A living archive.
Current portfolio and institutional memory. Older work is never deleted; it's labeled honestly as active, completed, or legacy - with the learnings that carry forward.
Active projects
4 projects
activeStrong start•Brooke's Point, Palawan, Philippines•2026–presentPUNLA - Proof of Concept in Brooke's Point
PUNLA means "seedling" in Filipino. It is a community-led initiative of Apl.de.Ap Foundation International that uses school farms to nourish children, support mothers, and help families build a more secure future.
Serves: Pregnant and nursing mothers, infants 0-24 months, schoolchildren 5-17, and youth 13-18+ in Pala'wan farming communities
activeResilient futures•Philippines•2024–presentBuilding the Opportunity Center
A transformative platform that equips rural and emerging communities to participate in the industries, infrastructure, and livelihoods shaping their future.
Serves: Rural and emerging Filipino communities preparing to turn new investment, technology, and industry transitions into local jobs, income, and stronger economies
activeStrong families•Philippines•2013–presentApl of My Eye
A thirteen-year effort to end preventable childhood blindness in the Philippines by putting diagnostic equipment and trained doctors where the babies actually are.
Serves: Newborns and children screened through partner hospitals
activeSecure food•Pampanga, Philippines•2013–presentGift of Love: Aeta Holiday Giving
An annual holiday drive bringing food, water, clothing, and toys to Aeta families in Pampanga.
Serves: Aeta families and children in Pampanga
Completed projects
11 projects
completedStrong start•Philippines•2024Creating with the Sisters of Mary Schools
A student music and creative-industry collaboration, centered on an original Christmas song recorded on campus with professional producers.
Serves: Students at the Sisters of Mary Schools
completedStrong start•Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines•2024Khan Academy at Sapang Bato
A learning partnership putting free world-class coursework, devices, and a working internet connection into the high school where Apl grew up.
Serves: 1,664 students at Sapang Bato National High School
completedStrong families•Philippines•2021–2022Responding to the Pandemic
Nine tons of COVID-19 test kits, moved from a California lab to the Philippines' largest public hospital.
Serves: Students, staff, and patients served by UP-Philippine General Hospital, the Philippines' largest public hospital
completedStrong start•Philippines•2021–2022Backing Filipino Creatives
Removing the cost barriers that keep talented Filipino artists from getting their work in front of the world.
Serves: Filipino artists and APLFI children's programs
completedSecure food•Los Angeles, California•2020Unbreakable: Adobo in Action
A one-day adobo pop-up in Historic Filipinotown, cooked from Apl's family recipe, raising typhoon relief for the Philippines.
Serves: Filipino families in the Philippines recovering from Typhoon Molave, Super Typhoon Goni, and Typhoon Vamco, supported through PeDRO
completedSecure food•United States•2018–2019APL 5K Community Run
A community run in the United States that raised funds for foundation programs and brought supporters together.
Serves: Community runners and foundation program beneficiaries
completedSecure food•Eastern Visayas, Philippines•2013–2015Standing with Families After Typhoon Haiyan
Emergency relief, food packs, and school rebuilding in the Eastern Visayas after Typhoon Haiyan, funded in part by the Pinoy Relief Benefit Concert at Madison Square Garden.
Serves: Families and schoolchildren displaced by Typhoon Haiyan
completedStrong start•Zamboanga, Philippines•2013–2015Macaroons for a Cause
A nationwide fundraising campaign with Red Ribbon and Franklin Baker that funded a 14-classroom public high school in Barangay Talon-Talon, Zamboanga, serving more than 600 students.
Serves: More than 600 students in Talon-Talon and surrounding barangays
completedStrong start•Sapang Bato and Pampanga, Philippines•2011Opening Doors in Sapang Bato and Pampanga
Apl's personal giving to the schools of his childhood - libraries, computer laboratories, music rooms and scholarships in Pampanga.
Serves: Public elementary and high school students in Pampanga
completedStrong start•Nationwide, Philippines•2011–2012A National Classroom Drive
Apl lent his platform to a private-sector push to close the Philippine classroom backlog, committing 20 classrooms in communities from Mindanao to Luzon - several replacing rooms lost to flooding.
Serves: Kindergarten and public school learners in partner communities
- completedStrong start•Pampanga, Philippines and United States•2010–2021
Scholarships for Filipino Students
240 secondary and tertiary scholars from Pampanga between 2010 and 2020, followed by higher-education support that helped 37 more students continue their studies.
Serves: 240 scholars in Pampanga; 37 students supported through higher education