Filipino Young Leaders Program’s (FYLPRO) Caretaker Project
In response to the growing COVID-19 global pandemic, FYLPRO mobilized its 84 alumni to provide much needed services and supports to the greater Filipino community in the United States and abroad.
The organization’s COVID-19 Task Force, chaired by Board of Director Leezel Tanglao, is identifying local and international projects that support the bodies, minds, and spirits of our kababayans, including providing medical supplies, food, housing, mental health support, J-1 Visa assistance, and other areas of need.
FYLPRO is continuing to fundraise for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. You can donate here: https://fylpro.org/support/
If you are aware of potential partner organizations or potential recipients for FYLPRO’s COVID-19 regional relief program, please complete the information request form.
Learn more about the FYLPRO COVID-19 Response Network
Contact: covidresponse@fylpro.org
We need your help to keep this vital resource going during COVID19. Support us via financially and through strategic partnerships. We’re in this together. Contact Leezel Tanglao: leezel.tanglao@fylpro.org
Booz Allen Foundation Innovation Grant awarded to FYLPRO Caretaker Project for innovative solution to pressing issue caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
The Caretaker Project fills in the gaps in services to the most vulnerable in the Filipino community. It is a virtual help desk service that will: connect Filipinos to vital services (legal, wellness), debunk misinformation and warn against fraud and scams, and improve collection of community data.
Latest News Coverage
Filipinos at risk in pandemic will get help from new website
October 15, 2020 - ABC7 - Los Angeles
How young Filipino leaders of FYLPRO are supporting those who have been hardest hit by the COVID19 pandemic through the Tayo
October 23, 2020 - KSCI - Spotlight TV
Sharing with KTLA’s Cher Calvin
October 26, 2020 - Instagram Live
Online Help Desk Provides COVID19 Information For Filipino Community
October 28, 2020 - CBS2 - Los Angeles
Another resource worth looking at is https://t.co/OqP7YLqyCr . A website for Filipino American frontline workers and their families, created by Fil-Ams. It can help answer COVID-19 questions in both English and Tagalog. @leezeltanglao explains: pic.twitter.com/VbUV7Sudu8
— Cat Sandoval (@mcatsandoval) October 29, 2020
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