On 11th April 2024, PLS received a generous donation of 2000 € from the Rotary Club Luxembourg-Horizon. This donation will go towards Sun Crew, an association located on the island of Siargao, and their Summer School Read Program. The program aims to improve literacy through intensive, small-group reading tutorials. A huge thank you to the...
In 2023, PLS organised two editions of a PLS cooking class. Both edition were an enormous culinary success! PLS members and friends were taught how to make vegetarian and meat lumpia (spring rolls), pancit (Filipino noodles) and cassava cake (a Filipino dessert). After cooking, they all enjoyed their Filipino dinner and were able to bring...
On 4th June, PLS members and the Filipino-Luxembourg community came together for a BBQ at the lake in Echternach to celebrate the 125th Philippine Independence Day. It was a beautiful day with lots of food and fun!
Sören, an active PLS member, ran the full Madrid Marathon on 23rd April 2023, proudly wearing his PLS shirt to raise awareness about our charity projects in the Philippines. Thank you! If you participate in races or other sporting events and would like to help us raise awareness to the sporting world, please contact us!
In March 2023, our committee members Cecille, Alice, Filipe, Fabiola and Megan visited the Philippines to follow up on old and identify new projects. On 14th March, they met up with Arlene, the PLS scholarship program coordinator, and 20 PLS scholars for lunch in Manila. 19 young men and women graduated from their university degrees...
What a great day at the Christmas market in Aaachen. After a fun bus ride, accompanied by Christmas carols, Filipino food as well as a tombola, our members enjoyed a full day of exploring and tasting the famous Christmas market in Aaachen. A big thank you to all those who attended. All the benefits of...
The rain didn’t stop us to have a great time at the Festival des Nations. Great to be back after a long break due to the pandemic.
PLS currently supports 16 scholars for the school year 2022-2023. 10 scholars successfully graduated in 2022. The selection criteria for candidates to benefit from a scholarship offered by the PLS is not only the financial situation of the child’s family but also the candidate’s intellectual ability and motivation needed to succeed in his/her studies. As of...
On 28th May, PLS was awarded 5000€ by the Raiffeisen Bank Luxembourg. The Banque Raiffeisen regularly gives donations to local organisations and NGOs as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. On 28th May 2018, the bank generously donated 5000€ to PLS. This money went towards the Gerona North Central Elementary School SPED (special...
On 23rd November, PLS was awarded 6000€ by the ING Bank Luxembourg during their ING Solidarity awards night. Through the votes of our members, volunteers and supporters, the PLS won a generous sum of 1000€ from the ING Bank Luxembourg during its yearly ING Solidarity awards night. In addition to this, we won an additional...
