Saturday, July 4, 2015

NGO Kingdom: A Tale of Five Realms

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom (aka The NGO Kingdom) located in a far, far away land (aka Quezon City). There lived a King (aka The Panda) with his Queen (aka The Chicken), and their royal household (aka The Office Cuties). Together, they formed one big happy royal family.


The King and Queen govern five noble realms: Excel Center for Educational Leadership (Excel), Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership, The Jesse M. Robredo Foundation, Acts of Hope for the Nation (AHON), and The Institute for Governance and Strategic Partnerships (IGSP). These realms represent three advocacies: good governance, public health, and public education.

The Royal Family of the NGO Kingdom operates with a unified vision in mind--a better Philippines, fueled by change and empowered by passion to build the nation. As one of the royal workers, living in the Kingdom the past ten months has helped me become a better person, and a better Filipino (naks). When what you do revolves around service to others, you learn to think less of yourself, and more about your fellow Filipinos (naks times two).

As I pack up my tiara and leave the Kingdom, I take with me valuable learnings, countless memories, and lifelong friendships. I will miss our weekly royal gatherings (aka office meetings), our daily midday banquets (aka daily lunches at the AHON office), and those enchanting quests to foreign lands (aka out of town work trips).

Thank you, NGO Kingdom, for the last ten months I've spent with you!
I am royally grateful.



Love,
Nenster

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