and Universities on "Say No-Unite to End Violence Against Women".

Seminar on the Psychological Aspect of Violence Against Women

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Seminar on R.A. 9262 Anti Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004

Seminar on R.A 9202 Anti Trafficking in person

2) Current Advocacy Projects

a) Women Empowerment Project

b) Women Empowerment thru Lectures on Oral Healthcare

c) Women Empowerment thru Symposium on “No To Early Pregnancy/Early Marriage”

d) Women Empowerment thru Symposium on “Reproductive Health after Menopause”

e) Launching of 8Bravo Empowered Women

f) Launching & Issuance of Commemorative Stamps on Anti-Violence Against Women &

Girls.

Membership:

Retain, Recruit and Rejuvenate (to get new members and retain quality members):

ZCME club membership increases from 57 members to 61 members.

Contact Us

Name: Armita B. Rufino

Email Contact: [email protected]

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Photo Gallery

INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS AND INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS

Pres. Armita Rufino with past presidents Erlinda Panlilio, Maritess

Pineda and Olga Martel received the certificates for Marillac in winning

the 3rd place Zonta Service Recognition Award and the Club’s Certificate

of Achievement awarded by ZIF.

Nice, France

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The search for 8BRAVO Empowered Women is on!

Launching & Issuance of Commemorative Stamps on anti-Violence against

Women & Girls

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ZCME president Mita Rufino take a pose with the Zonta Kababaihan

coordinators after the general assembly.

Dr. Kim Nalda giving a lecture on proper oral healthcare

and conducted an oral check up to every kids after his

talk.

PP & Zonta Building Administrator Carol Llanillo

holds the hand of the nervous patient to give moral

support while undergoing pap smear procedure.

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Health, Nutrition & Hygiene Project: ZCME provides warehouse centralized facility for receiving of donations, inventory and distributions of resources to beneficiaries from

different cities and municipalities nationwide in partnership with Kabisig Ng Kalahi, Inc.

Zonta Kababaihan Silk Flower Making

Livelihood Training

Angono, Rizal Calatagan, Batangas Marcela Agoncillo Elem. School

Angel Balawan Elem. School Javalera Elem. School Baao, Camarines Sur

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Project Simula Enhancement Program: Strengthening the education of public school children in the areas of Literacy and Mathematics through progressive education.

Building Blocks Feeding the children with hot meals

Story Telling

Christmas Party

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2016-2017 EWSP Scholars Interviewing the 2016-2017 candidates

Induction of New Members

Team Building & Strategic Planning

Amelia Earhart celebration

Dr. Thien Kieu Thi

Phung, PhD,

Neuroepidemiology

was invited at the

ZCME General Membership Meeting to talk on “Dementia”.

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ZCME pres. Mita Rufino won the “Most

Authentic (Igorot) Costume.

2016 United Nations Day Celebration

FilipinaZ 2016 “A Lifestyle Fair” Art. Craft. Fashion

Nov. 25, 2016 Kick off of 16 Days of Activism

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ZCME Spearheads Dist. 17 First Summit of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)

Christmas Fellowship among Members

ZCME Kababaihan Christmas Party

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Fellowship among members-February 17, 2017

In line with the International Women’s Day, the Zonta Kababaihan organized a whole day event at the Zonta Center for Women Empowerment in Taguig. A Breast Cancer Awareness medical mission, symposia on “Reproductive Health after Menopause” by Dr. Nora Figueroa-Santos and “Early Marriage / Early Pregnancy” by Dr. Ma. Emma A. Llanto.

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Zonta Kababaihan Livelihood Training: “Hilot- Wellness Massage” NC II

Another Kababaihan Livelihood project- Bag Making

out of old newspapers. Photo on the left shows a

husband helping his wife folding the newspapers as his

wife does the weaving.

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FilipinaZ 2017: Jewelry. Art. Fashion Press Conference

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