Recent Blogs
Moms Continue to Make a Difference
Moms continue to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate. Last year, through your generous donations to Momshare, we helped fund Alpabasa’s pilot programs in four schools. Alpabasa provides public school classrooms with specially designed teaching materials as well as much-needed teacher training. The Alpabasa team eventually won a P1 million grant […]
Preschool Readiness: What’s the Best Age to Get Your Child to School?
When should you start preparing your toddler for preschool? This is one question that could send the hearts of new parents racing. After all, who wants to let go of their adorable little babies?! Some parents send their kids to school as early as two years old; others much later. “Children are not required to […]
Empowering Moms
It’s not every day that parents get to know more about two of the most critical issues that they’ll ever encounter in their parenting lives: emergency situations and financial security. And so it was with unblinking attention that they listened to the resource persons at MPowered Moms, a first of its kind learning workshop sponsored […]
#OktoberPH Goes Grassroots!
If you’re too busy to learn more about breast cancer or book yourself a clinical breast examination, then the health professionals will come to you! ICanServe Foundation has collaborated with the Philippine Society of Oncology for #OktoberPH, a multi-venue breast cancer forum to be held in over 20 destinations all over the country on October […]
Cycles and Cradle Celebrate 10 Years of No Compromise
Today’s moms are absolutely amazing! When they’re really passionate about something, they don’t sit down and wait for things to happen. They make things happen! And that’s exactly what Emily Balajadia, the mompreneur behind Cycles Mild Laundry Detergent for Babies, did. Emily’s eldest daughter was allergic to all sorts of things, from different types of food […]
The Busy Mom’s Fitness Plan
It’s so easy not to exercise, especially if you’re a mom. You can always say that you’re too busy. Or you can tell yourself that taking care of your children is exercise enough. However, the benefits of regular physical activity cannot be denied. It improves your mood, boosts your energy, prevents the onset of a […]
How to be the Bestest Friend to a Pregnant Woman
Pregnancy can be one of the most wonderful experiences that can happen to a woman, especially if she is surrounded by friends who are supportive, loving, and nurturing. It would also help if the people around her know how to side-step the many land mines that could ruin the experience for her. Hormones and the […]
Honoring Principals and Librarians
Giving recognition to principals, librarians, and educatorsScholastic Asia President Frank Wong thanking the educators for their noble work Most of us probably have this image of the principal as strict and stern and the librarian as forbidding and unfriendly. At the awarding ceremonies of the Scholastic Readers Cup, however, principals and librarians were unmasked for […]
How to Nurture Your Children’s Talents
Every child is blessed with a variety of talents, and more often than not, it’s up to his parents to bring out those talents, enhance them, and nurture them. But how do you do so? We asked real moms for their insights, and here’s what they had to say! “If my children are keen on […]
Your Beauty Questions Answered!
You may have a hundred things to do today, but always take a minute to get yourself pretty! Here, Rissa Mananquil-Trillo, beauty maven and one of the founders of Happy Skin, answers some stay-pretty questions. How do you deal with eyebags? Can you ever make them go away? “Concealer can make a huge difference. With […]
